James Porter, CEO of StressStop, is author of dozens of books, workbooks and audios and videos on managing stress including “The Stress Profiler”, “Stop Stress This Minute” and “The Employee Stress Reduction and Resilience Handbook”, which together have sold over 400,000 copies. Mr. Porter has lectured on stress management at universities, major corporations and for government agencies including: MIT, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, GlaxoSmithKline, Time Inc, The FBI, The CIA, The US NAVY and the US Army. He has been a keynote speaker at numerous professional conferences. He has also appeared on The CBS Morning News, and his work has been reported on by Good Morning America, Ladies Home Journal, The Associated Press, and The NY Daily News. His articles on stress have been published online by Forbes, HuffPost, Apple News, and Inc. When he’s not writing, editing, and teaching, Mr. Porter can be found near his home in Norwalk, Connecticut shooting nature film footage, birding, and spending time with family.

His book, STOP STRESS THIS MINUTE, published by WELCOA, has sold over 100,000 copies, including 6000 copies to the Mayo Clinic. It won the Silver Award from the National Health Information Awards. Mr. Porter’s video programs have been used in thousands of hospitals nationwide, including The Mayo Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic and at the Mind/Body Clinic in Boston, Mass. 

Publications (writer, director, producer)

Books

• STOP STRESS THIS MINUTE 140 Page Book on Stress Published By Welcoa   2016
• Maximizing Mindfulness & Minimizing Stress Published By Integrated Health & Wellness 2020

Articles (published online)

•  “What are the effects of stress on the heart?”  Forbes and Medical Daily  February 2017
• “What's the difference between anxiety, stress, and nervousness?” Medical Daily and Apple News February 2017
•  “In what way can stress affect sports performance?” HuffPost and Forbes January 2017
•  “Are there any benefits from suffering anxiety and depression?” Medical Daily January 2017
• "Think You're Too Anxious to Meditate? Here's How to Succeed at it Anyway" Forbes December 2018
• "Is Stress Subjective?" Forbes January 2019

Workbooks

• The EMPLOYEE STRESS REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE HANDBOOK, 2016
• THE STRESS PROFILER 16 page Workbook/Assessment, StressStop.com, Revised Version 2016
• THE STRESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 32 page Workbook  StressStop.com, Revised 2016
• THE THINKING PERSON’S STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKBOOK 32 Pages Self Published 2016

Training Kits

• The 6 Steps to Stress Prevention (6-hour certification course) Welcoa Institute, 2016
• WELLNESS WORKS 4-HOUR Training Manual on Stress, Diet & Exercise StressStop.com 2005
• THE ABC’S OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING 3-HOUR Training kit on rational thinking, StressStop.com 2007
• THE SEVEN STEPS TO STRESS MASTERY 4-Hour training manual on managing stress, StressStop.com 2013
• THE STRESS FREE DIET 1-Hour Training Manual on stress and diet StressStop.com 2006
• MANAGING ANGER 1-hour Training Manual on anger management, StressStop.com 2005
• MINDFULNESS AN INTRODUCTION 1-hour training manual on mindfulness StressStop.com 2008
• JOB STRESS AND BURNOUT, 2-hour training manual on occupational stress & burnout, StressStop.com 2004
• LAUGHING AT STRESS 1-Hour training manual on humor and stress, StressStop.com 2001

Videos

• EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 3 Training videos with Dan Goleman, Ph.D StressStop.com 2011
• STRESS 5 Training videos with David Katz, M.D., StressStop.com 2008
• RELAXING THROUGH THE SEASONS with Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. StressStop.com 1997
• LAUGHING AT STRESS with Loretta LaRoche, Use of humor and stress StressStop.com 2001
• SHORT CIRCUITING STRESS with Dr. Robert Eliot, on cognitive restructuring, StressStop.com 1997
• WELL, WELL, WELL, comedy on corporate wellness promotion, StressStop.com 2000
• METABOLIC SYNDROME, with Bill Gaertner, M.D., An introduction, StressStop.com 2011
• BALANCING THE STRESS OF LIFE, About Work-life balance StressStop.com 1999
• THE RELAXATION CHANNEL, 10 hours of Relaxation Programming for Hospital CC-TV StressStop.com 2012

CD’s

• A DAY AWAY FROM STRESS, relaxation CD with Dr. Stuart McCalley StressStop.com 1997
• OVERCOMMING STRESS-RELATED INSOMNIA, relaxation CD with Dr. Stuart McCalley, M.D., StressStop.com 2010
• EMOTIONAL EATING with Dr. Ed Abramson , StressStop.com 2005
• RELAXATION THROUGH THE SEASONS, with Dr. Joan Borysenko, StressStop.com 1997
• JUST RELAX, with Dr. Stuart McCalley, StressStop.com 1995
• RELAXATION AND RECOVERY, relaxing music, StressStop.com 2005

Blog (Monthly)

• On www.StressStop.com since 2005
• Huffington Post 2013-2017 

BA Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

MALS Wesleyan University