I’ve heard this cliché all my life but never really “got” it until recently. Maybe that’s because I grew up in an abusive family. Surviving my childhood taught me fierce coping skills. For those skills, I’m grateful. I also believe it molded me into the loving, compassionate woman I am today. It’s why I go…
Category: Stress-management
How to defeat stress.
Any negative feelings like anger, concern, guilt, depression, frustration can bring about stress. It increases your blood pressure level, will make you anxious or nervous, and can lead to muscle tension. Even though some level of stress could be helpful for your work, your health can be much worse when under stress for a long…
How to Change an Unhealthy Behavior that Seems to be a Solution to a Problem
Doesn’t seem to make sense that we indulge sometimes in behaviors that actually hurt us in the long run does it? Yet many people eat sugary snacks or just overeat to deal with stress. Others may smoke cigarettes because nicotine can, in fact, both help them feel less anxious and less angry as well. So…
Tips on How to Avoid Getting Stressed at Christmas
Stress isn’t something most people want to associate with their Christmas break but, unfortunately, all too often in this day and age the two go hand in hand. Society puts so much pressure on individuals to host the perfect Christmas meal and hand out perfectly personal gifts. In the run up to the year’s big…
Managing Your Papers: Inbox, Outbox, and Everything In Between
Set up a system that syncs with the lifecycle of paper. No matter how organized the rest of your office may be, it’s easy to feel like things are out of control when your desk is covered with papers. Although you may have heard rumors that the so-called “paperless world” has arrived, you and I…
Concrete Ideas on How to Cope With Stress
Stress is just a part of life and can be found no matter where in the world you go. Is stress merely part of the inescapable human condition? Are we as a species chronically worried and unhappy or does bad luck simply find us wherever we are? It’s not practical to believe that we are…
How To Cope With Pressure At Work
Do You Work Well Under Pressure? Pressure can take many forms and have an even greater variety of effects. There’s emotional pressure, time constraints, dead lines to meet, expectations to be fulfilled and endless tasks that may have to be juggled. Some pressure is entirely of our own choosing and making whilst at other times…
Stopping Panic Attacks Naturally
Stopping panic attacks is the goal of everybody who suffers with them. After all these attacks can come on without warning and can be extremely terrifying if left unchecked. In a lot of cases the attacks can worsen the more of them you have. Panic attack treatment may be required to get the situation under…
Creating a Peaceful Place – Simple Stress Reducing Technique
Creating a Peaceful Place – Simple Stress Reducing Technique This imagery exercise is a useful technique to use whenever you feel stressed out and just need a break to quiet your mind and find a moment of peace. In this type of exercise you will use your ability to visualise to create beautiful pictures in…
How To Hang In There Mentally When You Have Money Worries
Money worries are inevitable for the majority of people when a country faces recession. Recession often leads to depression, anxiety and other health issues. How can you protect your health against the ravages of recession? Times of recession often lead to times of depression. They even get called periods of depression, like the Great Depression…