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The Man Behind

HARDCORE STRESS MANAGEMENT™

"Who is Grady Leach?"

Grady W. Leach, IV, JD is a small-town native of Etowah county, Alabama.

In 2006 Grady founded the HARDCORE STRESS MANAGEMENT™ website in order to share with the world the lessons learned from his own personal experience in dealing with extreme stress, anxiety and depression from his exceptionally practical, “politically-incorrect” point of view.

Grady’s unique contribution to the field of stress management is informed by years of study of the physiology of stress, modern combat psychology, traditional martial arts, and the science of peak performance from a few special individuals who have devoted their lives to the cultivation of relaxation and calm under the most intense kinds of stress imaginable.

In Grady’s own words:

“I know first-hand what it’s like to genuinely suffer from stress. I know what it’s like to be so depressed that you don’t want to get out of bed for days at a time, or so riddled with anxiety that you find it easier to just stay inside the apartment. I know what it’s like to be blind-sided by a panic attack at the most inconvenient moment (Murphy’s law!), and I know intimately the strain that these problems put on relationships with the people in our lives.

Like most people, I wanted a solution to these symptoms of extreme stress that was drug-free, therapy-free, and did not require me to change my lifestyle in unrealistic ways. I wanted a solution that WORKED. One that worked FAST. And I eventually found that solution in what seemed like the most unlikely of places …

Like many young men, from an early age I was fascinated by traditional martial arts and I devoured every ounce of information I could find about karate, kung fu, judo, jujitsu, silat, arnis, you name it. I also sank my teeth into modern military combat methodology and psychology, literally anything I could get my hands on. At the end of the day it wasn't so much the physical "fighting" aspect of these disciplines that intrigued me, but the unique mental training which set them apart from conventional athletics.

At the time I had no clue how important this knowledge and experience would become in my future struggle with extreme stress and stress-related injury.

Then one day in the summer of 2002, at the height of my own personal struggle with stress, I met a man whose knowledge would change my life. A highly-decorated retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces (“The Green Berets”), and a lifetime student of traditional martial arts, “Colonel Bruce” showed me the simple but deeply profound method he had developed for dealing with the extreme stress of combat. His was a method informed both by his modern understanding of combat psychology and the physiology of stress, and by the equally sophisticated but more traditional meditation methods of the martial arts masters with whom he had spent many decades studying.

That was the moment when everything “clicked” for me.

When you sit down and think about it, it really makes a great deal of sense. The kinds of psychological techniques adopted by veteran soldiers and martial artists were designed to prepare people to deal with the most stressful event a human being can experience: life-and-death combat.

Once I had my breakthrough and I began to apply this same method, with Colonel Bruce’s help, to the extreme stress and stress-related injuries in my own life (which often felt like a battlefield!) the results were simply astounding.

Experiencing the speed and effectiveness of this solution first-hand revolutionized my perspective regarding what genuine stress management could and should be. Gone was the need for mind-numbing “anti-depressants”, gone was the need for expensive counseling sessions, gone was the compulsion to splurge on a vacation just to “get away from it all”. Not only did my stress-related injuries begin to disappear, but I found that these techniques could be used to enhance my performance in practically every activity in which I applied them!

I am not a doctor, a psychiatrist, a counselor or a therapist. I am an educated and successful professional who struggled with my own stress-related issues (with very little relief provided by the above-mentioned medical types, I might add) until I literally stumbled upon the solution. A solution which gave me the tools to take my life back into my own hands, and to improve the quality of my life beyond anything I thought was possible.

You don’t have to endure the insane side-effects of the drugs. You don’t have to subject yourself to hours of pointless talk therapy. And we all know how expensive those two options can be!

This website, my book THE STRESS VACCINE™ and my HARDCORE STRESS MANAGEMENT™ MASTERCOURSE exist to bring to you these powerful, tried-and-true, no-frills techniques from behind the veil of obscurity, translated into a practical modern context that is as applicable to the corporate gladiator as the soccer-mom."

Grady is a graduate of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he earned degrees in Russian and Spanish language while studying abroad extensively. He is also a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law where here earned his Juris Doctor, and a member of the Tennessee Bar. In 2005 Grady moved from Nashville, Tennessee to Hollywood, California to work in the Motion Picture and Television business at the flagship office of the world-renowned William Morris Agency, LLC.

In 2007 Grady published his revolutionary first book, THE STRESS VACCINE™ detailing the core principles and technique of his unique method for managing extreme stress and the stress-related injuries of anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. Following upon the success of that book and in response to a growing demand for a comprehensive, step-by-step program, in 2010 Grady will release a revised version of his HARDCORE STRESS MANAGEMENT™ MASTERCOURSE to the public.

Grady also publishes a FREE daily email newsletter on his website detailing his unique stress management techniques which you are encouraged to sign up for.

In 2008 Grady left William Morris to manage the rapidly growing HARDCORE STRESS MANAGEMENT™ website full-time. He currently resides in the People's Republic of China where he is researching his next book.

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