Foreword vii To Teens Reading This Workbook ix Section I You Say You're Stressin' but What Does That Mean? Activity 1. Your Sources of Stress 2 Activity 2. How You Cope with Stress 6 Activity 3. Creating Your Game Plan 10 Activity 4. Keeping a Stress Diary 13 Section II Relaxing Your Stressed-Out Body Activity 5. Slow Deep Breathing 20 Activity 6. Progressive Muscle Relaxation 25 Activity 7. Shifting into Automatic Relaxation 29 Section III Focusing Your Attention to Relax Your Stressed-Out Mind Activity 8.

Meditation 34 Activity 9. Mindfulness: Five-Senses Awareness 38 Activity 10. Visualization 42 Section IV Working Your Way Through Worry Activity 11. Your Sources of Worry 46 Activity 12. Your Thinking Mistakes 51 Activity 13. The Key Question: Where's the Evidence? 54 Activity 14. Overthrowing the Tyranny of "Should" 58 Activity 15. Following the Path of Value 62 Section V Working Your Way Through Fear Activity 16.

Building a Plan to Work Your Way Through Fear 66 Activity 17. Building Your Act-Brave Ladder 70 Activity 18. Putting Your Working-Your-Way-Through-Fear Plan to the Test 75 Activity 19. Imagining Your Way Through Fear 79 Section VI Solving the Problems in Your Life So That You Don't Stress About Them Activity 20. Identifying the Problem (and That's Not Always Easy) 82 Activity 21. Brainstorming Possible Solutions and Keeping an Open Mind 85 Activity 22. Examining the Pluses and Minuses and Deciding What to Try First 89 Activity 23. The Power of Constructive Worry 94 Section VII Communicating Clearly and Saying No Activity 24.

Clear Communication Begins with Good Listening 98 Activity 25. Clear Communication Includes I-messages 102 Activity 26. Clear Communication Sends the Correct Message 106 Activity 27. Four Steps to Saying No 109 Section VIII Putting It off Just Heaps It on Activity 28. Breaking It Down to Move Things Along 114 Activity 29. Cutting a Corner to Move Things Along 117 Activity 30. Procrastinating Less to Stress Less 120 Section IX Managing Stress That Angers You So You Can Manage Anger That Stresses You Activity 31. Your Sources of Anger 126 Activity 32.

Identifying Your Anger Stages 131 Activity 33. Using Coping Thoughts and Actions to Cool Down 135 Activity 34. Creating Your Anger Management Plan and Putting It to the Test 139 Section X Eating Right, Eating Well--Just Try Not to Eat to Calm Down Activity 35. Your Eating Right, Eating Well Profile 144 Activity 36. Developing Your Eating Right, Eating Well Plan 147 Section XI Exercising Your Way to Less Stress Activity 37. Selecting the Best Exercise for You 152 Activity 38. Developing Your Exercise Plan 155 Section XII Space Matters: Creating a Calm Environment Activity 39. Creating a Calming Space 162 Activity 40.

Harnessing the Power of Your Calming Space 166 Wrapping Up 168 Acknowledgments 169.