May 17, 2024
The Free Book of Life
Do you ever get the feeling that you just cant think straight any longer? That your ability to concentrate has just disappeared? That your brain has somehow reached overload and your thought processes have ground to a halt? Youre tired and irritable! Perhaps your neck feels stiff and your shoulders and muscles are tight, and your head aches! Does all this seem familiar?
We all know stress - its part of life! Pressure is a form of stress and we use it every day, at work a...
What is stress?
Although we tend to think of stress as caused by external issues, issue in themselves are not stressful. It is the way in which we interpret and react to them that makes them stressful. People differ enormously in the type of events they interpret as stressful and the way in which they respond to such stress.
Stress is generally created when the demands made on a person start to exceed that person's ability, or perceived ability to cope. Essentially a ga...
While we often worry about stress, not all stress is bad. We need a certain amount of stress to make our lives interesting. And since there is no way to eliminate every commitment or deadline in our lives, we should try to control our stress levels in the best ways we can.
It would be nice if someone created a mathematical formula for stress that would measure how much stress an individual could take without become overwhelmed. Optimal stress levels vary from individual to...
We all know the adage, A mothers work is never done. In fact, this could become a modern-day mothers theme song since we all have overbooked schedules and everybody wants something done yesterday.
We teach our children from a young age that it is impolite to say the word, No, which was a lesson we learned in childhood, too. Now as adults, it is increasingly difficult to say, No, to anyone for fear of being rude or being seen as unreliable.
Mothers need to learn ...
Whether its called stress management, relaxation training, or its newest incarnation, Resiliancy, it seems that the question of healthy response to the stress of daily life is on everyones mind. But its important to remember a few things about stress that are rarely discussedif known at all!
1) Stress wont hurt you. Hans Selye, the father of stress was a polylinguist, whose first language was not English. Before he died, he said that, had his command of English b...
Stress is the curse of the 21st Century. Work, family life and even planning a holiday can stress you out. So who do you go anbout de-stressing without getting stressed out about it?
Energy is eternal delight. William Blake
Breathing is vital to health, energy and peace of mind.
So, why should breathing be a problem? After all, everyone breathes, don't they? Unless you have a physical problem, which a doctor should look at. Right?
Well, it's not that simple. Almost everyone I deal with in my practice breathes incorrectly. This affects a whole bunch of things.
Energy
Most people believe that the most important reason for eating is for build...
Life and all its inordinate problems can often appear as a giant bearing down on you. It's enormous footsteps shake and shudder the very foundations of your life bringing stress and anxiety. Relief from these problems can seem like a lifetime away. When bills pile up, family demands overwhelm, tasks in hand get out of hand and calamity and tragedy fill in the news headlines.
What do you do anxiety and stress giant comes a calling? Who do you turn to for help? The fact...
