Preface-How I Came to Write This Book
Part 1. The Truth About Stress
Chapter 1. The Myth Exposed
Chapter 2. The Power of Insight
ActivInsight at Phoenix House.
A worksheet on "I shouldn't be here".
Chapter 3. The Birth of Stress
Factual and counterfactual thinking.
Stress is not a survival advantage.
Expansive versus contractive thoughts.
Using should and shouldn't.
Part 2. Insight in Action
Introduction to part two.
Chapter 4. The Myth of Traffic
Why stressful-life-events scales are not accurate.
ActivInsight as an investment.
Worksheet 1. "There shouldn't be so much traffic."
Chapter 5. The Myth of Anger
Worksheet 2. "They shouldn't get so angry."
Chapter 6. The Myth of Conflict Resolution
Worksheet 3. "They should see it my way."
Chapter 7. The Myth of Weight Loss
Worksheet 4. "I should weigh less."
Chapter 8. The Myth of Success
Worksheet 5. "I should be more successful."
The myth of stress as a motivator.
Chapter 9. The Myth of Financial Happiness
Worksheet 6. "I know that I'd be happier if I had more money."
Chapter 10. ActivInsight in Context
What you think is what you feel.
Additive versus subtractive processes.
Chapter 11. The Myth of Uncertainty
Worksheet 7. "I need to know what's going to happen to me."
Chapter 12. The Myth of a Broken Heart
Worksheet 8. "I want him back."
Worksheet 9. "He should still want to be with me."
Chapter 13. The Myth of Having Too Much to Do
Worksheet 10. "I shouldn't have so much to do."
A problem versus a situation.
Chapter 14. The Myth of Regret
Worksheet 11. "I shouldn't have done that."
Relative Peak Intelligence.
Chapter 15. The Myth of Discrimination
Worksheet 12. "They shouldn't discriminate."
Chapter 16. The Myth of Dying Too Soon
Worksheet 13. "They shouldn't have died."
Seeing life and death as partners, not opponents.
Appendix 1. Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix 2. The ActivInsight Worksheet
