6 Quotes & Sayings By Andrew J Bernstein

Andrew J. Bernstein is an American author whose ten books have been published in twenty-eight languages and thirty-eight countries. He has been a writer-in-residence at Harvard University, the University of Virginia, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Texas at Austin, and was a member of the prestigious PEN International Committee on Freedom of Expression. His awards include the First Annual Frankfurt Peace Prize from the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, the Adrienne Shelly Award from PEN American Center, and a lifetime achievement award from the New York Literary Council Read more

In 2008 Bernstein completed a book about his experience as a prisoner of war in Afghanistan entitled Prisoner of War. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. Andrew J. Bernstein
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Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe. Andrew J. Bernstein
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The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health. Andrew J. Bernstein
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Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life. Andrew J. Bernstein
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Find the beliefs that are strangling your feelings, challenge them for your sake as well as theirs, and see how it feels to love someone without a thought about the future, simply for who they are today. Andrew J. Bernstein