Stress Less, Accomplish More

The 15-Minute Meditation Programme for Extraordinary Performance

By: Emily Fletcher, Dr Mark Hyman MD, Andrew Huberman PhD

Narrated by: Emily Fletcher, Sean Pratt, Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's Summary

This audio edition includes guided meditation exercises from the book and an exclusive 20-minute Stress Less Guided Meditation at the end of the audiobook.

Foreword by Mark Hyman, MD. Preface by Andrew Huberman, PhD.

In Stress Less, Accomplish More Emily Fletcher shares an ancient meditation technique designed for busy lives. The focus of the practice is stress relief, mental clarity and improved productivity, so it's perfect for the fast pace of modern life. This style of meditation was developed specifically for people with a lot of demands on their time - those with busy jobs, lives and families - and so it has been designed to work anywhere, anytime. All you need is somewhere to sit, a little training and a few minutes to yourself. 

Throughout the audiobook, Emily explains what meditation is, how you do it and the many exciting ways that it can change your life. Stress Less, Accomplish More destigmatises meditation for the average person, making it attractive, understandable and easy to implement for all. This audiobook has a very simple message: do less - without the stress - and accomplish more.

Emily Fletcher is a leading expert in meditation for high performance and has taught meditation to executives at global corporations like Google, Barclays and Viacom as well as busy parents, NBA players, Oscar winners, entrepreneurs and everyone in between.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Emily Fletcher (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic Reviews

"For the few minutes I put into meditation each day, I get back at least an extra three hours of focus and quality work." (Mark Hyman, MD) 

Enjoyed the book but was left disappointed

I really enjoyed listening to Emily’s voice and she really made me feel like this would change my life. Unfortunately the build up just went on for hours and then when we got to the Z technique, I was left wanting more and felt a little short changed because of the quickness and detail I felt was missing. I understood the mindfulness part, but the meditation and manifestation seemed a bit blurry on the how-to’s during the Z technique (e.g how to breathe, how to focus and bring back your thoughts etc) but I get that’s probably just me. All and all though I will definitely be trying this for a month and see how I go. There were some beautiful quotes and stories in this book that you can’t help but smile at. Thanks Emily

Meditation simplified. Meditation made easy

This made it easy for me to understand and apply meditation to my daily routine

Very practical and effective guide to meditation

I've been looking for a guide to meditation that is easy to follow and useful, the first time i used Emily's suggested technique i could feel a deep relaxed state come over me. Highly recommend.

Really enjoyed this audio book

I loved listening to this book. It was great to listen to. thanks so much ...

Emily is a powerhouse

Emily had me engaged from the word go.
Too often audiobooks are narrated by other individuals... this is coming from the source and her passion and belief is infectious.

I cannot wait to put what I’ve learned into practice.

Thank you for your teachings.

Best book for starting meditation practice

I love this book. It explains everything what you need to know about meditation. Also you get simple exercises how to meditate. I can read this book over and over again. I recommend it!

Changed my life...

I was in a really bad place before I listened to this book.... I wish you can see me now....

A useful beginers guide, but flawed.

This is a nice beginners guide to meditation. If you wanted to read one book on meditation and come away with a simple practice that would deliver benefits for the rest of your life, this would do it.

So why the lacklustre ratings? Well...

First off, about half of the book is up selling and product placement for her other products (Online courses, seminars, private lessons etc). That gets old really fast.

Secondly, what she presents here is essentially a repackaging of the kind of transcendental meditation techniques that swept the west in the 70s. Very useful, but nothing new. Along with that comes the old scam of charging acolytes substantial sums of money for personalized mantras... again nothing new, but honestly, read this book and you will know everything you need to know. Refrain from the urge to succumb to Ms Fletcher's constant urging to spend hundreds of dollars on personal time with her. It's the same brand of snake oil that's been swilling round the meditation world for decades.

Thirdly, the book is clearly aimed at fortune 500 CEOs, and as such the tone is unremittingly aspirational and American. maybe you like that sort of thing, in which case, fine. On me, it grates. She goes on endlessly about leaving her successful Broadway career to start her meditation company. As someone who has worked in the industry I feel compelled to say that understudy roles in your mid 30's do not constitute a 'successful Broadway career'. In fact, they constitute exactly the kind of Broadway career that causes people to look around themselves and say "This isn't really working out, I need to jack it in and find another gig... maybe I'll start a meditation company and persuade business people with too much money to give me a hefty chunk of it".

All of that said, if you strip away the above, there is a good, concise, practical and unthreatening guide to meditational technique here. I'd recommend it if that's what you want. Just be prepared to wade through the marketing, business speak and smug self promotion to get to it.

Could be a LOT shorter for content provided

So I'm aware of Emily Fletcher, seen her on many youtube videos and podcast interviews etc and like her. I thought this book would give some clear instruction in the meditation she recommends and it does, but the actual guidance and instruction compared to the amount of sales fluff for her online course is out of balance. It does feel like listening to someone reading out a very very long sales page for an online course. Really, I get meditation is good for you, but lots of testimonials and constant listing of benefits gets a bit hard work. The guidance and instruction take some time to arrive (mid-book) sandwiched between selling the merits of meditation and the merits of the online training. It seems the meditation in this book is useful (I believe you Emily!) but the upsell to the online course is heavy. Especially if you also sign up for the book bonuses - which then gives you lots more upsell emails. Anyone interested in internet marketing, writing a book as a sales lead and then upselling could study this as it is probably as equally suited on that topic as it is on meditation. It is definitely a useful book if you are completely new to meditation and wondering if it could be beneficial, but if you're already sold on the idea and have some knowledge it may contain some useful tips and a way to progress (with the online course) that may be of interest.

Amazing!!

Absolutely loved listening to Stress Less and Accomplish More. I came across Emily Fletcher through another company as I was looking for tools to help heal my body. I've heard of other meditation techniques and practices, but when I sampled a taster of one of Emily's exercises online, it deeply resonated with my soul and body. Stress Less and Accomplish More is exactly what I require in this time of my life. It has helped me to feel less tense, feel more relaxed, and feel internally more happy despite what's going on in my external environment.

What I love about it is it's simple and easy to follow, and definitely designed to implement into any modern day, busy lifestyle. This is something I will be continuing to practise as part of my health and healing, and will be sharing with my clients too. I love this concept that I bought both the audio and the book! I encourage everyone to read and listen to this book. Do the exercises and open your heart, and mind to experience what your body needs....to have less stress. Enjoy xx

Meditate Please!!

Emily writes and reads very well. This book gives you a clear explanation of what meditation can do and it is definitely worth giving it a go. The reasoning behind my star rating (Overall 4, Performance 4, Story 3) is because there is a part in the book which is the most important one when she explains how to meditate, that is not clear. Practicality is what is missing!! I think.
Emily goes well through the 3 Ms. Mindfulness, Meditation, Manifesting. Mindfulness and Manifesting are clear but the Meditation part does not get practical. Only a lot of talking. Am I suppose to just sit and breathe? Breathe how? Mantra? do not get it!!! I read that chapter several times and yet I do not get it. Sorry!! I contacted Emily via Instagram and she referred me to the Facebook groups which I did join and there I asked if I could have some clarifications but again nothing practical!!

I have not started my meditation yet as I am not sure how to do it!!

basically one massive advert

this is basically hours and hours of the woman trying to sell her expensive online medication coaching programme... with maybe 1% actually about telling you HOW to meditate. shameless

very little meditation

the book starts by explaining the many known benefits of meditation which you'd expect, sadly it never progresses beyond this with many meditation exercises. There is a very limited meditation at the end which seems to have been added afterwards. The main aim of this book seems to be to get people to sign up to the online course or visit one of the live lessons. Very disappointing listen

A long sales pitch that offers little value.

This was really repetitive and one long sales pitch for the online course. Very disappointing.

Highly recommend

First heard Emily Fletcher on Kwik Brain podcast (also recommended). Emily makes meditation accessible and breaks it down making it easy to digest. Also she doesn't leave you waiting to the end of the book for the big reveal. Which is refreshing. MZ

So robotic I couldn't listen

What the actual F was this? Seems like the hired the Microsoft Word narrator. it really sounds like a machine, reading at a very fast paced. I couldn't stand it. would like to exchange this book

most of this book is unnecessary

I've not even finished this book yet but she's just spent the first 3 hours repeating the same handful of benefits meditation offers... like literally the same points. then a testimonial doing the same..... getting bored of this even though I really want to do it .. not great wrighting