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.