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Dr. Brian King trained as a neuroscientist and psychologist and for the past decade has traveled the world as a comedian and public speaker. By day he conducts seminars, presented nationwide and attended by thousands of people each year, on positive psychology, the health benefits of humor, and stress management. By night he practices what he teaches in comedy clubs. Dr. Brian began performing stand-up comedy in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, and has performed hundreds of shows around the world. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, a master's degree from the University of New Orleans, and a PhD from Bowling Green State University, and is the author of The Laughing Cure. Dr. Brian hails from New York City and today s ...more

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Brian King and 1 other person liked Linda Black's review of The Art of Taking It Easy: How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors:
The Art of Taking It Easy by Brian King
"Absolutely amazing book and highly recommend everyone to read. So much great advice given in a humerous way, its like sitting with a friend chatting about life and stress and sharing instead of just a one way conversation of what you should do."
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“The simplest description I have ever come across is that stress is our brain’s reaction to a perception of threat.”
― Brian King, The Art of Taking It Easy: How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors
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“The traffic was real, but it was your own beliefs, values, and expectations that made the situation into one that you found stressful.”
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“Worrying is nothing more than internally generated stress—stress we impose on ourselves thanks to some particularly troublesome thoughts.”
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