Stay Balanced with Self-Compassion By Karen Hope Ferris Life has its ups and downs. The ups can be a great ride, but what about the downs? When rough times come up or you make mistakes, how do you react? Do you spend time thinking about the situation, endlessly analyzing it to death, believing that you’re ...…
Heart-Healthy Chunks Of Chocolate By Cal Orey A healthful diet and lifestyle are part of the arsenal to beat the battle of the bulge, which often be linked sooner than later to heart disease—still America’s number one killer for both men and women, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). In a cocoa bean shell, ...…
Stress and the Power of Gratitude By Laura Maciuicka, Ed.D. Transforming stress can feel daunting, and it can be hard to know where to start. One of the best ways to clear a path to lasting stress relief is to turn from the outside stresses and shine some light on what is happening on the ...…
Stress, Anxiety? Your Cure Is In The Mirror By Murray Grossan, MD We are all creatures with a single stress CHEMICAL reaction. Unfortunately in our culture lots of situations evoke stress. We can reduce stress chemicals and save our hearts and brain from the devastation these chemical do every day. If you practice these actions ...…
Stress and Energy Vampires By Dr. Andy McCabe First, I’d like to qualify you to read this article! If you answer “Yes!” to any of the following three questions, this article about stress and “energy vampires” is for you. If your answers were all “No!” don’t bother. You don’t have enough pain and you’re among ...…
Five Ways to Beat Stress By Al Barrios, Ph.D. I have found five highly effective ways to combat stress which I would like to share with you: (1) deep breathing combined with mental hand-warming; (2) the use of an inexpensive portable biofeedback device; (3) a set of time management techniques; (4) incorporating the right mental ...…
Putting Money Back In Its Place By Jeff Gitterman As a financial advisor, money is certainly a subject that’s close to my heart. When I give group seminars, I often like to begin by asking people to give me definitions of what money means to them. And I always get a similar range of replies: ...…
Stress, Anxiety, Sleepless Nights? Just Say HU! By Rev. Dr. Nicole Sebastian Who isn’t stressed out these days? Just the daily pace of living with all the electronic distractions, white noise, traffic and general disharmony leave the average individual running for a valium and a yoga class. How can we begin to cope with the ...…
If You Want To Be Happy (and stress free)… By Nancy Weil Everyone wants to be happy. In fact the Declaration of Independence gives Americans the right to pursue happiness. It is not guaranteed, but we can chart our own path to joy. At times when our work becomes overwhelming, or in this economy underwhelming, ...…
Increase Your Confidence by Decreasing Negative Thoughts By Kara Lane Wouldn’t it be great if there were some magic pill you could take that would instantly boost your self-confidence and eliminate negative thoughts? You could just pop it in your mouth right before an interview, a big date, an important meeting, a critical test, an ...…
Positive Thinking: Getting the YOU Back into Your Life by Karen Hope Ferris The items on your To Do list are endless for any given day or week. How do YOU rate? Is time for yourself at the top of the list, somewhere in the middle, or are you not on the list at all? ...…
Extreme Stress and How to Control Where Your Road Goes By Erica Kosal, Ph.D. As the new year 2012 has just arrived,much potential promise and change lie in wait. Typically, during the month of January, many people pledge promises on how to better themselves for the upcoming year. Often, there is a desire for a ...…
Volume 12, Issue 5 In this week’s edition stress expert Beverly Flaxington shows us some very helpful ways to avoid the overwhelming and out-of-control feeling of being “discombobulated!” I know you’ll enjoy this great article and please make sure to leave your comments below. Stress and Feeling Discombobulated By Bev Flaxington For many people, the ...…
Controlling Stress: Using Habits Instead Of Habits Using You By Marc Lerner When we find ourselves in a stressful situation, we basically have two choices. We can fall back on our past conditioned habits and deal with that situation from the perspective we learned in the past or we can transcend our past conditioning and ...…
Stress Management: Minding the Emotional Intensity of Life By Betsy Muller As I prepare to lead a discussion group on the topic of Creating a Meaningful Journal, I am reminded that journals are a place where we can pour out and examine our emotions with a sense of curiosity. I have observed that a majority ...…
