I left the hotel in downtown Columbus, determined to take a brisk jaunt before preparing for my keynote address in the convention center. Not knowing the city, I spied signs on street lamps and taped to the sidewalk that read “Make-A-Wish Walk.” A great idea! Surely the path would be around safe and interesting neighborhoods….
Category: Stress-management
Nationally Recognized Psychotherapist Bill Benson, LMFT, LPCC Questions the Commonly Held Definition of Stress
For years, health care professionals (including many therapists) have advised their patients to live as stress-free as possible. They’ve cautioned: “Stress kills.” Recent findings, however, indicate stress is not the lethal culprit we once thought it to be. Science now confirms it is our negatively held beliefs about stress that damage our bodies and (over…
Midlife Crisis is a scam
Searching for a solution to midlife crisis and bring your life to the next level of fulfilment? Good for you, because what you are about to discover is a proven system to get you out of it easily. Have you caught yourself using phrases like ‘Monday-blues, Work life balance and Thank God its friday’? Chances…
5 Keys To Stress Relief
Do you remember the last time you got caught up in a situation that pissed you off or made you so fearful that it completely dismantled your ability to respond in a constructive way? Sometimes it can feel like you didn’t really have a choice in how you responded, it “just happened”. If you’d like…
The Stress Cure – Is Stress Zapping Your Memory?
What is it about stress that causes us to dwell at length on negative thoughts? The answer has a lot to do with our memory. Although it’s miraculous the brain – a three pound lump of neural tissue can store any memories at all. But the human memory system has some surprising quirks. Most notable,…
How Stressful Thinking Impacts You
Most of us experience tension daily, often it’s hour by hour or worse minute to minute. How we cope with stress and worry determines whether we move forward or allow it to hold us back. Habitual negative thinking is often frenzied, inaccurate, and undependable, yet you can go through your entire life with negative thoughts…
Eliminate Time Clutter – Create A Not To Do List
If you’re busy and overwhelmed like most people you’ll likely have some sort of to-do list going. It could be in the form of a notebook, a computer, mobile device or even heaven forbid a piece of paper. But some days looking at the list just makes me feel crazy. There is so many things…
How much time do you waste each day doing routine things?
So what is time management? Well, it is basically how you organize your time. It involves planning your day out and allocating certain times of the day and a certain amount of hours or minutes to doing an activity. We all have daily time wasting habits. Here are examples of actual (and funny) ways that…
What to do About Stress?
Everyone will experience stress in different aspects of their lives; it may be at work, with their family, in their love life or with their health. However, whatever might be the cause of your stressful day, it creates the same effect on your body, mood, and even on other people. Life is full of hassles,…
Are Your Friends There When You Need Them?
This summer I did a lot of soul-searching. I realized I’ve outgrown some of the people in my close circle of friends. What I mean is their idea of friendship is not the same as mine. I’ve always known that, and it never bothered me before. But this year it does. I’m not saying my…