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Have you ever driven several miles without noticing anything on the road, or read a page in a book without registering any of it? Do the days worries and disappointments crowd your mind as youre trying to fall asleep at night? Do you feel stressed much of the time and arent sure how to find peace? In this book, Amit Sood, M.D., M.Sc., a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the minds instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life. The book is based on the highly popular stress management program offered at Mayo Clinic that Dr. Sood developed after two decades of work with tens of thousands of people. Drawing on groundbreaking brain research, Dr. Sood helps you understand the brains two modes and how an imbalance between them produces unwanted stress.