Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backwards : Rising Above Life's Problems with Humor, Hope and Courage

Brian Luke Seaward remembers the day his grandmother handed him a plate of freshly baked cookies with these loving words: "Now, remember, stressed is just desserts spelled backwards!" Seward marked that day as a turning point in a childhood with an undue amount of stress caused by two alcoholic parents.

He realized that humor and compassion go a long way toward easing both stress and sorrow, and made it his life's work to remind people that "we have the power to move through, or around, our problems, and eventually transcend them".