Go from Stressed to Strong: Health and Fitness Advice from High Achievers

by Laurie A. Watkins

Go From Stressed to Strong is about the war with the unhealthy habits of our stressful lives. Laurie A. Watkins provides readers with practical and proven tools she designed along with health and wellness experts to get on the path to a healthy lifestyle in a 24-7 world. Prompted by Watkins’s own experiences while working inside the world of two presidential campaigns and other high-performing, stressful working environments, she shares her own stories as well as stories from prominent men and women across a wide range of industries on their experiences and how they came out the other side. Bestselling author and TV host Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” 2016 CrossFit Games competitor and RN Christy Adkins, professional speaker and Army veteran Dan Nevins, restaurateur Jamie Leeds, two-star Michelin-rated chef José Andrés, and former White House staffer Phil Larson are some of the many voices featured.Go From Stressed to Strong is for everyone with a busy lifestyle who thinks they can’t fit in being healthy-whether a CEO, a full-time student, a CPA during tax season, or a full-time parent. Watkins reveals how to handle specific challenges to health-sleep deprivation, poor diet, and stress. In doing so, she encourages readers to command their day now, giving them the energy and strength today in order to make it through tomorrow and the day after that.

Genres: Health, Fitness

226 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 11, 2017

Reviews

[Rebecca Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it possible to be "successful" in your career, however you define it, and still be a healthy, balanced person? Watkins shares her own experiences and also goes to the source with an array of amazing individuals across a range of fields to show that it's not just possible, but in fact critical to focus on your wellbeing for professional achievement. This book gives you many practical tips, even recipes!

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good insights for people with intense jobs that lead to exhaustion. Had me asking myself good questions about how to improve on that. She promoted adding earlier morning hours and filling up your breaks with exercise whereas I am thinking more about working in less intense environments so that I have more time to eat properly and take a walk. She worked in a setting where there was a gym onsite and everyone was working out. I think that at times she generalized her experience to the reader in ways that were not realistic for average people. Sometimes it felt as if she had strug a bunch of interviews together to prove a thesis, sort of along the lines of how you write a college essay.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is for the “but I don’t have time to be healthy” person. The concepts are not novel, but the book’s real examples of various people prioritizing health and literally (despite external forces) taking and keeping time for their regiment makes it a great companion reading piece. It feels like example after example of your friend explaining how she and others in her circle manage to live their best lives and how you can too. While I would recommend reading the whole book, it is organized in a manner that makes it easy to read targeted sections without losing any understanding or context.

[Lena Denman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great motivational read. What I loved about it was that the author is engaged in politics, so she understands how busy and demanding campaigning and life in general can be. Her recommendations come well researched and are welcome nuggets of wisdom.

[Matt Spade · Rating 1 out of 5]

Go from Boring to Mundane

This is more of an autobiography than a wellness book. The author spends more time talking about her time on the campaign trail than discussing wellness, strength, diet, etc.
I learned nothing, I was never inspired.

[Rebecca Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it possible to be "successful" in your career, however you define it, and still be a healthy, balanced person? Watkins shares her own experiences and also goes to the source with an array of amazing individuals across a range of fields to show that it's not just possible, but in fact critical to focus on your wellbeing for professional achievement. This book gives you many practical tips, even recipes!

[Lisa Keegan · Rating 3 out of 5]

nothing new