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- Stress Management Tips from a licensed Clinical, Sports and Industrial/Organizational Psychologist - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Jack SingerMore than twenty years ago, stress was the cover story in Time magazine. Stress was referred to as “The Epidemic of the Eighties” and it was referred to as the nation’s number one health problem. Flash forward to 2007. Results were released on December 12, 2007 from “Stress in America,” the ...
Views: 1679(2 votes) - Five Tips for Creating a Healthy Balance in Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Sharon MikrutMy mother once said that “The older you get, the faster time will fly.”How true that is! Perhaps this is why people try to cram as much into their day as possible. However, when you become too busy and forget to set aside adequate time for yourself, it will take its toll on you physically, ...
Views: 1677(2 votes) - ***Setting Healthy Boundaries While Increasing Your Personal Freedom - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2014 from Debra Graugnard[Watch the video: http://youtu.be/PQbcIVX5T0I] I like to put a reframe on the topic of boundary-setting. Think about this: If you are walking around with boundaries all the way around you, think about what this looks like. Think about what this feels like. You are building a wall all the way ...
Views: 1675 - *** Anxiety and Panic "Attacks" - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Jim ManganielloIn the past year nearly 45 million Americans have suffered from so- called "anxiety disorders", including anxiety and panic attacks, as well as phobias. That's a lot of people—more than 15% of the U.S. population. And it's a lot of suffering. Anxiety leaves people chronically miserable. A ...
Views: 1674(2 votes) - 10 Best Ways to Release Stress in Less Than 5 Minutes - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2012 from Dr. Chrys GhiraldiniThe stress you consistently feel comes from the frantic pace of modern living. Your schedule is filled up with lots of deadlines, you juggle too many tasks simultaneously, caring for children and parents, or you are a single parent. Your body wasn’t designed for ongoing high stimulation, thus ...
Views: 1674 - Surviving the Holidays 101 - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2012 from Kyre AdeptDo you look forward to the holidays – making, buying and wrapping presents, cooking a great dinner, having all your friends and family round? Or does the approach of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah or Christmas make your heart sink, your bank account faint, and your stomach feel like lead? If you ...
Views: 1674(1 vote) - ***Michael Jackson: An Unfortunate Example of "What You Resist, Persists" - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery SatterwhiteI was not surprised to learn in recent interviews with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, former close confidante to Michael Jackson, that Michael lost the will to live. He was embarrassed to go out in public. He had mutilated his face so much through unnecessary plastic surgery that he thought he looked ...
Views: 1672(2 votes) - How to Relax and Recharge Completely - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2013 from Mariano JaucoIf I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me, I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress. - Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, 30th President of the United States _____ Regular relaxation is essential for a long life ...
Views: 1670 - Tame the Holiday Perfection Grinch - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Noelle NelsonYou’ve made your list, you’ve checked it twice. Oh, no, not that list – I’m talking about the list you’ve made of the 1022 ½ things you need to get done for the Holidays, everything from the perfect gift for Cousin Henry, to the perfect surprise for your sweetheart, to the perfect outfit for ...
Views: 1670 - 5 WAYS TO MANAGE WORK STRESS - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2016 from Sharon DanzgerStress is defined as "a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances." When we feel stressed, our body perceives a threat to our well being and releases a chemical that starts the "fight or flight" response. We have all felt it - our heart ...
Views: 1667 - Coaching for Life - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2017 from Michael LemonI am a writer, speaker, stress buster, life coach, problem solver, people empowerer, laughter lover, dedicated saboteur disarmer, hypnotherapist, inspiration generator, insight seeker and genius finder! But it wasn’t always this way. There was a time in my life when I could have written a thesis ...
Views: 1666 - Help Your Child Overcome School Stress - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2012 from Mark Dworkin"Help Your Child Overcome School Stress" Written by Mark Dworkin LCSW www.markdworkin.com After “No Child Left Behind” from the Bush era, the public schools drastically changed. For better or worse, they have changed. Now kids begin routine standardized testing in elementary school ...
Views: 1666 - “The Travel Maestro III – A One-Stop Source for Your Frequent Flyer and Hotel Account Numbers - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2007 from Randall "Randy" DeanShowing up at a hotel, a ticket agent desk, or a car rental counter and being asked for your hotel rewards program number, your frequent flier account number, or your "Preferred #1 Emerald Club Gold Expresslane" account number, and not having it handy, can be very time consuming (not to mention ...
Views: 1665 - Organized Living Perfectionism - A New Disorder of the 21st Century - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Beverly OMalleyOrganized living perfectionism is starting to become epidemic. There are stores that sell nothing but organizing products so you can have a lot of containers to sort and store your stuff in. There are books on how to declutter and achieve clutter control so you can have a better life and ...
Views: 1664(1 vote) - Who Else is Feeling Anxious? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2011 from Dr. Mike GoslingA person with an anxious personality experiences an overreaction to threatening stimuli in his or her environment, resulting in the body having a greater stress response than another person might have to the same event. The anxious person is less able to tolerate the normal uncertainties about ...
Views: 1664 - Seven Ways To Overcome Anger - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2010 from Tom WrightTB Wright I am a firm believer in the "tell the truth now, tell the truth later" method of living a successful life. Truth is authentic, clean, and it just simply feels right. We have a great method of discernment for catching when people are telling the truth, including ourselves, and it's ...
Views: 1660(1 vote) - Six Steps For Managing Job Search Stress - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMillions of people have lost their jobs in this economy so let's talk about managing the stress of a job search. Anyone who is in this situation, or loves someone who is, might consider these six suggestions…. Step One - Do not internalize a job loss or job search into your personal ...
Views: 1660(4 votes) - Use Your Biological Hardwiring To Make the Most of Your Holiday Season - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2014 from Lisa MininniI don't know about you, but shopping is not on my list of enjoyable past times. I think I'm one of only a few women on this planet who actually does not like to shop. When I do shop, I go in, get what I need, and get out. Apparently, when it comes to shopping during the holidays, it's ...
Views: 1658 - Is Workplace Stress Killing Your Family? - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Rick CarterYou are on your way up. You are advancing in your career faster than you thought possible. You are being given more responsibility. And rewards. And the workplace stress that goes along with it. You figure it's worth it. But does your family? The bad health effects of the stress you ...
Views: 1657(2 votes) - How to Manage Your Stress and Live a Stress Free Life - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Carol C. DenbowNearly all of us suffer from stress at some level. Unfortunately, most of us unknowingly create our own stress. We live a fast paced and competitive lifestyle, and from that, we suffer the stressful consequences. What can you let go to simplify your life? Slow down and step back into observer ...
Views: 1654 - Improving the Quality of Your Life - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Andrew RondeauImagine if we could live our lives completely free of stress. Now wake up and stop dreaming, because you can’t. No matter what job you have, no matter where you live, you will have stress in your life. What causes you stress is different to what causes me stress. What you stress about is ...
Views: 1654(1 vote) - Peace Of Mind At The Workplace - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2003 from Remez SassonWork brings together people of different characters and behavior, and this often causes friction, resentment and stress. Sometimes the boss is too demanding, colleagues may be unpleasant, there might be too much work or the working conditions may not be comfortable. The job may be boring, there ...
Views: 1654(2 votes) - Stress Reduction: Tips For Coping With Stress - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Nicole CuttsWhy Address Stress? Stress and the resultant fatigue can lower your morale and motivation leading to a decrease in career and personal success. Maintaining a healthy physical, mental and spiritual self is tantamount to your success. What is stress and fatigue? Stress is a result of the ...
Views: 1653 - A Thanksgiving to Be Grateful For - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2013 from Noelle NelsonYou love your extended family, you really do, and the thought of all those aunts and uncles, in-laws and parents, cousins and various spouses and children warms your heart. Until it’s time for them to descend on your home for Thanksgiving. Even if it’s just a parent or solitary in-law or ...
Views: 1652(1 vote) - Do You Have an Angry Workplace? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2014 from Michael MantellWe’ve all heard about road rage. But, have you heard about the latest area for people to dump their anger? Desk rage. Well, maybe it’s not really the latest. I wrote a book about violence in the workplace in 1994, “Ticking Bombs: Defusing Violence in the Workplace”. Same disease, now a new ...
Views: 1652(1 vote) - The Truth About Stress - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2014 from Pat LaDouceurStress has a bad rap. Stress can create problems, to be sure. Some of the more common ones are include difficulty concentrating, trouble with focus and memory, moodiness, frustration and overwhelm. There are physical symptoms as well – low energy, headaches, trouble with digestion, aches ...
Views: 1652 - How Breathing Differently Can Make You Happier - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2005 from Adam Eason"When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire." – Quote from an 11-year-old’s science exam John Grinder, co-creator of NLP talks about the link between respiration, physiology, internal state and high performance. He calls this ‘the chain of excellence’. I recently read ...
Views: 1650(1 vote) - Stress Management: Managing Stress Before It Manages Us - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Krystal KuehnDid you ever have so much to do that you didn’t know where to begin? So you just stared at what appeared to be a mountain before you, and you felt totally overwhelmed. Trying to take on too much at once can make you feel like you can’t handle any of it. It causes anxiety, distress and ...
Views: 1649(5 votes) - 10 Tips to Make Your Party a Success! - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Christa O'LearyTen Tips to Make Your Party a Success! I am delighted to share my secrets in hosting a party for 10 to 200 people that will bring effortless ease and success to any occasion! This year we greeted 200 guests through our front door for our Annual Holiday Party. It is a lovely tradition that ...
Views: 1648 - How to Remember and Interpret Your Dreams to Reduce Stress - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2004 from Debbie MandelWe all dream about daily concerns, fears, desires and occurrences in the form of a jigsaw puzzle, or a surrealistic movie. Sometimes we recall our dreams vividly and in great detail and other times, they drift away from memory like ephemeral clouds. There are many dream encyclopedias listing ...
Views: 1648(2 votes) - Do You Push When You Could Ride? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorIt happens to all of us when we desire to fix, change, or shift something: we push when we could ride. What’s that really about? Years back, the guy cutting my hair told me about a conversation he’d had with a co-worker. She had complained that her father had used the push lawnmower on their ...
Views: 1647(1 vote) - Stress Reduction with Vision Mapping - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Darlene SiddonsStress seems to be surrounding us from every angle these days and even thinking about and being aware of our stress, seems to stress us out. What is the answer? Well, there are all kinds of tools that we can learn to do to diminish the stress in our life. It is also nice to know that a certain ...
Views: 1647 - Concrete Ideas on How To Cope With Stress - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2012 from Anne BachrachStress is just a part of life and can be found no matter where in the world you go. Is stress merely part of the inescapable human condition? Are we as a species chronically worried and unhappy or does bad luck simply find us wherever we are? It’s not practical to believe that we are battling ...
Views: 1645(1 vote) - How to relieve the stress of a burning secret - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2013 from Morgan K TaylorThe vast majority of the population has at least one secret hidden deep inside. If it’s a secret that has been kept there for an extended period of time, then there is likely to come a day when the stress of holding it in becomes too much to bear. It could be fear of the secret being discovered ...
Views: 1644 - 3 Ways to Help Your Teen Manage School Stress - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2016 from Pat LaDouceurMost teens (83%) say that school is a significant source of stress in their life. Here's how you can help your teen manage school stress... For teens, stress looks like this: Getting to school late -Feeling irritable -Feeling tired a lot -Crying a lot...or snapping at you -Leaving ...
Views: 1642 - Are You Thinking or Processing? - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorSurely, the mental energy you’re giving current (or old) issues is accomplishing something, right? It depends on if you’re thinking or processing. You, too, may appreciate this exchange between Bob Proctor and Leslie Householder when they met, before she wrote her first book that became a ...
Views: 1642(4 votes) - Stress Less, with Steps to Keeping Your Financial House in Order And Money Mindsets to Avoid - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2017 from Leon EdwardThese cash frame of minds can keep you from having a healthy relationship with your loan. Fortunately? These are practices that can be modified. There are numerous habits you must be conscious of in yourself if you're prepared to change your money state of mind. - Here and now. This is ...
Views: 1642 - Part 2: The Surprising Cause of Stress - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2015 from Janet PfeifferI'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who never experiences stress. Most of us become frustrated when things don't go the way we planned or when others don't comply with how we want them to be or behave. A sense of losing control triggers feelings of uncertainty within us. Mild anxiety, or ...
Views: 1641 - Stress Reduction for Teens: Noticing the Little Things - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2010 from New Harbinger PublicationsThere are two types of mindfulness practice: formal and informal. In formal practice, you actually set aside an amount of time and dedicate it to being mindful. Informal practice doesn’t require any extra time; the idea is to bring moment-to-moment awareness to everything you already do, to zero ...
Views: 1641(1 vote) - Hope to Cope with Job Related Stress? - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2007 from hifzur rehmanNo doubt, a job is always stressful. The more you are in a responsible position, the more stress you are supposed to take. Accepting new challenges, meeting tight deadlines, working for long hours and day to day hassles, make the body vulnerable to serious ailments. Stress badly disrupts the ...
Views: 1640 - The Collection Connection: Treasure Hunting for Your Soul - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Liv LaneThere’s a big bowl of rocks in the middle of my kitchen table. I have collected these rocks from all over the world – beaches, mountains, parking lots – since I was a child. When I’m eating breakfast, I’ll often grab one to carry in my pocket or purse during the day. Each one has been perfectly ...
Views: 1639(2 votes) - When There Aren't Enough Hours in the Day - by Submitted on May 17, 2014 from Melissa HeislerDiane Beaulieu, Entrée Kitchen owner and B.I.G. pod leader, asks, “When you have that feeling of there just aren’t enough hours in the day, where do you suggest one starts to relieve the stress?” Great question Diane! Take Back Your Work LifeThere are four places to find relief when you ...
Views: 1639 - *** Creatively Stressed: Anxiety is NOT the Enemy! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Valery Satterwhiteou're obsessed. You're obsessed with your work, your craft. You think about your art, your character, painting, sculpture, upcoming tour, or screenplay seemingly every waking minute of every day. Heck, you even dream about it! This fiendish infatuation with your craft, the passion that ...
Views: 1635(2 votes) - Biggest Causes of Stress - Do you experience these? - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Jill RheaumeWhile everyone reacts to situations differently, some of the biggest causes of stress today are common among a lot of us. But the truth is, even though these things are labeled as "causes of stress" the only thing that can actually cause your stress is YOU. Your belief system will dictate ...
Views: 1634(2 votes) - Stress Relief For The Working Stiff, 6 Ways To Reduce Workplace Stress - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Carol C. DenbowReducing stress in the workplace is the key to happier employees. Happier employees equal productivity, which equals fewer industrial accidents. Most people view accidents as just that — accidents. But in a study of 164 disability patients, 25 percent who suffered a work-related injury had ...
Views: 1633 - Knowing the Various Nuclear Stress Test Side Effects - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Charles BergerOur heart is considered to be the most important organ in our body. When our heart gets some troubles or diseases, there are a lot of risks that it would also affect the other organs in a human body. That is why it is necessary that you will get some heart tests in order for you to know the ...
Views: 1630 - Surviving Stress - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2009 from Hunter PhoenixStress. It happens to everyone at some time or another. We get stressed about our work, our relationships, our finances, kids, health and homes. I’ve yet to meet anyone who leads a completely charmed life and never experiences any stress. However, in the last six months, I’ve seen the stress ...
Views: 1630(3 votes) - Responding to Change - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from David windleResponding to Change Keep your ship steady in choppy seas Change is an inevitable and necessary part of life. Even small changes can have a big impact, leading to feelings of anxiety and loss of control. Try these tips to help you stay happy during change. 1. Come home to your ...
Views: 1629(1 vote) - A Different Form of Stress and Management - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorLike any emotion, stress is an individual, personal experience. But there’s one KEY stressor we’d benefit from knowing more and doing something about. One stressor all of us have in common is the stories we tell ourselves and others that tend to be based on our interpretation of the facts of ...
Views: 1628 - Imagine… Children Managing Stress - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2005 from Lori Lite“A great deal of our physical and mental troubles are due to the fact that we don't breathe correctly. Life and breath are synonymous. Life is breath" —Indra Devi, international Yoga expert, 102 years of age Imagine… Children Managing Stress by Lori Lite as seen in Stressfree Living ...
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