Did you know that you can create your own relaxation triggers?How would
you like to be able to fire off your own relaxation trigger whenever you
needed it?Here are 3 simple steps that will allow you to relax anywhere
whenever you need it.Step OnePicture yourself in a relaxing, peaceful, and
stress free situation and place. For some people it is indoors, for ...
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You may have heard that high blood pressure is often called a silent
killer. That's a pretty good description for it to. Without having it
checked regularly, you run the risk of having high blood pressure and not
knowing it which in turn can cause a stroke, or even a heart attack. So,
what causes high blood pressure? Actually, there are many causes for it,
and if you're like me and suffer from ...
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"Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being
fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it." _Jim
RohnSimply stated, feeling frustrated is saying that we just don't like
what life is handing us right now, today, this week, this year, this
lifetime. Nothing wrong with that necessarily, but like so many other
things, it's our response to ...
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When to say noTo othersAlthough it may be unintentional, the opinions of
others can be dream stealers. If you have a dream and are convinced of its
value in your life, then ignore those that say you cannot do it. Pursue
your dream with all your heart, because that is where passion and life can
be found.To temptationHave you ever noticed how ...
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Lets take a look at some of the more serious signs and effects of
workaholism.Workaholism is a thief. Here are a few of the things that
workaholism can rob from us.Workaholism steals your mindYou can rarely
think about anything else or concentrate on something else beside work.
The focus of your mind is on problems and issues at work. You may be good
at problem ...
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Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all you have on your plate to do?When
you have a big task ahead of you or when things begin to pile up, you can
begin to feel overwhelmed.Do you find your self thinking things such
as:Ill never get all this done........Theres just TOO MUCH to do!"This
always happens to me!"Looking at some tasks as one whole piece is ...
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Clutter is one source of a great deal of stress. Clutter drains your
energy, weighs you down and gets in the way.The disorganization that
naturally comes with clutter is stressful as well. We all know that tight
frustrated feeling you geet when you have to have something but just
cannot find it.Clutter than can be eliminatedWhat has not been ...
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Reframing is a tool that can alter the pressure we put on
ourselves.Reframing means exactly what it sounds like - to put a different
frame on a situation.Have you noticed how different a painting can look
when you change the frame around it? The wrong frame can ruin a painting,
while the proper frame can please the eye and reveal details not otherwise
seen.EX: Instead of ...
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1)Excessive worryNo, I'm not saying "don't worry, be happy."Well-used
worry can alert us to areas in our lives that need attention and change.
It's just that most folks don't use worry very well. Turning worry into
action takes care of the worry.2) A sedentary lifeWould you send your kid
to a summer camp that made the campers eat a continual diet of unhealthy
food, ...
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I am under stress right now. Please don't bother me. I am facing real bad
stress at my work place. Please tell me what can be done? Our relationship
is under great stress. Can we not try anything to reduce it? My kids put
me under so much stress. I feel helpless. And so on. Stress is one of the
most commonly used words. Let us try to understand how to fight it. And
this article is timely as ...
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More and more of my clients have been coming in with what I have begun to
call Too Much to Do Stress.TMTD Stress wears you out mentally and
physically. It actually causes you to be less productive instead of more
because you can't give your best to any one thing.Here are eight steps
I've found to be helpful in dealing with TMTD Stress:Write it all down:
Writing ...
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The demand for stress management training in workplace has risen recently
due to the quick rate of change, time pressure, corporate restructuring,
and globalization. Stress management training, through its highly
interactive learning programs, renders many techniques that improve the
organizational skills of a person. These training courses help
organizations to better equip themselves to face ...
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One of my favorite stories about change is the story called ``The Room of
10,000 Monsters.''In this room, all your worst fears, anxieties and
nightmares are played out in front of you as if they were real. You walk
in and close the door behind you. There is no handle on the inside of the
door. The only door with a handle is across the room.If you can walk
across the room and ...
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Over the years Ive collected scores of comics and cartoons about marriage,
families, stress and change. There is just something about a good comic
strip that can many times explain something much better than I can.One of
my all time favorite strips in the Family Circus - and not just because
the little boys name is Jeff. Its also because it realistically captures
many of the struggles ...
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"Watch your language."We all heard this admonition as kids and probably
say it to our own kids as well.Did you know that it is also a great stress
mastering technique?The words we use to make sense of both our day and the
stress that confronts us make a huge difference in how well we handle our
lives. Many times the words we use can make us feel even more stressed ...
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On a beautiful summer day years ago, I went water skiing with some new
friends. I hadnt skied in a while, and as I floated in the water with long
pieces of wood strapped to my feet, heres what I remember thinking:I
wonder if I remember how to do this. Will I be able to get up? How soon
will I crash?The rope tightened and I got up like Id been doing this for
years, began to ski ...
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1) Create the life you desireTwo of our most underdeveloped muscles are
our choice muscles and decision muscles. Begin to exercise these muscles
by making decisions and choices that serve to create the life you desire.
If you don't, who will?2) Do work that you loveSome of the happiest people
I know are those who get up in the morning, get ...
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Think back a few years to the nine coal miners trapped in a Pennsylvania
mine and their rescuers.Do you remember that story?I thought the miners
were goners.They were trapped in a 4-foot-high cave. It was dark, wet and
cold, 250 feet underground - almost the length of a football field - for
more than three days.Now, that's stress.But, they did get out ...
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Stress, the word that has become the enemy of millions around the world.
So many of us are stressed all the while. Every small decision creates
stress. Every small change creates stress. Even a kid going to primary
school faces stress now a days. Rather one must try and find out what does
not cause stress.How to fight stress? How to relax and live normally for
some time during the day? ...
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We all know how bad stress is for us, with it being linked to the causes
of many serious and life-threatening illnesses. Logic also tells us that
it seriously affects our ability to feel happy feeling stressed and
feeling happy are mutually incompatible.But quite apart from the momentary
experience of feeling stressed v happy, ongoing stress actually depletes
serotonin levels in the ...
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Stress (roughly the opposite of relaxation) is a medical term for a wide
range of strong external stimuli, both physiological and psychological,
which can cause a physiological response called the general adaptation
syndrome, first described in 1936 by Hans Selye in the journal Nature.
An emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to
adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health which
can be characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure,
muscular tension, irritability and depression. Stress does not cause
migraine but can be a migraine "trigger".
A condition in which the organism is subjected to unfavourable or
unfamiliar environmental conditions, resulting in some alteration in normal
physical functioning. Short-term stress can often be overcome. Long-term
stress can reduce resistance to disease and parasites, inhibit self-healing
processes, and reduce life-span.
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