How to Stay Calm When Emotions Run Wild: Master Your Emotional Intelligence, Stop Letting Your Emotions Control You, and Regulate Your Nervous System Under Pressure

Hoover, Meredith

ISBN 10: 1806477211 / ISBN 13: 9781806477210

Published by Discal Srl, 2026

Seller Inventory # 26406636992

Synopsis:

Are your emotions moving faster than your ability to manage them?

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

• You say things you regret before you even realize what happened.
• You hold it together at work but fall apart at home, with the people you love most.
• Your reactions feel wildly out of proportion, and you hate yourself for it afterward.
• You have tried breathing exercises and meditation apps, and nothing sticks.

You already know you want to be calmer. The problem is not understanding. It is practice, real tools, and a clear picture of what is actually happening inside you when things go sideways. This book gives you a working system built on how your brain actually operates under stress, not on how you wish it would.

Inside this book you will uncover:

• Why your brain reacts before you have had a chance to think, and what the amygdala hijack does to your prefrontal cortex (Page 10)
• The emotional patterns absorbed in childhood that are still running your reactions today (Page 18)
• The feelings hidden beneath anger, and how to trace any emotion back to its real source (Page 26)
• What Viktor Frankl understood about the space between stimulus and response (Page 57)
• The RAIN framework for riding out emotional waves without acting on them (Page 60)
• The ABCD model for catching distorted thinking in real time (Page 63)
• The CBT techniques that stop a panic attack before it peaks (Page 77)
• The 5 therapy skills that stop rumination fast, including scheduled worry time (Page 83)
• How box breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system in under 4 seconds (Page 48)
• The 9 micro habits that restore your nervous system daily without a dramatic overhaul (Page 93)

This Book is for You if:

• You react faster than you think and always clean up the mess after.
• Anger or anxiety has damaged relationships you care about.
• You are exhausted by your own inner weather.
• You are done with generic advice and ready for a working system.

Imagine feeling the heat of strong emotion without being controlled by it. That is a learnable skill. And the tools to build it are in this book.

Ready to stop reacting and start responding?

Bibliographic Details

Title: How to Stay Calm When Emotions Run Wild: ...
Publisher: Discal Srl
Publication Date: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New