Includes index.

Introduction to Stress Management 3 -- Anti-Boredom Game: Positive planning for the slow times 17 -- Beastly Boss Game: Fantasy and role playing that focuses on the boss 21 -- Beliefs That Can Kill: A look at irrational thinking in the workplace 23 -- Bliss List: Creating a personalized list of relaxing activities 27 -- Blowing Away the Tension: Quick relaxation with the cleansing breath 29 -- Blowing Up the Company: Putting things in perspective with guided imagery 33 -- Building a Relaxation Machine: Learning to use the materials at hand to aid relaxation 35 -- Capturing a Daydream: Unguided imagery to promote relaxation and creativity 39 -- Compu-Relaxation: Using the computer as a relaxation tool 41 -- Corporate Space Oddity: Guided imagery in deep space 45 -- Corporate Telephone: An amusing variation on the telephone game 49 -- Co-Worker from Hell: A role play for coping with interpersonal conflict 51 -- Dancing with your Eyes: Quick-and-easy eye-movement relaxation 55 -- Glittering Roof: A guided-imagery fantasy 59 -- Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Learning to distinguish good and bad ways to manage stress 63 -- Gravity Magic: Relaxing with the passive stretch technique 67 -- Hands that Heal: The art of self-massage 71 -- Hour Power: Learning to schedule break time 75 -- Keeping the Fires Burning: Fighting burnout with small changes 79 -- Laugh Graph: The power of humor in lowering stress 85 -- A Little Help from My Friends: Creating mutual support teams 89 -- Make-a-Fist Technique: A simple muscle relaxation technique 91 -- Make Me Laugh: Handling stressful situations with humor 93 -- Making It Personal: Designing a personal relaxation regimen 95 -- Meditation for the Impatient: Learning the relaxation response 99 -- Nirvana Room: Designing a low-stress workplace 103 -- One Minute in Hell: Learning to cope with discomfort 107 -- Place of Perfect Peace: Partially guided imagery that takes you there 109 -- Popeye Puffs: Pumping out bad air with the double blow 113 -- Punch That Pillow!: Learning to redirect workplace hostility 115 -- Reach for the Sky: An active stretching exercise 119 -- Ready, Set, Sit!: The power of the relaxation posture 123 -- Red, White, and Very Blue: A colorful approach to managing stress 127 -- Run for Your Life!: Quick aerobics for the office 131 -- Seek and Kill Game: Finding and eliminating sources of stress 135 -- Stacked to the Ceiling: A structured approach to organizing and prioritizing 139 -- Staying Cool, Getting Hot: Using temperature sensors for quick and easy biofeedback 143 -- Tangerine Trees: A fanciful guided-imagery exercise 147 -- Ten-Year Planner: Fighting stress with long-term planning 151 -- Terrific Tummy Technique: An easy way to learn abdominal breathing 155 -- This Perfect Day: Guided imagery to promote relaxation and planning 157 -- Time-Tested Ten Count: An anger-control exercise 161 -- Turn, Turn, Turn: A simple head-turning and head-tilting exercise 165 -- Turtle Technique: Learning to withdraw constructively 169 -- Twenty-Eight-Hour Day: Squeezing more hours into less through time management 173 -- Warmth of the Sun: An imagery exercise for beach lovers 177 -- What D'Ya Know?: A stress-management quiz for the organizational setting 181 -- Whoosh Game: A powerful thought-restructuring exercise 187 -- Within You, Without You: An imagery exercise exploring the body and surroundings 191 -- World Is Round: The ultimate thought-restructuring exercise 195.