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Ziff-Davis Web Site ZDNet reviewing StressMaster 3.0: "StressMaster is a life improvement program that enables you to chronicle and monitor your levels of stress, set personal goals, and design strategies for becoming emotionally and spiritually healthy.

The interface is both simple and attractive, featuring a high quality piece of artwork. Life Improvement components include Cope with my Daily Stress, Calm my Anger, Define my Goals, Overcome my Addictions, Change my State of Mind, Write my Journal, and more. Journal files can be backed up.

A searchable State of Mind Library lists adjectives running the gamut from "able" and "accepted" to "unhappy" and "upset." Our favorite element of StressMaster, though, is its Stress Management Strategies, which offers such stress-busters as Biofeedback, Breath Control, Exercise, Self-Talk, and more.

If you're feeling a bit lost, you might also check out the interesting extra "Things to Remember," which inspires you with such wisdom as, "The world is magic when you decide it is." See for yourself if StressMaster is a magical program. Help is included."

Users' Comments:

* "I've been using StressMaster over the last couple of months without a problem and have found it to be a great program"

* "StressMaster is by far the best self-help program I've ever seen"

* "StressMaster is a unique and useful program"

* "Offers many techniques and modules for dealing with stress"

* "Additional resources (suggested readings) are a nice touch"

* "I've found the program easy to use"

* "I love your program StressMaster"

* "Thank you for a great piece of software. I can't help but to envy the great work Acal have done for the Internet community. I am a programmer and I know the effort being put to achieve such a marvel"

* "I must agree that this is an excellent piece of software and one that deserves praise in the aspect of data gathering and programming prowess. Great job!"

Want to start a regular exercise program? Learn a new skill? Get rid of addiction to tobacco, alcohol, drug or other? Lose weight? Want to really improve the quality of your life?

Then take action. One step at a time.

First step: Create your own Success Log. Seems difficult? Writer's block? Not with StressMaster! You will be the only reader of your personal journal if you so choose and StressMaster will ask you simple questions and even suggests answers. Experience shows that the simple fact to write your goals and to report your progressive achievements gets your internal motivation growing day after day, until you reach whatever goal you choose. Motivation is the key to success.

Here is why the daily use of StressMaster will help you achieve results you thought unreachable:

16 Strategies to master Stress

StressMaster, your Personal Coach, helps you cope with daily stress. Use proven strategies to avoid being overwhelmed by all the stimuli of modern life. StressMaster is an interactive program that teaches you instant relaxation skills that can change your life.

Peak Performance at will?

Learn how to reach at will your Empowering Emotional States. States of Mind are believed to be our reaction to life events. People used to think of them as unpredictable and uncontrollable as the weather. Modern science shows that they can be changed at will. Our brain biochemistry determines what State of Mind we are in. StressMaster uses 16 different strategies to take control of our States of Mind. Choosing our State, no matter what, is the essence of Self Control.

Your Personal Coach?

StressMaster shows step by step how to best cope with the challenges of modern life. Constantly available when needed, StressMaster helps you adapt your perception of what is happening so that you can make the best of it. Some States of Mind are empowering like joy, confidence, love, lucidity, courage. Some are inhibiting like anxiety, anger, confusion, boredom and so on. StressMaster explains how to instantly change your States of Mind. Ways to improve are only a mouse click away.

Your Catalyst for Change?

Changes are the most challenging and stressful events in our life. To change behaviors that do not produce successful outcomes, we need to understand why we react the way we do, apply the right strategies and we also need help. This is exactly what StressMaster brings: help to modify aspects of your life you decide to improve.

Ways to enhance your Health?

Studies show that over 70% of all modern so called civilization diseases like cardiovascular illnesses or cancers are related to long term destructive lifestyles or stress. Health Psychology shows that simple changes in habits can over time considerably improve the quality of life. For example the accumulation of cortisol in the brain, as a result of poor Stress coping habits, seems to be involved in maladies such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

Authoring your Life?

Discover your unique talents. Building on your unique strengths and gifts you can optimize the quality of your life. Doing what everybody else does will help you find a job and pay the rent. If you want to thrive in a competitive world you need to develop your talents and find ways to use them constantly. This is the best way to enjoy what you do, get the best rewards for it with the optimum amount of Stress.

Why define a Life Mission?

StressMaster will help you define your Personal Life Mission. Without a mission we are just drifting, more or less reacting to external events. In fact everybody else is in charge of our life and this generates a lot of Stress. With a Life Mission we are in charge. StressMaster helps give your personal meaning to a productive life of happiness and contribution.

Controlling your Emotions?

With StressMaster learn how to use your Emotional States to reach your goals. Depending on the situation you might need to be in a Peak Performance State or in a Relaxed State to restore your energy level. Learn how to master your States of Mind to reach the goals you have determined with the help of StressMaster.

Your Best Life Style?

Most of our destructive habits, like abuse of alcohol, tobacco or drugs, are in fact quick fixes to cope with stress. We would like to replace them with productive ones. We just do not find the strength, motivation and strategies to do so. As soon as we have defined our Mission in Life, changes however are no longer optional they become mandatory and yet easy to make. We really need to be in the best possible mental, emotional and physical condition to succeed. StressMaster shows how to be your best and become all you were meant to be.

Your Instant Knowledge Base

Centered on Quality of Life improvements and continuously updated, StressMaster is the best interactive information base on modern behavior changes. In the last 30 years considerable discoveries have been made on human Health Psychology. With StressMaster learn how to live at your Peak Performance Stress Level and reach your optimum Wellness with no hazardous side effects.

Now think about it! You know deep inside that you can reach your Personal Unique Life Potential. When do you feel great? When you grow and when you help others grow! When you go further than your own self imposed limits!

Now is the time for action. This simple first step of starting your Success Log with StressMaster can change your life for the better. It has for everyone who tried it. Why not you? Why not now?

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