From balancing work and relationships to navigating financial challenges and health issues--in our hectic and busy lives, stress is simply unavoidable. The Stress Relief Guided Journal offers readers powerful writing practices to help combat the negative effects of stress and integrate healthy relaxation habits into their lives. With this soothing journal, readers will create their own calming space to let go of tension and feel more peaceful in body and mind--in just minutes a day.

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, Self-Esteem, and Couple Skills, which have sold more than a million copies combined. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression.