New Releases by Richard Carlson

Featured in Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine Carlson Story starring Heather Locklear, premiering on Lifetime This indispensable guide to family in the #1 bestselling series reveals how to avoid letting the minor setbacks in your home life get you down. With his characteristic candor and piercing insight, author Richard Carlson demonstrates how to resolve such common domestic tensions as: Children who are whining or fighting Issues with your spouse Hassles over household chores Difficult teenagers

The best of the best from the publishing phenomenon Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff -- in time for the series'' tenth anniversary! When Richard Carlson wrote Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff in January 1997, he had no way of knowing it would be the beginning of an unrivaled publishing success story. The book was the #1 New York Times bestseller for two full years, an unprecedented feat, and to date has more than nine million copies in print. A series of Don''t Sweat books followed, each garnering impressive sales in their own right. Now, in time for the tenth anniversary of that first publication, Carlson has created The Big Book of Small Stuff, a best-of collection drawn from the series. It features pieces beloved by Calrson and his millions of fans, classic tales of inspiration and success like: Make Peace with Imperfection, Allow Yourself to Be Bored, Praise and Blame Are All the Same, See the Innocence, and more.

This collection of 100 essays contains strategies for achieving financial success by giving up stress, worry, anger and fear. Carlson takes the reader through the steps needed to create a more relaxed attitude to money and the ways that this can result in successful money-making ventures.

The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff delivers thirty-nine stress-busting techniques for turning your life around. All of us are looking for ways to take control of our lives, whether in our relationships, our families, our work, our health, or our future plans. Daily challenges have a way of overwhelming us, making life harder than it needs to be. The good news is that the answers are out there. And they are Easier Than You Think. In the phenomenal bestseller Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson taught millions of readers how to stop the little things in life from driving them crazy. Now, in Easier Than You Think, Carlson demonstrates how making simple yet effective changes can get our life back on course. With his unique blend of storytelling and advice, Carlson offers proven ways that even the smallest amounts of change can add up to become a fortune of difference in our lives. "This book can be read quickly but also consulted again and again . . . everyone should come away with some new perspectives." — Library Journal

In this revised edition, #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and nationally known stress-management consultant Carlson reveals a profound breakthrough in human psychology with his assertion that happiness is man''s natural state.

If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would you call? What would you say? Why are you waiting? Richard Carlson''s sudden, tragic death in December 2006 left his millions of fans reeling, but even their many letters, calls, and emails couldn''t erase the loss felt by his wife, Kristine. To try and come to terms with her loss, she pored over 25 years of love letters, reliving the memories and cherishing her late husband''s memory. But one letter stood out. Richard had written to his wife on their 18th wedding anniversary and attempted to answer the question: if you had one hour to live, what would you do, who would you call, and what would you say? An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love is a profoundly moving book that shows the importance of treasuring each day as the incredible gift it is.

Inside find helpful advice, such as: Take a Vacation, Not a Guilt-Trip Don''t Get "Should Upon" Hades or Homecoming? Opt In- or Out-of Family Events Quit Being Your Mother Ban Worry from Your Holidays It''s Not Daytona—You''re Not Jeff Gordon Don''t Try to Cook Tailgating Turkeys Don''t Get Scrooged is a jewel of a handbook on how to avoid, appease, and even win over the Scrooges who haunt your holidays. Whether it''s the salesclerk who ignores you in favor of her cell phone, the customer who knowingly jumps ahead of you in line at Starbucks, the unnaturally irritable boss down the hall, or the in-laws who invite themselves (every year) for a two-week stay at your house, you will always need to deal with Scrooges, grumps, uninvited guests, sticks-in-the-mud, and supreme party poopers. Learning to handle them whenever and wherever they appear is not just optional—it''s essential.

"With this simple and practical guide, Dr. Carlson shows us how to happy now, before we solve our problems."--Cover.

In his number one national bestseller, "Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff," Richard Carlson, Ph.D., showed readers how not to let the small things in life drive them crazy. In "Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff About Money," he discusses ways to have a more abundant and thoughtful life, all the while refusing to let financial concerns overwhelm us. Now, in "Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family," we see how not to let small annoyances in our home life get us down. From defusing kids who are whining or fighting, to working out issues with a spouse, to reducing the hassles over household chores, Richard Carlson shows us ways to make our relationships at home--the place where it counts most--more peaceful and loving.

With more than 21 million copies in print, Richard Carlson''s bestselling Don''t Sweat series has shown countless families, lovers, and workers how not to sweat the small stuff. Now, in his soothing and wise trademark tone, Carlson takes a different approach and discusses life''s bigger issues, including dealing with the death of a loved one; how divorce affects your family and friends; confronting illness, whether in yourself or others; and managing difficult financial situations. In chapters such as ''Bouncing Back from Divorce,'' ''Finding Life After Death,'' and ''Feel Free to Grieve,'' Carlson offers healing insight and heartfelt advice on how to find inner peace and strength to deal with the big stuff. Don''t Sweat the Big Stuff, but instead: Learn from the Big Stuff Grieve Freely Ask Yourself the Question, ''Will This Matter a Year from Now?'' Reflect on What You''re Going to Want to Say--Before You Need to Say It Prepare and Let Go

Now the #1 bestselling author of the Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff Series, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., offers teenagers simple, helpful wisdom for coping with everyday issues Anyone who thinks teens have it easy hasn''t been to a high school recently. As the headlines remind us almost daily, America''s teenagers deal with stress in just about every facet of their lives: academics, sports, social situations, family life, money matters, even work. Now Richard Carlson, author of the Don''t Sweat series, with sales of 12 million copies, applies the same techniques to teens that have made his other books required reading for anyone coping with life''s everyday challenges. In simple, straightforward language, Dr. Carlson addresses common teen concerns with chapters such as: "Make Peace with Your Mistakes," "Be Creative in Your Rebellion," "Be Okay with Your Bad Hair Day," "Turn Down the Drama Meter," and "Notice Your Parents Doing Things Right." As with his other Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff titles, teens and their parents will find that Richard Carlson''s positive approach helps to minimize the impact stressful situations have on their lives.

Provides one hundred strategies for living more fully and worrying less as a means of attracting wealth and abundance in our lives.

America''s most celebrated spiritual writers offer inspiring words on the state of the soul today. This collection of more than thirty original essays addresses both the importance of caring for and nourishing the soul and the ways in which these individuals tend to their own souls on a day-to-day basis.

The words “don''t sweat the small stuff” became an important part of American culture thanks to Richard Carlson’s runaway bestseller, which made publishing history as the #1 book in the United States for two consecutive years. Now, You Can Feel Good Again has one simple message: changing your thinking changes your life. Carlson offers a commonsense method that allows anyone to release unhappiness and negativity related to present circumstances or past events, and return to a natural state of well-being in the present. You Can Feel Good Again is full of humor, wisdom, and thoughtful guidance—a genuine tool to foster the realization that happiness and contentment are truly one thought away.

A groundbreaking new work that shows parents how they can become a mirror for their children, reflecting the positive, life-affirming messages children need to enjoy happiness and develop healthy self-esteem. Richard Carlson is a nationally known stress management consultant and author of Healers on Healing and For the Love of God (25,000 copies sold).