Freeze-Frame: One Minute Stress Management : A Scientifically Proven Technique for Clear Decision Making and Improved Health [Paperback]

"..the advantage of Freeze-Frame is that it works immediately-in the moment of stress." -- Vogue Magazine

"Freeze-Frame is a unique stress reduction technique that is unusually effective for reducing anxiety and improving performance. Unlike many other services and products that make similar claims, it has a solid scientific basis, and has been thoroughly tested in the workplace and other settings that have clearly demonstrated these benefits." -- Paul J. Rosch, M.D., F.A.C.P., President of the American Institute of Stress and Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, New York Medical College

"I've been surprised to see how powerful a tool the Freeze-Frame technique is in unpleasant situations. ..it helps you go into battle feeling calm, thoughtful and happy." -- Men's Fitness Magazine

"My experience using IHM's Freeze-Frame technique to conquer my pre-TV-appearance jitters was also enlightening....As I waited for my cue... I followed the instructions for Freeze-Frame. ..[My fear] receded to the edges of my awareness as surely as if I'd drawn an imaginary line in the sand of my consciousness....By the end of the interview, I was actually enjoying myself." -- Country Living's Healthy Living Magazine

"The background physiology and the scientific underpinning of this [Freeze-Frame] technique are absolutely sound." -- Graham Bridgewood, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Shell International

"The single most valuable, most effective and especially useful tool because people can do it in real time. Freeze-Frame can be done anywhere..." -- Richard Podell, MD, Internist, Clinical Professor in Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

"Their objective demonstration of the Freeze-Frame interventions for managing "stress" on the psychological and biological level is a landmark achievement." -- Gerhard Werner, M.D., Former Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Former Assistant Chief of Staff, V.A. Medical Center

"There are not many interventions. But this [Freeze-Frame] is one that has profound consequences. The implications of this are huge." -- T. Gregory Quinn, M.D., Cardiologist , Oakland, CA

"These techniques have made an amazing difference to team morale. Before trying it, 46% said they often felt exhausted; after the training, this figure fell to 9%. Some staff members even said they felt kinder." -- Carol Mortimer, Director of Healthcare, Hewlett-Packard, (U.K.)

Freeze-Frame.: One Minute Stress Management unfolds the remarkable science and practical tools of "HeartMath"-a system that addresses how our emotions profoundly affect our health, mental clarity and productivity. The five simple steps of Freeze-Frame are taught, with easy practice sheets for applying and resolving personal and organizational issues from work, family and relationships. Explains HeartMath's breakthrough research on emotions and health, with new information on the function and intelligence of the heart, that has been published in top medical journals. The book also contains summaries of corporate and educational case studies, illustrating the effectiveness of the technique. HeartMath has conducted studies with corporations such as Motorola and Boeing, and state and federal government agencies that show dramatic improvement in productivity and attitude with reductions in stress, depression, anxiety and tension. The book includes guidance and tips on how to get best results with physical health, emotional management, mental clarity, business effectiveness, family and relationship harmony.

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Learn How to FREEZE-FRAME . and * Make better decisions * Reduce high blood pressure * Enhance creativity * Improve heart rhythms * Improve communication * Relieve tension, anxiety and * Increase personal and worry organizational * Decrease sleeplessness and productivity fatigue

"If you're upset, the heart feels it . . . What you can do in the moment to calm yourself down is called Freeze-Frame." -Dr. Donna Willis, NBC News' "Today" "Freeze-Frame is a unique stress reduction technique that is unusually effective for reducing anxiety and improving performance." -Paul J. Rosch, M.D., F.A.C.P., President, The American Institute of Stress "Freeze-Frame is very exciting and very necessary in anything we do with government or intergovernmental work, like NATO . . . the experience was profound." -George Land, Founder and President, Leadership 2000, Co-author, Breakpoint and Beyond

Doc Childre is president and CEO of HeartMath LLC, a training and consulting organization specializing in innovative approaches to the problems of human stress, quality, creativity and effectiveness. Doc is also the founder of the Institute of HeartMath and is a consultant to Fortune 100 companies on Intui-Technology . FREEZE-FRAME, a system designed to create quantum time shifts in decision-making and productivity. Research studies demonstrating the results of the FREEZE-FRAME techniques have been published in peer-reviewed medical journals including The American Journal of Cardiology and The Journal of Stress Medicine.

This expanded and updated second edition of Freeze-Frame is the latest of 7 Childre titles on the HeartMath System. Doc Childre is the founder of the Institute of HeartMath, and President of HeartMath LLC, whose training programs have made their way into Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, military bases, school systems and health organizations around the world. A native North Carolinian, Doc combines refreshing common sense with high level intuition and insight for a practical and profound reading experience and provides much needed hope for a stressed out world.