What Readers Are Saying
About Mimi Donaldson's Book

Bless Your Stress

I thank heaven for my stress every morning. I mean, if not for stress I would be out of work! Leslie Charles and Mimi Donaldson are true believers, too. Bless Your Stress is filled with clever yet concrete ways to whittle the stress bully down to size. Brava to both authors! - Loretta LaRoche, author of Life Is Short, Wear Your Party Pants

If stress is making you feel like you’re at your wit’s end and you don’t know which way to turn, this imaginative page turner will amuse you, inform you, and equip you with a generous supply of innovative skills to help guide you toward a healthier and happier life. - Jacqueline Marcell, author of Elder Rage

Reading this lively, lovingly written book can significantly lessen your stress level. No more “talk to the hand” cheekiness. No more pressure cooker outbursts. Bless Your Stress offers a warm welcome to a kinder, gentler world and does it with frequent flashes of humor and wit. Such flair is not generally seen in stress manuals. What a welcome approach! - Mary LoVerde, author of I Used to Have a Handle on Life But it Broke

Bless Your Stress is just what the doctor ordered! This prescriptive, playful book makes the “medicine” go down with ease by not just masking the symptoms, but providing a cure. Best of all, it offers some of the best anti-aging advice I’ve seen in a long time. - Barbara Morris, R.Ph., author of Put Old On Hold

Warning: This book is only masquerading as self-help. Underneath the funny costume is a profound new perspective that can, if you’re willing to give up suffering, vastly improve your daily reality. I don’t know what they’re planning to charge for this book, but it’s worth it! - Mariah Burton Nelson, author of We Are All Athletes

Does the world need another book on stress? In a word, yes! This book is light-hearted, thought provoking, and action inviting all at the same time, making it jest perfect for dealing with its serious subject. Leslie Charles and Mimi Donaldson have compiled a rich resource of offbeat yet on-target strategies that will help you reflect, relax, rejoice, refresh, rebalance, rekindle, and revitalize your resilience. -
Dr. Joel Goodman, Director of The Humor Project, Inc.

Bless Your Stress provides new insights into handling our hectic lives, but most importantly, this book provides readers with easy-to-implement, practical options and healthy choices. A must read for those of us who never give up on achieving a life that includes balance. - Betsy Myers, Executive Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Bless Your Stress is the bible for stress management. It’s the most creative, helpful book on managing stress I’ve seen, and I’ve read and taught from all of them for the past 15 years! This book is not just practical and doable; it’s fun, funny, and insightful. Bless yourself and buy this book. - Mary Marcdante, author of My Mother, My Friend and Living With Enthusiasm

Bless your Stress is a blessing in itself, with a truly unique combination of practical strategies and humor for lightening our hearts and lives. You will want to bless your family, friends, and coworkers with the gift of this thoroughly enjoyable book. - Lori Leyden, PhD, MBA, author of The Stress Management Handbook: Strategies for Health and Inner Peace

If you’re rushing from the minute you wake up to the moment you go to bed…you’ll love this witty, fascinating book. Bless Your Stress is packed with unique, doable suggestions you can use immediately to create the qulity of life you want now, not someday. Read it and reap. - Sam Horn, author of Tongue Fu!

Any two writers crazy enough to “bless” stress are just brilliant enough to write a book that is chock-a-block filled with advice ranging from the offbeat to the outrageous, and from the powerful to the profound. You’ll love the blend of substance and silliness, lightness and depth. - Eileen McDargh, author of The Resilient Spirit and Work for a Living & Still Be Free to Live

In Bless Your Stress, Leslie Charles and Mimi Donaldson explore the primal malady of our time—the experience and feeling of unrelenting stress—offering pithy observations, profound insights, and entirely practical solutions. - Jeff Davidson, MBA, CMC, author of The Joy of Simple Living and The 60 Second Procrastinator

Thanks to reading Bless Your Stress, my to-do list just got shorter. This book will make a perfect gift for all of my multi-tasking, time juggling friends—maybe they will get the message loud and clear, just like I did. I especially liked the practical, usable tips and wonderful humor. - Patty DeDominic, past President, National Association of Women Business Owners

Your ability to turn stress into energy and vitality determines the quality of your life. This wonderful book shows you how to take complete charge of your mind, emotions, and relationships. - Brian Tracy, author of The Power of Charm

Life is full of bumpy roads, but this delightful guidebook written by two smart, witty tour guides will not only keep you on course—you’ll smile and laugh your way through the journey. Five stars! - Chellie Campbell, author of The Wealthy Spirit and Zero to Zillionaire

Bless Your Stress is a fun, well-written romp that outpaces other books in its field. Who would have thought that handling stress could be approached in such a clever, imaginative, or enjoyable manner? This book makes a terrific gift for the cranky, stressed out people in your life! - Judy Carter, author of The Comedy Bible