Be the Duck...Tips for Letting Things Roll off Your Back

By Kathy Hoff

Everyone experiences stress! Managing stress is the key to becoming more resilient, healthier, and balanced. Learning to think differently and let stress roll off your back can lead to better relationships and a happier self.

Be the Duck...Tips for Letting Things Roll off Your Back is a collection of short stories, each containing a tip you can immediately implement in your daily routine. You will be able to:

* Adapt to change * Live your values * Understand what you can and cannot control * Implement the relaxation response * Manage your anger better * Be the duck!

Many of us feel like we are dealing with unique problems that no one else understands, but Be the DuckTips for Letting Things Roll off Your Back shows youre not alone. It not only tells stories that illuminate the fact that we all have stress, but it also gives great solutions to start to change your life in amazing ways. Go aheadbe the duck!

Dr. Nicole Murphy, Whole Life Chiropractic

Ive had the pleasure of working with Kathy in several different capacities. Kathys creativity and genuine care for others shines through in everything she does. Her messages are so relatable and warm that you find yourself opening up to what can be without feeling intimidated or overwhelmed. She is a gentle cheerleader who is always in your court to support you in your next step on the journey. The wisdom and humor she brings come from her experience and her zest for life. She truly lives life to the fullest and encourages others to have as much fun as she does!

Wendy Basch, RN; BSN; Wellcoaches; certified professional wellness coach; ICF; professional certified coach; ACSM; certified personal trainer; Stott Pilates instructor; spin instructor; owner of Rise and Shine Wellness

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Mar 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504330138

Kathy Hoff

Kathy Hoff is a certified Stress Management Trainer, Health & Wellness Coach, and national speaker whose passion is to help people learn to manager their stress. She has her BS Degree in Elementary Education from Missouri Valley College and Master’s Degree in Teaching from Webster University. Kathy lives in Lee’s Summit, MO, with her husband, is marketing director for Whole Life Chiropractic, managing content director for Around the Lake magazine, and an on-call health educator for Health Fitness. She loves reading, walking, yoga, kayaking and mainly spending time with her triplet grandsons.

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Balboa Press rev. date: 03/25/2015

Contents

Forward

by Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D., Boulder, Colorado, Author the best-selling books, Stand Like Mountain, Flow like Water and Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward

Preface

Introduction

How Do You Handle Stress?

Be Still

Golfing with Mom

What Kayaking Taught Me

The Journey of Journaling

My Dryer Sings to Me

It’s a Matter of Perception

Calm Water

Hot Stones

Do You Like Change?

Morning Rituals

Getting Your Z-z-z-z’s

It’s All in Your Head!

Moonstruck

Help! There’s Too Much on My Plate!

A New Year’s Resolution

What If?

Broken Angel Wings

It’s Positively Possible!

Bibliography

About the Author

Dedication

Like any endeavor, it takes more than one person to accomplish a dream. In my case, it’s taken a tribe, and I am so grateful for my husband, my children, parents and siblings for their support and love throughout my life. They have always made me feel I could do anything I set my mind to. I am also thankful for my teachers –those who have taught be lessons in life, both positive and negative, so I can continue to become the person I am supposed to be.

My appreciation also goes to those who make this a better world through service and kindness! These people – some I know, some I’ve never met – have been my mentors and examples of how I want to live my life.

Forward

One of Don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements states, Don’t take things personally. This is great advice. In a rapidly changing, stress-filled world, it becomes quite easy to take things personally. The influx of technology, from smart phone to tablets, hasn’t helped. In fact, some would argue that the use of iPads, iPhones and androids has derailed much of our civility to the point