As new tasks come at you, keep your top goals in mind. When you’ve got to stay on top of lots of different tasks in your job, sometimes it’s the biggest priorities that get lost in the shuffle. As little fires erupt around you, you fall into a reactive mode instead of a proactive mode….
3 Steps to Overcome Your Worry
“You sound worried again, what is it this time?” I asked my client Susan. “I’m worried that if I don’t start getting more clients, I’m going to have to give up my business and get a ‘real job’”, she said. This type of conversation seemed to be a theme with my clients and the prospective…
Two Easy Cures for Stress
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. ~Irish Proverb How true! If we all practiced these two “cures”, we would likely improve our health and decrease our stress! In today’s day and age, too many people are not getting either of these important cures! Both are relatively…
Using Your Breath to Fight Stress and Improve Well-Being
If you are looking for simple ways to fight stress then regulating your breathing can help. Our breath is a natural and most important function of life and carries our chi or vital life energy. It is a known fact that if we stop breathing for long enough, then we die. Despite this fact, most…
Coping Strategies for Stress – Using Aromatherapy to Help Fight Stress
Did you know that you can use aromatherapy as part of your coping strategies for stress? Whilst some are sceptical about the power of alternative therapies to help and heal, aromatherapy has been shown in studies to help fight stress. Read on to find out how you can use aromatherapy to calm and relieve your…
Black in America–A White Man’s Prescription for Righting the Wrong of Racism–Unraveling the Origins
Social scientists explain the causes of racism primarily as due to environmental factors, ignorance and feelings of superiority. While these reasons may be true in one respect, they satisfy neither the intellect nor the heart. Many clues to racism can be found in the physical world of events, i.e. in the environment and the cultural…
Loved and never forgotten
For some adopted children, there’s a feeling of not knowing who you are or where you come from and it is hard to tell a doctor “I don’t know, I am adopted.” This is true for me. I was adopted at birth I was told I was adopted as soon as I could comprehend. I…
Calm Stress – 6 Practical Ways to Happiness, Health and Tranquility
Over time, the hectic pace of life today takes its toll on our bodies and minds. It is hard to switch off from our thoughts and free our bodies from tension and stress. If we are not careful to take time out to relax, we can find our peace of mind deteriorating into a whirl…
Fish Tank Aquariums for Better Health
If you have a stressful life, high blood pressure, or insomnia – keeping a fish tank aquarium may be good therapy for you. Having an aquarium acts as a stable force that helps one cope with the stresses of everyday life, as well as treats a whole range of medical and emotional ailments. People are…
Acceptance Creates a More Peaceful Outlook
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally.” Eckhart Tolle I don’t know about you, but when I first studied the above quote from Tolle, years ago, I fought it for a very long time. To me,…