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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relieving stress with exercise... and losing body fat in the process!
- Feeling stressed out lately? Don't worry, there is a simple and incredibly effective solution -- one that will help you lose weight in more ways than you might think!Relieving Stress with ExerciseResearch has proven that relieving stress with exercise is one of the best ways to improve your overall health. Regular exercise provides an amazing array of anti-stress benefits to the huma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When dreams get shattered: picking up the pieces
- "Smash!" It was a sunny autumn Saturday. My cousins and I were playing baseball in my aunt's back yard. I still recall the crack of the bat and sound of breaking glass as a beautiful line drive sailed right through the center of my aunt's dining-room window.My aunt - who understood that young boys did these things - gave us the chance to do the right thing. She asked us to help her pick up ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Need to stop worrying?
- I once worked with a woman whose zest,joy and enthusiasm lit up the room [and it was a big office!]I remarked that it was lovely that she was always such uplifting company."Oh,I wasn't always like this", she replied. "It all changed when my dad died, when I was about forty.""Was he that bad?" I asked her."On the contray," she told me "he was wonderful." However, just be...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - From problems to possibilities-get out of your old story to get on with the new!
- I love a good story and I know I'm not alone. The evil villain, the adventurer or the sheer power of words captivate us and leave us wanting more. We join bookclubs to share our thoughts on the stories we've read. Great stories aren't just in books and movies. We're writing machines! Many of us self-publish our stories daily. If only we got paid for these stories. We do get compensated and it come...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress: daily self-care habits to manage stress
- Today we have more stress in our lives than ever before ? good stress, bad stress, red stress, blue stress (my little ode to Dr. Seuss). No matter what kind of stress it is, a real crisis or an imagined one, stress is incredibly harmful to our body, mind and soul.Here are my favourite self-care habits for dealing with stress:1. Get in the habit of noticing.Take an inventory of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The jerk is never me
- Comedian George Carlin once remarked, "Have your ever noticed? Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac."When we observe someone else's behavior -- especially negative behavior -- we attribute it to their personality. But when we make a mistake ourselves, we are inclined to blame the situation.Thus, when I'm driving fast, it's not because I'm...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Beating middle of the night stress
- What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep? Do you lie there tossing, stretch, panic, and feel your heart thumping? Do you notice your own shallow breathing? Do you try futilely to follow the random speeding thoughts that race through your mind?Back in 1991 I met an elderly man in the grocery store. He must have been around 87. Approaching my cart...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be yourself and zap stress!
- Ask a hundred different people how to deal with stress and you'll probably get the same amount of different answers....Which could result in more stress....And therein lies the key.Stress is often caused by too much information coming from too many places.There is more information in one daily newspaper than a person would have received in their whole lifetime a few cen...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How stress effects neurotransmitters
- The brain uses feel-good transmitters called endorphins when managing daily stress. When the brain requires larger amounts of endorphins to handle increased stress, the ratio of many of the other transmitters, one to another, becomes upset creating a chemical imbalance. We begin to feel stress more acutely -- a sense of urgency and anxiety creates even more stress. As a result, harmful chemicals a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The underlying cause of nervous breakdowns
- Life can offer us many challenges having to do with loss. When we are faced with relationship loss, financial loss, loss of health, loss of limb, loss of regard, or loss of love, we can feel overwhelmingly anxious, depressed and stressed. When the anxiety, depression and stress get too big, we may have a nervous breakdown ? that is, we become incapable of functioning in our everyday life and incap...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mindfulness and panic: ask your anxiety
- Panic.Heart racing. Palms sweating. Breathing rapid and shallow. Mouth dry. Knees knocking.Whether it's a pop quiz, a job interview, a spider, an impromptu speech, a crowded elevator, a dirty restroom, the view from a cliff, a shot at the clinic, a flight across the ocean, a first kiss, or a trip to a crowded shopping center, we all have something that fills us with panic. In severe ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress and your immune system: 10 ways to relax and rejuvenate
- Stress seems to have become a constant factor in today's fast-paced society. If left unchecked, it can wreak havoc upon our health. Learning how to effectively manage stress can mean the difference between being robust and full of life, or becoming susceptible to illness and disease. Stress can weaken the immune system and accelerate the aging process. The ability to relax and rejuvenate promotes ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting high personal standards
- In his book, The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness, author Greg Anderson wrote, "Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to."He also reminded us that, "When we change our perception we gain...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to eliminate or manage stress
- Are you a "worry wart?" Is that term familiar to you? It is to me but it's been a long time since I've heard it used. I do remember people telling me years ago when something was really bothering me and they would say, "Oh! you are a just a real "worry wart".I don't believe I am a "worry wart" now but some times things do concern me and I may tend to worry about it somewhat. However I've le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Recognize the early signs of burnout
- Most of us are trying to balance work, home, and a family life. We tend not to accept the early symptoms of burnout and carry on our daily lives. In my opinion, living your life isn't supposed to be that way. If you ignore the red flags, you'll become gravely ill and your life could come to a complete halt.To add to the normal day-to-day stresses, what about the poor economy and the war on ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dealing with stress in our overworked lives
- As small business owners, we often take on more than we can handle. Wearing all the hats running our businesses, as well as the other commitments we have (i.e. volunteer work, family, etc.), can sometimes leave us feeling overworked, frustrated, and stressed out.Being under so much stress is not good for anyone and it can definitely have an effect on our businesses.So we need to alle...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 ways to create reserve energy everyday
- Did you ever feel like your "get-up-and-go" got up and deserted you? Has a stressful situation left you feeling drained and unmotivated to perform the simplest tasks?Most of us have experienced times of stress followed by fatigue. The resiliency to work, play, and enjoy life after stressful times requires enough reserve energy to bounce back.Bruce Lee said that "? the stiffest tree i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing stress - hire the right people
- Managing stress is not easy if you don't have the right people in your business or team.One of the biggest challenges any business owner or manager has is hiring the right people.I've recently discovered a simple, inexpensive yet very effective way which will help you get it right.This week I've asked Nathan Chanesman, Managing Director of Myprofile Pty Ltd. to please explain?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress
- Stress. The word brings to mind many different definitions doesn't it? It is an individual thing in many ways ? although the Canadian Stress Institute's founder, Dr. Hans Selye was the first one to define the condition. He is known as the Father of Stress. Let's say you are walking through the park. All of a sudden, out of the bush at the side of the path, a black bear appears. Fear surges through...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Occupational stress
- Statistics tell us that more people have migraine headaches on Sunday night and that the rate of heart attacks and heart attack-like symptoms are very high in the early hours of Mondays.. What does this tell us? Perhaps that people are dreading going to their job on Monday? Maybe. But there are other reasons for this as well. Two decades ago we saw changes happen in the workplace that we didn't an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress in the workplace
- Why are you so busy? Do you really have too much work? Is work so important to you that you'll sacrifice just about anything in your life to get the job done? Even if it's at the expense of your health and your relationships? Stress in the workplace can be caused by many factors, however from my experience I've found for many people it is their inability to organise themselves and their time. They...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three tips for forgiveness: a key factor in anger management
- Elizabeth, 32, cried during anger management class as she told how one year ago - her 19-month-old girl was permanently brain-damaged as the result of a medical error at the hospital in which she was delivered.Elizabeth had a legitimate grievance toward the hospital and medical staff, and felt that she could never forgive them for what she saw as their incompetence. She clearly was not yet ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress - a modern cause of disease
- Every day we are faced with a situation where our health is assaulted on all sides. There is not just one cause of disease. People get sick because of a number of converging changes. In Australia, according to government research, 50% of people aged 50 and over are considered to have some form of disability. 20% of children reported symptoms of Asthma to their Medical Practitioner in the past year...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dealing with workplace stress
- One of the hardest forms of stress to avoid is workplace stress. After all, you need to go to work and there are plenty of things to worry about once you get there. However, that does not mean that workplace stress is unavoidable. Just like other kinds of stress, there are ways to manage workplace stress and there are ways to avoid it. Maybe you cannot avoid it entirely, but that is no reason not ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to use diet to reduce your stress
- The Problem You don't need me to tell you how pervasive stress is in our modern lives. In part, this is due to our chosen life styles. One element of our life styles that is likely to be making matters worse, is our diet, by which I mean, what we eat.You see, when we are under pressure, we tend to save time by eating food that actually increases our stress and may fuel an addicti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Canadian physicians on slippery slope of burnout
- In a recent CMA survey of 2251 physicians, over 45% were found to be in an advanced state of burnout. If this reflects the seriousness of the problem in the general population of physicians in Canada, then it can safely be said that the healthcare system is at serious risk of collapse. In this article we outline our understanding of the reasons for this situation and propose a new approach to help...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - There is no such thing as good stress
- Q: What is Stress?A: Very basically it is the physical, emotional and spiritual tension that arises in a person when they are being pulled or pushed outside of their comfort zone by internal or external forces.Q: I've heard people talk about good and bad stress. What's the difference?A: Contrary to what many may think, All Stress is Bad Stress. By this I mean that all stress t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Control stress or it will control your business
- When we think about stress in the workplace, we usually refer to ulcers or heart conditions, but stress has a much broader impact. It is known that stress is linked to cancer, lung ailments, cirrhosis of the liver, immunity to common illnesses, back problems, and many other medical problems.It is estimated that stress is the underlying factor in 75 - 90% of all physician visits.We se...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dialing m for mindfulness
- Looking for mindfulness? Who ya gonna call?Try dialing M.It's easy to be mindful. It's just hard to remember to be mindful. That's why it's so important to pick our triggers.Here's a great trigger for mindfulness--the letter M. It's soothing to say: "Mmmmmmm." Add an H and you're thinking: "Hmmmmm." Add an O and you're chanting: "Ommmmmmm." It's hard to go wrong with M....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mindfulness and laughter: gaining clarity while giggling
- Life is funny.Throughout the day, there are plenty of humorous moments that we tend to ignore. We get so caught up in being earnest that we miss opportunities to gain clarity while giggling.Sure, there are times when it is considered inappropriate to laugh, but if we're honest, we'll see that if we're suppressing a smile it's a sign that we're fully present.Not only that, but ...