Beschreibung

Your working day has ended. Your mind is still in the meeting.

You answer one more message. Replay one more conversation. Plan tomorrow before you have fully arrived home today. From the outside, you are managing everything. Inside, you may be wondering how long you can keep going this way.

How Stress Can Kill Me – and how I managed to prevent it invites you to give yourself a place in the life you have worked so hard to build.

Drawing on his personal health turning point in 2008, Heiko Gärtner brings together honest reflection, accessible medical context, and practical ways to approach pressure, recovery, and responsibility.

A tree grows strong because its roots receive nourishment. Your ambition, commitment, and capacity to care for others need nourishment, too.

Inside the book, you will explore:

• Understanding stress: clear explanations of the stress response, the nervous system, and the connections between strain, sleep, and attention.
• Recognizing your patterns: notice where overcommitment, constant availability, and the need for control shape your days.
• The FlowSwitch practice: pause, become aware of your condition, and choose a useful next step.
• Everyday foundations: gentle breathing exercises, movement, nature, meals, and evening routines.
• Leadership and relationships: practical approaches to boundaries, delegation, conflict, and being present with the people who matter.
• Putting insight into action: a seven-day introduction, guidance for the following three weeks, and worksheets for reflection and professional conversations.

Dedicated chapters address people living with cancer and their loved ones, with a compassionate focus on support, individual needs, and quality of life. Medical references help distinguish established knowledge, research questions, and personal experience.

Written especially for leaders, entrepreneurs, and people with substantial responsibility, this book offers small beginnings that can fit into a demanding life.

Begin with one page, one honest observation, and one step that makes room for you.

English-language e-book · 95 pages · 28 chapters · Practical exercises and reflection worksheets · 27 references

By Heiko Gärtner · Waterfall Journey