Recently, I was chatting with a practice member who was frustrated with her weight loss efforts and disappointed in herself for being “stuck”. As an outsider, I thought she was being way too hard on herself. She has lost a significant amount of weight; she has done so in a healthy way and she looks [...]
This is a recommendation I regularly give to patients, especially if they’re feeling chronically stressed or anxious. It’s a simple step, yet so powerful. It’s getting outside and connecting with nature!
This may seem like a peculiar “health and happiness” recommendation to make! But, this was a vital component when I needed to re-create overall balance, [...]
When you stop to think about your life, what lens do you typically use to view it? If you’re stressed out, frustrated, and discouraged, perhaps it’s time to switch lenses and adopt an attitude of gratitude in your life. As you read this article, please keep in mind these three important benefits of [...]
My friend who works from home was bemoaning yesterday how her workload is causing massive stress just now. What really upset her though was that despite working to the point of burnout nothing much was getting achieved.
That got me thinking how stress and lots to do go hand in hand. For most of [...]
Often we seem to adapt to a certain level of stress, but when it begins to include insomnia a vicious and downward cycle can begin. The more stressed we become, the more sleep can elude us and the more sleep eludes us the more stressed we become. Not getting the sleep our bodies need, makes [...]
Stress is fast becoming the biggest health problem in modern societies. Financial pressures, work pressures, family pressures, so much to do so little time to do it all! Here’s five quick ways to ease the pressure and relieve stress:
1. Make time to switch off from the daily trials and tribulations and relax for at least [...]
A strong network of supportive relationships is one of the most efficient stress relief techniques. The ability to build effective and lasting relationships is essential for smart stress management. But how does one make a good relationship an excellent relationship?
Stress-resistant relationships are built on good communication skills. Society is defined as a web of [...]
Many people today are seriously stressed out. Who wouldn’t be after watching the daily news reports? If that’s not enough to stress us out, many of us have created, through design or by just letting things evolve a pretty stressful daily life. Many of the daily stress factors are small but cumulatively they can be [...]
Using good stress management techniques to relieve your stress is vital to good health. While some stress in life is normal and to be expected, ongoing or chronic stress is not. For all too many of us these days, this kind of stress is a daily part of our lives.
One thing we can count [...]
I realized last night as I was starting to prepare dinner that my favorite utensil drawer is getting too full of stuff. It is so full it is no longer working efficiently. I need to rearrange and perhaps get rid of some stuff.
This is a passion of mine. I like for things to [...]