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- Stress And Food - Simple Change In Your Diet Gives The Strength You Need - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2008 from Michael PollakHave you ever eaten a meal and felt lethargic or kind of blah afterward? I know I have. For a long time I never knew the power you get from little changes in your diet. I used to eat a lot of carbs. You know bread, pasta, cereal, rice, crackers, cookies, granola bars and such. I didn't think ...
Views: 608 - Super Easy Stress Relief Method: Get Out And Play - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2008 from Michael PollakAs we walked up the hill the sky was already turning from blue to orange. The anticipation was building with every step. As we got closer to the top of the hill the bright orange sun came into view. It was glorious. My son was so excited he couldn't stop running to get to the top. We never ...
Views: 522 - FREE* Teleseminar "Exploding the Myths about Stress and Why You Should be Your Top Priority" - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2008 from annie breathingspacetherapies.co.ukFREE* TELESEMINAR : “Exploding the Myths About Stress & Why You Should be Your Top Priority” 18th March 2008 at 6pm (UK time) 1pm (Eastern) Spaces are limited, so to ensure you get a place, register for your free place by visiting www.breathingspacetherapies.com and click on ...
Views: 1096 - RX For Stress: The Relaxation Response - Part III - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from Sandi AndersThis is the third of a 3-part series in which I describe various practices that can create the Relaxation Response within your body. This physiological state works as an antidote to the harmful effects of chronic stress on the body. Through these tested techniques which encourage the state of ...
Views: 2065 - RX For Stress: The Relaxation Response, Part I - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from Sandi AndersThe experience of relaxation is essential to counteract the harmful effects of chronic stress on the body. Through the regular practice of relaxation techniques, one can begin to reverse this cumulative, damaging proceess, and engage the body's incredible potential for self-healing. Herbert ...
Views: 2012 - RX For Stress: The Relaxation Response - Part II - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from Sandi AndersThis is the second of a 3-part article in which I describe various practices that can create the relaxation response within your body - which serves as an antidote to the harmful effects of chronic stress on the body. Through these tested techniques which encourage the state of relaxation, we ...
Views: 1855 - Transforming Stress: 5 Tips to Transform Your Stress - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2008 from April MimsOur lives are filled with stress. It is all around us, everywhere we look. There are deadlines to meet, unexpected traffic jams, overloaded schedules, and difficult people. The negative effects of stress have been well documented over time. They include high blood pressure, insomnia, ...
Views: 1072 - Stress Reduction Made Simple - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2008 from Nova ReedStress: “A physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation.” (Webster’s Dictionary) Reduce: syn: DECREASE, CONQUER Stress Reduction relies on the individual’s ability to remain or return to a state of balance. The ...
Views: 994 - Issuing Warrants To Investors - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2008 from Anuj BhagtaWhen raising capital for a business venture, warrants are a common form of equity that is given to investors. A warrant is like an option – it gives the holder the right to buy a security at a fixed or formulaic price, which is known as the "exercise" or "strike" price. Warrants are often ...
Views: 576 - Stress Management: The Little Things We Do At Home Make A Big Difference - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2008 from Michael PollakIf there was something so simple yet so effective that would make your family life as happy as it could be, would you do it? Of course you would! What is it? It's the little things. No, really I mean it. Stress management at home is most effective when you start doing the little things. ...
Views: 600 - *** 6 Simple Energy Shifts to Relieve Stress - by "Stress is the trash of modern life" according to writer Danzae Pace. "We all generate it but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life. "
For 21st century humans, it's nearly impossible to live a stress-free life. Even if you're doing what you love and have ...
Views: 1998(1 vote) - Stress Management - 5 Easy Ways To Manage Stress - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2008 from Greg FrostIf you are reading this article, you have already fulfilled your first step in identifying that you may have a problem, and are taking active steps in learning how to cope with it. Whilst stress is sometimes seen as a negative problem, there is positive stress as well, which can help us to ...
Views: 1124 - Don't Worry, Be Healthy - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2008 from Dr. Wendy GuessTips for Recognizing and Intervening Your Stress Life The Best Investment of Your Time¡X The most important thing you have is your health. When that goes life can be miserable. If you lose your health, your lose your time. Having your health is more than being free of illness, it is optimal ...
Views: 1149 - Adrenal Fatigue And How to Beat It - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2008 from Integrative Psychiatry Inc.Your adrenal glands are two tiny pyramid-shaped pieces of tissue situated right above each kidney. Their job is to produce and release, when appropriate, certain regulatory hormones and chemical messengers. Adrenaline is manufactured in the interior of the adrenal gland, called the adrenal ...
Views: 5866(1 vote) - Two Tips To Reduce Stress Drastically Right Now - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Dan ;-) Low * Maximize Your Potential with Powerful Tools ...Most company employees are stressed today. Job stress can lead to poor health and even injury. Stress lowers productivity, increases frustration, and irritability, and does not help you remain psychologically fit. So what should you do? 1: Leave your Bag of “Potatoes” in the junkyard. Imagine ...
Views: 1940 - Stress Management: The Little Things We Do At Home Make A Big Difference - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Michael PollakIf there was something so simple yet so effective that would make your family life as happy as it could be, would you do it? Of course you would! What is it? It's the little things. No, really I mean it. Stress management at home is most effective when you start doing the little things. ...
Views: 524 - The Drama Of Change - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Noelle NelsonYou just got used to the upgraded software your company insisted all departments use even though there was absolutely nothing wrong with the old software when--ding! New email, new directive--time to jettison the upgraded software in favor of a completely new system you have to learn from ...
Views: 913 - Utilize, Eliminate & Transform Your Stress - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2008 from Bin YangIn these days, from 40% young people to 80% workers report stress. Where does the stress come from? One time, a friend of mine complained of feeling stressed. Then he pointed out how loud his girls were speaking. To me, that was perfectly normal. Stress can come from external world as well ...
Views: 1031 - The Deadly Effects Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2008 from Greg FrostPost traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) refers to the delayed reaction, sometimes for longer than 6 months, to a highly stressful or life threatening event. Often the causes for PTSD are myriad and distasteful, and more than 40 million women in America suffer from it. Although childhood abuse and ...
Views: 904 - Chronic Stress - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Daphne WelpStress can be vital or harmful, depending on your circumstances. When you’re in a life threatening situation, you need that adrenal gland response that will help you to fight or run (called the “fight or flight” response). Instantly the blood supply to your heart, brain and skeletal muscles is ...
Views: 1169 - Three Secrets To Stress Relief Revealed - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Lynne HoftWe live in a world where “stressed out”, “multi-tasking”, and “exhausted” seem to be an accepted way to live. It is considered the norm to have one or all of these problems some or most of the time. Living life this way has its down side: relationships suffer; ...
Views: 1012 - Check Out Your Feelings To Check Out Of Your Stress - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Lynne HoftStress is a feeling. It gets mixed in with anxiety, worry, concern, and other unhappy feelings. Because these feelings range from discomfort to serious pain we often try to avoid recognizing and dealing with them. Culturally we’re taught to look outside of ourselves for a remedy to ...
Views: 956 - Relief From Stress: Just Change Your Mind - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Michael PollakIt all started when I changed my mind. What do you mean, you ask? Relief from stress is what started. Well, life can be full of hardships, difficulties, trials, and really bad stuff. Why should you be happy through it? I'll tell you why. The only true way to make it through trial after trial ...
Views: 537 - Can You Slow Down? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Kevin SchoeningerIn our busy modern culture, to become Masters of our Energy requires one thing: we must SLOW DOWN. When we are buzzing around getting things done, there is little time, space, and energy for awareness. Slowing down enables us to pay attention and become more aware. Then we can make better ...
Views: 918 - Stress And Happiness In The Human Bio-Computer - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Kevin SchoeningerOVERSTIMULATION Life in 2008 is built on speed, convenience, consumption, and entertainment. This quartet demands that we keep up financially, energetically, physically, and emotionally. We are stimulated to the max, even if we don't buy the program--it's in the air. Also in the air these ...
Views: 1223 - Overcome Fatigue With Energy Boosters - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Kevin SchoeningerOur culture is in overdrive and it's a challenge not to get run over. If we feel that we are in charge at the wheel, it's a challenge to keep the energy balance in our favor. We need to be sure that energy boosters outweigh energy drainers and that the sheer quantity of what we take on stays ...
Views: 1390 - Getting Employees Back To Work After A Crisis - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Dwight BainFAQ’s for Business & Community Leaders "Nothing will ever be the same again." - Ted Koppel How can you keep employees motivated to work after they have experienced a major crisis event? Critical Incident Specialist Dwight Bain offers the following strategies as guidelines for business leaders ...
Views: 3624 - Stress And Your Immune System: - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Jennifer HoughPollyanna Might Have had Something Most people associate stress with worry, but for your physiology, the definition must be broader. For researchers stress includes any kind of change emotional or physical change One important variable is missing from this picture, however. A thunderstorm ...
Views: 1048 - Recession Proof Your Heart - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2008 from Dr. Kirk LamanAssistant Professor of Medicine Michigan State University-College of Osteopathic Medicine Are you experiencing the effects of the recession? If you haven't noticed it has been in the news everywhere. A recession is brewing! The real estate market is in shambles. Many people have been laid off ...
Views: 897 - The $23 Billion Monkey - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2008 from Michele WoodwardI was watching a hockey game the other day when I overhead a little girl ask her mother, "What happens if nobody wins?" And with a shrug, the mother answered, "Somebody always wins, honey." Which got me thinking. A la Jerry Seinfeld, what's the deal with winning? There's always got to be a ...
Views: 1216 - Middle-Aged Suicides - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockAccording to Patricia Cohen of the New York times, A new five-year analysis of the nation's death rates recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year ...
Views: 704 - Pay Vigilant Attention To Yourself...You Deserve It - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Ellen BessoMost of us want to be happy. We want a life we can feel excited about on an ongoing basis. We want to manifest our dreams and become our true selves. In order to live the life we were meant to live, we need to “get in the flow” and stay in it as much as we can. This requires that we ...
Views: 938 - Extreme Self-care For Babyboomers With Aging Parents - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Ellen BessoWe are the sandwich generation…caught between our aging parents and young adult children often. How to be everything to everyone? It’s simple - we can’t be! And the person who falls through the cracks is usually the one who’s doing the parenting of both the elders and the ...
Views: 927 - A State Of Anger And Frustration - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from Michael Boyle02/18/08 If you corner most anyone born in America, and now over the age of 60, and ask them to compare social relationships from a half century ago to today’s condition the answers are startlingly similar and revealing. The general answers are frequently that those times from the past were ...
Views: 1186 - How To Avoid Money Stress - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2008 from michael atmaAnyone that has ever experienced money stress knows that worry and anxiety can quickly overrun your life if it isn't dealt with quickly and effectively. Financial pressure is one of the biggest killers for your health, happiness, relationships and peace of mind. So just what can you do to ...
Views: 1042 - 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: 1523 - De-Stress For Relief - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2008 from Pamela Avery, MDDo you have too much to do with too little time to get it done? Are you constantly frazzled, trying to do all that you want or need to do? Does the end of the month bring financial worries without relief in sight? Do you struggle to juggle your work, your home, your family and your spouse? Do ...
Views: 851 - Manage Holiday Stress Successfully - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Arlene R. Taylor PhDFive Gifts and a Lagniappe Arlene R. Taylor PhD www.arlenetaylor.org “I absolutely hate holidays—everything goes into fast forward!” The young woman grimaced, gestured dramatically, and disappeared into the break room. Further down the hallway, her colleague burst through his ...
Views: 1455 - Ten Signs Of Excessive Stress - by When it comes to stress, awareness is the first step
towards making a change. With this in mind, here are
ten signs of excessive stress:
1. Forgetfulness. Stress short-circuits your memory, at
least temporarily.
2. Irrational thinking. Under stress, it is hard to think
clearly and get ...
Views: 1082 - When Your Get Up & Go Just Got Up And Went! - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Eileen McDarghFive Tips to Refresh and Renew Yourself in the New Year Let's face it: new years are not always "new". Too often it feels like nothing more than a new calendar in which to write down pages of non-stop activities, project deadlines, social obligations, and commitments made by someone other than ...
Views: 1055 - Laughing At Stress - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from David JacobsonWe all are aware of the stress response, the "fight or flight syndrome." The physiological changes that occur when we are under stress provide the body with the instant energy it needs to move quickly to fight or run, as our ancestors did for survival. Today we experience these same results, but ...
Views: 1586 - Is Stress And Nutrition Related? - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Erleen TiltonThere is always much to do within the hours of each day. With so many opportunities available, it is hard to not over do and put more into our schedules than we can handle. Not only are we over scheduled, there are always many unforeseen situations that come up in life that we have no ...
Views: 1971 - How To Relieve Stress For Free - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2008 from Greg FrostWhen talking about stress, stress management experts will always emphasize that the focus should be on making stress work for you, rather than eliminating stress. Without a doubt, it is impossible to live a stress free life in our times, when the needs of money and material wants and needs ...
Views: 682 - Stress Equals Overeating, Overworking: - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2008 from Darlene SiddonsWhich comes first the stress or the overeating and the overworking, that is the million dollars question, millions of dollars that is; in health care, prescriptions, therapist bills. The true story, all we have to do is find balance in our lives and that means in all areas; the right amount of ...
Views: 698 - Stress Management & Healthy Coping - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2008 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: 1173(1 vote) - Symptoms Of Stress - Warning Signs Of Stress - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Dr John AnneStress Introduction Stress is something that has become synonymous with our everyday life. Though everybody has problems, tragedies, challenges, and frustrations, being stressed for long time, and habitually can drain you out physically, as well as mentally. A stressed mind requires you to make ...
Views: 1089(1 vote) - Dealing With Stress - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2008 from Jerry JellisonI believe that most of you would nod in agreement on this factual observation: the world we live in today operates as a fast paced 24/7 culture. This has the predictable effect of peoples' minds being crammed with an accumulation of life stressors. Working people take these stressors to the ...
Views: 1472 - Stress Management - Don't Worry, Be Happy! - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from Dr. Brett SaksAre you surviving or are you living? Are you enjoying your life? Do you ever pinch yourself to be sure it is you who is living this great life? If you are not smiling and gently nodding "yes", then this article is for you! One of my favorite movie lines of all time was Mel Gibson's character ...
Views: 729 - How to Shoot Down Stress and Defeat Fatigue - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from Expiring DomainsFeeling tired all the time? Feel like sleeping after your lunch break? Ever experienced that there are days that you're energy is so low? Probably you are overworked or always under stress? You may be experiencing fatigue. Fatigue is a common health complaint. Around 20% of Americans experienced ...
Views: 808 - Stress Can Be Magical - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2008 from Darlene Siddons"It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." -Hans Selye- We all have stress, that is a given, the real deal, is how we handle it and what we do with it. The key is to first learn what the first glimmers of stress "looks" like and what it feels like so that we can diminish it as ...
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