Stress articles
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 4 steps to teaching your family to treat you better
- Case #1- Elizabeth, a 40 year old homemaker was always feeling angry and "used" by her family, constantly saying that everybody took advantage of her. She felt that she worked like a slave but her family showed no appreciation or acknowledgement of her many efforts.Case #2- Bill, a 34 year old husband complained that his critical wife was always angry at him.He spent his li...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - One way to beat stress: arrive early!
- I'm so excited that I have discovered this secret today. It's something that I promise will reduce the stress level in your lives. It's easy, convenient and all you have to do is plan: THE NIGHT BEFORE!Today was the third day of school for my son Jeremy. Today we were among the very first people at school. Every single day, the kids line up in the parking lot at the school with their teache...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to cope when things go wrong
- There are times in every person's life when things do not go according to the way we would like. All of us have our ups and downs. These can consist of periods of poor health, emotional problems, financial struggles, relationship challenges, accidents and the like.Understand that these challenges are normal. We simply cannot exist in a "bubble of happiness" all of the time. It would be nice...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress dangerously raises cholesterol levels
- Several studies, including one of medical students around exam time, and another of accountants during tax season, have shown significant increases in cholesterol levels during stressful events ? when there was little change in diet.Interesting isn't it!Are you caught up in modern day life? Do you have a mix of crazy work deadlines, household responsibilities and family needs -- perh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: medical risks of stress
- What is Stress?Stress may be defined as the three-way relationship between demands on people, our feelings about those demands and our ability to cope with them. Stress is most likely to occur in situations where:1. Demands are high. 2. The amount of control we have is low. 3. There is limited support or help available for us.Who is Affected Most by Stress?Virtu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress elimination
- Learning methods of stress elimination is a vital skill in the modern world. After all, there is no way to get away from stress these days, thanks to work, life, family, the economy, the state of the world, global warming, and an overabundance of people who are reminding you constantly about all of these. Not to mention the fact that you are stressed about everything and you know that stress can c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment and mastery: too much to do stress - write it down, break it down, knock it down
- "I've got too much to do, I've just got too much to do!"We have all said it and we have all lived it. I call this particular kind of stress Too Much To Do stress, or TMTD stress. When we feel TMTD stress, we typically have one or both of the following reactions. We either just say the heck with it and let everything pile up. Or we try to do it all and make ourselves and those around us mise...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress and anxiety - take charge of it!
- Have you ever noticed what occurs when you are suddenly thrown into a high tension situation?Does any of this sound familiar?* Raised pulse* Short faster breaths* Shallower breathing* Feelings of losing control* Limbs twitching and/or shaking* Feeling hot and clammyOK, there may be more, but I think they are a good start.If you answere...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress managment and mastery: progress vs. perfection
- David Bowie once sang, "Ch-ch-changes, tryin' to face the strain."And though working on changes in our lives can be difficult at times, it really doesn't have to be such a strain.Where did we get the notion that change has to be such a struggle? And what would it be like if we could make change easier?That's what I have spent most of my career doing, finding the simplest, fast...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: the power of rest
- Rest.It's a good thing to do. As the story goes, even God rested one day out of seven.Yet our culture treats rest like it's a dirty four-letter word.Benefits and suggestions1) Relaxation: You can say you heard it here first - it's OK to relax. Yet many of us act as if it's a dangerous or wrong thing to do. Rest brings the relaxation of your mind and your muscles....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Assess your stress using haris stress inventory
- This is a tool to measure the amount of stress you experience in your daily life. 66 statements are included. Read slowly and carefully, state how far it is true in your case. You may please choose any one of the following five options to each item.A. Very true, I agree fully B. True, I agree C. I cannot say D. Not true, I disagree E. Not true, I totally disagreeOnce ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Walking - the perfect stress reducer
- An excellent stress reducer can be something as simple as walking or doing any form of physical activity. Physical activity has the ability to calm jangled nerves and improve bad moods. It can have a calming effect, enhance self-esteem and even combat depression.Stress reducer physical activities trigger the release of endorphins which are potent brain chemicals that relieve pain and stimul...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is worry necessary?
- Who hasn't experienced "worry" at one time or another? Almost everyone I'm sure. As a result many if not all consider this to be not only a normal human "emotion" but also a necessary fact of life. I would like to show here that in fact "worry" is completely unnecessary.I begin with the following question. Why do we choose to entertain the state of worry in our minds/bodies?Well most...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cancel stress and be blessed!
- Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.In this verse, Jesus Christ invites those that have struggles and those who are buried with issues and dilemmas. He invites people who have come to the point where they begin to feel as if all hope is lost. Mental, physical and spiritual fatigue are the bi-products of heavy burdens that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why stress is not necessary
- We are not designed for long term stress.It causes us physical damage.Coping mechanisms disguise the problem, they do not solve it.If you broke a leg would you develop a coping strategy to continue to live with the broken leg, or would you get the leg repaired.StressA good day can sometimes be characterised by an event that occurred. An order that was won or a si...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The epidemic of the eighties is still here
- IntroductionTime magazine called stress the "The Epidemic of the Eighties". Stress is America's #1 health problem. The reasons for about 90% of visits to doctors there are stress-related. What is stress, and what are its causes? Why does it lead to doctor visits, and what can you do to reduce it? This article seeks to answer these questions briefly.What is Stress and How Do...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Chastise your bread ? kneading dough is excellent stress therapy
- The day wasn't going well already. You know how it is, you wake up in the morning with that migraine or the pounding headache in the back of your head. The kids are up at the crack of dawn (literally) and they keep coming into the bedroom to "help you" wake up. You fumble your way down stairs to a screaming chorus of, "Daddy, she won't quit looking at me!" And then you have the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 3 rs of taking a vacation without leaving home
- This summer, get away, without going away. Take a mini vacation right in your own home. You owe it to yourself to practice the 3 R's - recharge, relax and renew.*Have the post office hold your mail.*Turn off your cell phone. I know it's hard, but let the answering machine pick up your calls.*Turn off your computer. This is tough too, but you must take a break from business....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The physiology of stress
- In the body, the stress response is mediated by the hypothalamic-adrenal-pituitary axis, or the HPA-axis for short.When the body perceives stress, the HPA axis, along with the sympathetic nervous system, famous for its "fight of flight" response, are activated together.Although the stress response is helpful and necessary when dealing with short lived stressors, issues resu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: 5 tips for positive anger management
- A grandfather, whose grandson came to him angry at a schoolmate who had done him an injustice, said,"I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those who have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you down and doesn't hurt your enemy. It's like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die."I have struggled with these feelings many times," he continued. "It...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: frustration or fascination
- "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 frustrating ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management and mastery: 3 tools you can use
- 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 in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make a handbag - discover inner peace and stress reduction
- Have you ever considered sewing a handbag as an act of meditation or as a way to get in touch with your self and reduce stress? Let's look at the process In order to see the connection to inner peace.To make a handbag, the sewer needs to focus on the immediate ? you need to be precise and concentrate on what you are doing at the present moment. There are no distractions tolerated and your m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Panic is no laughing matter
- Burt Reynolds revealed his vulnerable side when he realized he was being steered into marriage. One day while browsing the furniture department with his would-be bride, he suddenly collapsed onto a bed and doubled into the protective fetal form. Moments later, he was sucking oxygen through a brown paper bag, his eyes wide and darting.His panic attack was interpreted in a humorous way for th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overcoming stress: successful living the easy way
- So many of us live a stressful life. Unfortunately, when we are unable to take the time that we all need to nurture ourselves we fall victim to self?pity, depression, or burn-out.What we all really need to snap-out-of-it is a few minutes or a few hours of self-serving attention and pampering. (Or maybe more like an extended vacation!)We live in such a fast-paced society that we are n...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management: the power of a day
- I learned a valuable lesson recently. A short while ago, my mentor coach made this powerful request of me. She asked me to book 24 hours to myself within the next 30 days and to email her when I had booked this day. During this day (which she referred to as "Karen Day") I was not to do any work of any kind. It was to be 24 hours for myself and whatever I felt like doing. If I felt like s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to relieve stress
- One question that is not asked enough by people under stress is how to relieve stress. Unfortunately, people who are under stress tend to simply take it as a matter of course and simply accept its existence as though it was some sort of natural occurrence, or even a boon! Thus, people who are feeling the effects of stress do not actually take the time to notice that they are under stress and need ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress and time management
- STRESS & TIME MANAGEMENT: Stress is either the source or the catalyst for many emotional and physical disorders, all of which can lead to absenteeism on the job. It is a major factor in the whopping $125 billion America spends on health care for employees - a figure that will rise 15 percent this year. According to the American Medical Association, it is estimated that 93 to 96 percent of all psyc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress management--getting the better of the daily grind
- There are many kinds of daily grinds. In the U.S. Corporate world today, to be busy working 12-16 hours a day is a sign of importance and ambition. The more time you spend at your job, the more you are envied-the harder you work, the higher you rise up the corporate ladder.Somehow we've gotten this work thing all wrong. Originally, work was not intended to be a grind, where we are crushed, ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Relieve anxiety with hypnosis
- There are two types of anxiety:*Situational *Existential.Most of us experience both kinds.Situational AnxietyCommon examples of Situational Anxiety that provoke an inner trembling are:>Writing an exam, >Asking someone for a date, >The boss calling us into her office, >Entering hospital for a serious operation.This kind of anxiety is ...