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Master Anxiety and Stress - a practical approach to achieving joy & control

4.7
22,117 reviews

Created by: Chris Croft

Last updated May 2025

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Chris Croft's course is a short, practical self-help class on stress and anxiety, not therapy. It runs 2.2 hours over 34 lectures in five sections: understanding anxiety, then tools for reducing it, then tools for coping. The topics are everyday ones, like saying no, managing your time, self talk and dealing with negative people. It is aimed at people feeling overwhelmed at home or work who want habits to try this week, and the requirements say no background is needed.

Reviewers like how usable it is. One says they applied something right away or the next day, and a couple name the real examples as the best part. Chris gets credit for making problems feel more manageable and for explaining things simply. The complaints are mild. One four-star reviewer already knew most of the first part, and another, who mentions anger and anxiety struggles, says the ideas ring true but are hard to put into practice. Only 285 of 22,117 reviews are one or two stars.

With 51,074 students and a last update in May 2025, it is a low-commitment way to get started. Treat it as a toolkit of habits, not treatment. The description itself says it skips counselling methods, so severe or clinical anxiety needs more than this. For everyone else who wants a quick, no-jargon start, it is an easy recommendation.

Best forPeople overwhelmed by work or home pressure who want quick, practical habits like saying no and self talk.
Skip it ifYou want therapy-style help for serious anxiety, or you already know the standard stress management basics.

Pros

  • Real-life examples that reviewers single out as the most helpful part
  • Chris Croft explains things simply and makes problems feel more manageable
  • Short at 2.2 hours, split into 34 lectures across five sections
  • Covers concrete skills: saying no, time management, self talk, meditation

Cons

  • Only 2.2 hours, so each topic gets a light pass rather than a deep one
  • Not therapy, so it will not go far enough for severe or clinical anxiety
  • Some of the early material is familiar to people who have read about stress before
The course is planned in a very understandable way, I have been able to use some of the things I've learned right away or in the next day so I am very happy with it
Mariel Sigal, a student

All Levels fits: no prior knowledge needed, just a few real situations in mind to work on.

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What you will learn

  • Practical tools and techniques for reducing anxiety and increasing empowerment and happiness
  • Become calm and confident in work and at home
  • Take back control of your mood and your time
  • Stop letting others intimidate you or take over your life
  • Discover how your weaknesses could also be your natural personality strengths!
  • Find it easy to say no, delegate or be assertive
  • Learn how to speak kindly to yourself with mantras, self talk, and meditation
  • Unlock methods to cut back on working hours and rid yourself of negative people
  • Become organised and reliable in every area of life
  • Become known as someone organised, confident and happy

Course content

5 sections · 34 lectures · 2.3 hours of video 5 quizzes

  1. 1Welcome 1 free preview1 lecture · 1 min
  2. 2Understanding Anxiety 4 free previews9 lectures · 1 quiz · 38 min
  3. 3Solutions - Reducing 3 free previews10 lectures · 2 quizzes · 48 min
  4. 4Solutions - Coping 4 free previews11 lectures · 2 quizzes · 41 min
  5. 5Wrap Up 1 free preview3 lectures · 7 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone feeling overwhelmed with anxiety at home or at work
  • Someone feeling that they are not in control of their life - either time or decisions
  • People coping with high levels of stress or pressure
  • A person who is unhappy with their life and is ready to take active change
  • Someone interested in how self talk and time management can help with anxiety or stress
  • People who struggle to say no, work long hours, and procrastinate
  • If you are ready to make practical changes and pursue a life of happiness this course is for you!

What you need before you start

  • Nothing - just a willingness to learn!
  • Having example situations in mind to improve would be helpful
  • This course will follow and hands on practical approach rather than a therapy or counselling method
  • No prior knowledge of the subject is required
  • Some of the materials you may wish to print

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 71% of them
  • Reviews22,117#19 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length2.2 hoursshorter than 53% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2025more recently than 50% of them

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Course Description

Anxiety and Stress - Best Practices for Reducing Stress

Master Anxiety and Stress - a practical approach to achieving joy & control in your life


Are you happy? Are you in control of your life? Do you spend your time doing things you love and find rewarding? Are you confident walking into a room, or telling others your opinion? Master Anxiety and Stress is a practical programme designed to help you rocket towards your personal and career goals and achieve daily happiness. If you feel like life isn’t turning out how you'd dreamed, and stress and anxiety are overwhelming your home and work life, then this course will CHANGE YOUR LIFE.


Other courses focus on therapeutic or counselling methods, but this programme uses 100% practical tools and techniques to help you overcome stress and anxiety. It covers everything you need to do: from saying 'No', managing your time, removing toxic people, understanding your natural personality strengths and weaknesses, meditation, self talk, overcoming fear or guilt, and so so much more. It looks at lots of real life examples and gives practical tools you can use right away to feel calm and happy. It contains all my best Practices for reducing stress and building your daily happiness.


Chris Croft is an international speaker, and widely published author, who's been teaching Happiness, Time Management and Assertiveness to companies for over 20 years. He now combines his business and personal experience into a practical course about overcoming anxiety and stress. He's taught all over the world, as well as online, and has an entertaining and practical teaching style.


The course overview includes:

  • Practical tools and techniques for reducing anxiety, and increasing empowerment and happiness

  • How to become calm and confident in work and at home

  • Tools to stop letting others intimidate you or take over your life

  • Find it easy to say no, delegate or be assertive

  • Best practices for reducing stress

  • Learn how to speak kindly to yourself with mantras, self talk, and meditation

  • How to become known as someone organised, confident and happy

  • Take back control over long work hours

  • Overcome fear, and rid yourself of negative people

  • And as always it's 100% practical, and with no technical jargon.

  • If you are ready to make practical changes and pursue a life of happiness this course is for you!

By discovering practical tools to overcome Anxiety and Stress, not only will you benefit from feeling calm, organised and in control, you’ll have mastered the art of happiness. Say goodbye to stress, disorganisation and unhappiness. This course WILL change your life.... if you let it!


This course comes with a 30 day money back guarantee.
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Instructor Details

Chris Croft

Chris Croft is one of the UK's leading trainers and provides a wide variety of courses designed to involve, inspire and motivate people of all levels. To date Chris has trained some 87,000 people in person and millions online. His video courses are some of the most viewed in the world.


Chris has come from an Engineering background, with a masters degree from Cambridge University, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, and working as a senior manager in manufacturing for 10 years. He gained an MBA and worked as a university lecturer for four years before starting his own training company 25 years ago.

Chris runs face to face courses in the UK, does zoom training for companies anywhere in the world, and makes video courses in his own studio. You can follow him on Linkedin and YouTube, and he has 18 books on Amazon.


Chris is passionate about practical and fun education with courses that are memorable, entertaining and immediately actionable.

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Reviews

4.7

22,117 ratings on Udemy

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By Mariel Sigal on 8/18/2026

The course is planned in a very understandable way, I have been able to use some of the things I've learned right away or in the next day so I am very happy with it

By Quawi Wagner on 8/4/2026

It is showing me how I can be a better person, but my Anxiety will take over me in some ways that I don't like, and I do have anger issues and all the things that the guy is saying, and I can Relate but it can be hard to overcome that

By Jessica Divina Fulgencio on 6/28/2026

Most of the concepts discussed in the first part, I have idea about and something I already expected in the discussions. The subsequent discussions are enlightening and might be helpful

By Y M on 6/21/2026

Great course. Very clear instruction with concreate examples. A lot of insights. 100% recommended for those who are burned out, stressed, or overwhelmed from their work and want to improve the situation but quit don't know what to do.

By Mutsaers Maarten on 5/13/2026

This course gave me a simple framework to explain why quality of life improves achievement, especially in an overtime-heavy culture. I now focus on efficiency and recovery instead of just working longer, and my output improved.

By Anonymized User on 3/16/2026

The training is very good experience for me. I learned more important things to know how to be reducing stress and anxiety. How to handle the situation that makes you feel stress.

By Amanda Dickenson on 2/26/2026

Useful advice on how to overcome your anxious feelings

By Mariam Ali Ashraf on 2/14/2026

This course helped me better understand anxiety and stress in a simple and practical way. The techniques are easy to apply and really made a positive difference in my daily life.

By Fay Emmanouilidou on 2/5/2026

The most useful course about stress management. Everyday examples of how to actually deal with the smallest to the greatest difficulty in work, family, and personal life. It help me so very much!

By Tarcis Verfaillie on 1/2/2026

Excellent course. Love your presentation. Clearly explained. The course is just long enough (not too long) and contains excellent pointers to keep in mind. Very nicely structured Easy to follow Thank you!!!

By Carley Anderson on 11/15/2020

Great course!

By Marie Lietzke on 11/15/2020

This course was helpful overall, but what made it very enjoyable was the instructor's enthusiasm. Thank you!

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Anxiety and Stress - Best Practices for Reducing Stress
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  • Video Duration: icon 2.2h
  • Price: $14.99
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon May 2025
  • Level: All Levels All Levels
  • Language: icon English
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  • Lectures:34 in 5 sections
  • Practice:5 quizzes
  • Students:51,100
  • Subtitles:13 languages
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