Seeking Serenity ─ The 10 New Rules for Health and Happiness in the Age of Anxiety

Achieve new levels of peace and mindfulness with this empowering and transformative look at stress.

In Seeking Serenity, CNN Health columnist Amanda Enayati examines life in the modern age of anxiety and outlines ten revolutionary principles for living stress free.

With more demands than ever, most of us are overwhelmed with an unending stream of communication and constant pressure to do more, creating a destructive cycle of stress. In an enlightened new approach, Seeking Serenity shines the twin searchlights of modern science and spirituality on this perennial complaint and delivers the most effective ways to beat stress?and in doing so, the best way to live.

Seeking Serenity shows readers how to take control of their lives and their anxiety through ten principles: belong, be happy, be resilient, be creative, be loving, be giving, be uncluttered, be healthy, be free, and be present. These groundbreaking principles connect the dots among a variety of disciplines and cultures, providing the first big-picture view of stress beyond a medical standpoint and including essential spiritual, philosophical, cultural, and personal perspectives.

Drawing on extensive research and remarkable case studies, Seeking Serenity proves to be not just a fascinating journey through stress, but a clear, accessible action plan to achieve life's most elusive prizes: balance and bliss.

Amanda Enayati is a columnist for CNN Health, where she has examined the quest for well-being and life balance for the past five years. Her writing has appeared widely online, in print and on the radio, including in The Washington Post, Time, Salon, Reader’s Digest, and public radio, among others. She is the stress and technology correspondent for PBS MediaShift and a frequent speaker at conferences on subjects including health, mindfulness, and the intersection of passion and purpose.