Cracking the Stress Problem

Cracking the Stress Problem is Richard J. B. Willis’s practical guide to recognising stress, understanding its effects, and building coping strategies that hold. It combines research with exercises and is written for professionals, students, parents and anyone carrying more than they can comfortably manage.

What’s inside Cracking the Stress Problem

Willis starts by taking stress seriously as a physical event, not just a feeling. The physical and emotional costs of unmanaged pressure are set out plainly, because most people underestimate them until they are paying them.

The practical chapters give techniques that can be applied immediately, with exercises rather than exhortation. It is the most usable stress title in the catalogue.

• What stress is and how it affects daily life
• The physical and emotional costs of unmanaged stress
• Recognising your own stressors
• Practical coping techniques
• Exercises for building resilience
• Written for work, study and family pressure

Who this book is for

For anyone under sustained pressure — at work, at home, in study — who wants method rather than sympathy. It is used by counsellors, in workplace wellness programmes, and by health ministry teams.

It sits alongside Positive Mind: Willis on the pressure itself, Melgosa on the mindset that survives it.

About the author and publisher

Richard J. B. Willis is a health educator and author on stress and lifestyle. Published by The Stanborough Press, the British Adventist publishing house whose health and family titles form the backbone of this catalogue.

Cracking the Stress Problem sits in our Health & Nutrition range with Positive Mind and Free from Addiction.

Questions about this book

Is this a psychology book?

It uses the research, but it is written for general readers with exercises rather than theory.

Does it deal with anxiety?

It deals with stress and its effects, including anxiety as an everyday experience. It is not a clinical treatment guide.

Are there practical exercises?

Yes, throughout.

Is it suitable for students?

Yes. Student stress is addressed directly.

Is it Christian?

It comes from the Adventist health tradition, with the emphasis on practical lifestyle rather than devotional content.