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Stop Overthinking

A Workbook to Stop Perfectionism, People Pleasing, Self-Sabotage, and Other Forms of Negative Thinking
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Stop Overthinking by Tina B. Tessina is a self-help guide aimed at helping readers break free from the cycle of overthinking. It provides practical strategies and exercises designed to reduce mental clutter and improve decision-making. The book encourages readers to embrace clarity and mindfulness, leading to a more focused and less stressful life.
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You might enjoy this book if you're looking to gain practical strategies for reducing anxiety and mental clutter. This self-help guide is perfect for anyone seeking to enhance personal development by cultivating mindfulness, embracing calm, and fostering a more focused mindset.

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Stop Overthinking offers more than 100 focused writing prompts and self-exploration exercises to help overcome the 10 types of overthinking-in just 10 steps each.

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Learn to identify and stop the 10 types of overthinking with this life-changing workbook filled with more than 100 unique writing prompts and exercises, plus inspirational quotes. If you've ever lain awake at night, feeling as if your thoughts were on a mental loop that you were unable to stop, then overthinking has affected your sleep. Your mind wants to be active, 24/7, and overthinking is one of the brain's toxic ways of doing so. Without productive sleep, your health may start to suffer with any or all of the following:

  • Increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes
  • Increased levels of stress, depression, and anxiety
  • Decreased concentration and sex drive
  • Memory issues and mood changes
  • Poor balance, weight gain, and a weakened immune system

To help guide your brain to more healthful, productive, and calm ways of thinkingβ€”and getting some restβ€”Tina Tessina, PhD, applies more than 40 years of counselling experience in Stop Overthinking. Using the same approach and homework Dr. Tessina uses with her clients, each chapter covers one type or cause of overthinking:

  • Worry and anxiety
  • Perseverance
  • Perfectionism
  • Obsessive thinking
  • Avoidance
  • People pleasing
  • Self-sabotage
  • Resolving the origins of overthinking
  • Unlearning learned behaviour
  • Overthinking your overthinking

Within each chapter are 10 steps, in the form of writing prompts and exercises, that will help you tackle whatever type of overthinking is causing your mind to run on autopilot. Designed to help you manage your thoughts and your mind in a new way, they will convert your spiralling thought habits into productive, healthy thinkingβ€”which will ultimately improve your sleep and well-being; reduce stress, worry, and anxiety; and help you to become focused and accomplish your goals. Don't let those racing thoughts keep you up, preoccupy you, or distract you any longer. Put an end to them today!

With so much of our lives and contact going digital, the Guided Workbooks offer an intimate way to nurture your connection with yourself and the people around you. An entertaining way to get off your screen, the pages in these guided prompt books are great for writers and first-timers alike.

Each workbook offers content around a different, compelling theme, filled with thoughtful questions, inspiration for composition, and interactive prompts to learn about yourself and the world around you. Beautifully designed on high-quality paper stock and full of mindful prompts, channel your inspiration as you put pen to paper to learn more about what inspires you.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780785842897

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 November 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Chartwell Books Inc.,U.S.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 907g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Tina B. Tessina, PhD, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist in Southern California with more than 45 years experience in counseling individuals and couples. She is the author of 17 books, published in 17 languages. Known as Dr. Romance, she writes the Dr. Romance blog, as well as the Happiness Tips from Tina newsletter. Dr. Tessina appears frequently on radio, TV, and podcasts and in print media. Her Twitter handle is @tinatessina.

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