This self-help guide to reducing stress covers 12 major areas of life. Easy- to-implement strategies help the reader take charge of time, money, relationships, self-care, and more. This commonsense guide to lifestyle changes is enhanced by scenarios of how others cooled their stress with simple, positive steps. Studies have shown stress is rising annually in the U.S. for most individuals. My goal is to help readers reduce their personal stress levels by at least 50%.