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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: practicing perspective
- Q. I wonder if you could help me with a problem that just seems to be getting worse. I seem to blow everything out of proportion. I react so strongly to even small problems and always think the worst is going to happen. My friends tell me I do it, my husband tells me, and I know I do and I'm tired of it.A. Whether you call it blowing things out of proportion, making a mountain out of a mole...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: 5 questions to get crisis to work for you
- Q: Someone told me that the Chinese symbol for crisis means danger and opportunity. I just lost my job, and I see nothing but bad stuff in this. Where is the opportunity?A: When you are hit with a life crisis such as losing a job, it's easy to focus on only the dangers and bad things.Here are five questions to ask yourself when life hands you something you don't want or like. They ar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: are you a chooser or a loser?
- Author and speaker H. Stephen Glenn has said,"In terms of the entire world, if, when you wake up in the morning, you have a choice of what to eat, a choice of what to wear, a job to go to and a way to get there, you have abundance."And yet we squander that abundance so often by not making choices in our lives. We allow life to just happen to us, instead of choosing what we believe to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: how to use the power of focus
- Here's a fun little experiment:Take a few seconds and look around you, noticing and focusing on everything you see that is blue. Just look around and notice everything that is blue.Now close your eyes, and tell me everything you noticed that is green.Threw you a bit of a curve ball there, didn't I?If you are like most folks, you were expecting me to ask you to name ever...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress relief ? a backyard hot tub is your answer
- We all know what it's like coming home from a busy day and needing some fast relaxation and stress relief. Many people choose to reach for that quick drink; but why not soak your stresses away? One of the best ways you can sit outside and enjoy the backyard is to install a hot tub and let the water bring relief from stresses and strains of the day. Ancient civilizations realized the healing power ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment: how to beat the get by syndrome
- I'm sure you have heard of IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, a painful and difficult-to-treat digestive disease.Well, there is another disease that is also painful and difficult to treat. I call it GBS - Get By Syndrome.GBS is characterized by the tendency to sell yourself and others short, to believe that minimal effort is "good enough." Just doing "good enough" is a habit that is easy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Help! im working with a baby!!
- Did you know that more than half of our adult population has an anger problem? Have you experienced them? They act all flustered and pitch a fit. Can you believe it that some of them actually throw things when they get mad? And not only that, they cuss up a storm, rant and rave, and carry on like they are a child.We all have probably experienced people like this on occasion. But what about ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: what we can learn from 9 trapped miners
- 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.4 Le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: declare your freedom to........................
- 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 to do something they love and also ge...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: declare your freedom from...
- 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, allo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you leap-frogging from vacation to vacation? try lily-padding...
- It's summertime and chances are you can remember a summer vacation when life moved at a slower pace. It felt so good to just enjoy the days and nights. No pressure from school schedules, work schedules, volunteering and more.Vacations serve an important purpose ? time to recharge our batteries and more. I see many clients living from vacation to vacation, weekend to weekend or day to day le...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Moving through breakdowns with transformation
- Success in recovery, or rather, staying in recovery, is dependent upon a variety of factors. For example, it appears that attending daily NA or AA meetings and staying in communication with ones chosen sponsor will definitely assist an individual in successfully implementing his recovery plan. Getting and staying committed to working the 12 Step Program also appears to increase the probability of ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Music therapy: can music really soothe the savage beast?
- It has long been suggested that "music soothes the savage beast." But is this true? And if it is, does this have any implication where humans are concerned? The answer, apparently, is yes. To illustrate this, researchers point to the different physiological changes that take place within the human body in response to different sounds and noises. A loud noise that shatters the silence set...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 top tips to boost your spirits
- 1. Take a relaxing bath. Add music, candles and a glass of your favourite drink: beer, tea, hot chocolate, wine or even champagne. Close the door and forget about everything else for an hour or so. This helps to increase levels of calmness and the calmer we feel, the less likely we are to get stressed out or depressed.2. Comedy night: get in your favourite nibbles: chips, tortillas, salsa, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: kyfm - keep your feet moving
- 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 reach th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: how to handle rejection - the power of next
- Raise your hand if you have ever been rejected by anyone, for anything, at any time. C'mon, be honest.When I ask this question in seminars, nearly all the people raise their hand, except for those select few who never raise their hand in public no matter what the question.The bottom line is this:Every one of us has felt the sting of rejection at some time in our lives. And alt...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding your stress levels
- In order to understand stress better, it is a good idea to understand that there are different stress levels. These levels vary in the form of stress they take and they can often provide an indication of how to treat the stress. Furthermore, there are tests available that can help people understand their own, particular brand of stress and, with this knowledge, they can also understand themselves ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The abcs of stress management
- A while back, I was in a minor fender-bender accident, and as the police officer filled out the report, I gave him my business card with my name and phone number. When he saw "stress management" listed he said, "We've got to talk!" That's most people's reaction when they find out what I do.Many people say they feel stressed, and most people would probably agree that being a police officer i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Putting your life in perspective
- Do you often overreact to situations? Are you a constant worrier? Do you look at the glass as always half empty?One of the greatest stress management tools you can possess is the ability to put everything into perspective. How you perceive your life has a profound effect on how you deal with stress and your level of happiness.For an event to be a stressor, we first need to perceive i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Conflict resolution ... what the heck are you thinking?
- Do you get frustrated with your spouse, your kids, your parents? Maybe you can't stand your boss, or your co-workers drive you up the wall. I'll bet you think that if all these pesky people would just quit bothering you that you'd be really happy, right? Well guess what, you'd just find something else to drive you crazy because you like how it feels.You THINK you don't want to feel upset or...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing stress
- Do you ever feel stressed? Is stress a regular component of your lifestyle? What exactly is stress? What causes it and what can you do to manage and reduce it?What you experience as stress is the result of your reaction to the events, circumstances, and people you encounter. The more you feel frustrated, a victim, helpless, a target, or picked on, the more you feel stressed.You are s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management - overcoming adversity
- Adversity is an unavoidable part of life. Death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, malicious action by another, job loss, natural disaster, or any other undesirable event are all circumstances people encounter. Events happen that are beyond our control.Successfully overcoming adversity is essential for a healthy life. Overcoming adversity builds mental strength, character and endura...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment and mastery: how to beat too many hats syndrome
- "One day I'm a mother, One day I'm a lover, What am I supposed to do? Workin' for a livin' All because I'm driven ... Why do I have to wear So many things on my head?"These lyrics from the Amy Grant song ``Hats'' seem to capture the cry of many overworked, overwhelmed and stressed-out people.In the song, the word ``hats'' simply refers to all the different roles we must play in our e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment and mastery: 7 ways to take yourself off restriction
- Q. So many times in my life, I seem to hold myself back from what I want to do. I make great plans and have great intentions, but then end up holding myself back in some way. Do you have any suggestions for changing this?A. When you were a kid, did you ever do something wrong and get put on restrictions? You know, no TV, stay in your room, can't play with friends, for what seemed like an et...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: 3 powerful tools to beat stress
- Q: We recently had someone come to our company to talk about stress management. All he did was talk about the physical results of stress and tell us we need to not be so stressed and to relax. It really wasn't very helpful, and I was wondering if you could offer some tips on how to handle stress.A: You've run into a problem I see all too often in the field of stress management, as well as i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment and mastery: learning to rebound
- Q. I've suffered a few setbacks and disappointments in the last year and seem to be bogged down in them. A business that I began failed, and my long-term girlfriend left me for someone else.I want to move past this but just don't seem able to bounce back. What can I do?A. Let's pretend for a few moments that we are in a seminar, and let me ask for a show of hands:How many of y...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: shake it off and step up
- The moment I read the story I'm about to share with you, I knew it would make a good article. It has one of the best approaches to managing stress, change and, for that matter, life and its living that I have ever read. Give it a read, and then we'll put some hands and feet on it to make it immediately useful.A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress mangement and mastery: how to defeat sunday night syndrome
- Picture the following scene:It's Sunday evening, the weekend is winding down and you're beginning to think about the work week ahead. What are your feelings?Do you find yourself excited and challenged, looking forward to another week of doing something you love? The most fortunate among us get to feel that way on a regular basis.Or are you instead feeling something else, perha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress impacts your health
- Health Impacts of StressStress is a funny concept, try to define it - go on... I bet if all of you sent me your personal definition of what you perceive as stress, it would fill pages and you would all find that different things stress each of you differently.For example, some of you might find driving stressful, some of you enjoy driving. However, this does not mean that driv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of five
- Do you ever fret? In today's materialistic age, sometimes fretting is inevitable. With so many goals to achieve and needs to meet, fretting has become the "official emotion of the generation."A few weeks ago, I was having another fretting day. I had so many conflicts to deal with and personal affairs to attend to that I was eating my heart out the whole day I was moving around. I could almo...