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#23301
Who Wants To Remain On A Road Which Leads Ultimately To Destruction And Defeat And Shame?

Certain decisions we make not only affect and influence the rest of our lives, but also our eternal destiny. 2013 is but a few weeks old. Many may have already blown 'resolutions' which they were determined to keep. How will the decisions you have made change and transform the weeks and moths of 2013? They will. We can be absolutely sure about that, and that is why it is crucial that we take great care when making important decisions. How many in business and banking and finance houses may be wishing they had taken just a little more time and care regarding rash and rushed and most unwise decisions which may have been taken over these past four or five years. Economically and financially and morally and spiritually, we have without a doubt landed ourselves in some mess and many families and individuals are hurting in all kinds of ways.

Source: Who Wants To Remain On A Road Which Leads Ultimately To Destruction And Defeat And Shame?
#23302
General Topic / Essay - Life Exists In Layers
February 13, 2013, 12:00:44 PM
Life Exists In Layers

The most important layers that exist are found beyond mans' physiology. The layers remain unseen. Many energies found in the layers can become evident with intention and awareness. Our ability to become aware of these unseen energies will become real to us through our senses.

Source: Life Exists In Layers
#23303
General Topic / Essay - Your Life Depends on This
February 13, 2013, 12:00:44 PM
Your Life Depends on This

If you're looking for inspiration to help with your life, to get you through those rough times then look no further. This article will help you get back on your feet and stay firmly grounded. With a view to helping you become more open minded, it is sure to guide you along the right path no matter what your troubles are.

Source: Your Life Depends on This
#23304
To Gain a Benefit or To Avoid a Loss?

What are you attracting into your life? If it isn't what you want, then change! With integrity comes rewards, right action, success, work/life balance. If you are motivated more by the consequences of your actions, that the rewards, you need to re-examine values and integrity.

Source: To Gain a Benefit or To Avoid a Loss?
#23305
So You've Broken Your New Year's Resolutions - Now What?

When you choose your resolutions, honor your uniqueness and never compare yourself to others. If your coworker or friend is going to the gym five times a week just like he or she set out to do, but you are struggling to make it there even once, it doesn't matter.

Source: So You've Broken Your New Year's Resolutions - Now What?
#23306
General Topic / Essay - Right in Front of You
February 13, 2013, 12:00:39 PM
Right in Front of You

How does it feel to realise that what you were looking for is right in front of you? Knowing that opportunities, new beginnings are waiting or even following you.

Source: Right in Front of You
#23307
7 Reasons to Why I Love My Life As an Adventuring Van Dweller

Learning to live as I have and learning so many other things as a result... about myself, about others, and about my own and others' perspectives. So many life lessons have come from this life of van dwelling and I am so very grateful for it all... the good, the bad and even the ugly!

Source: 7 Reasons to Why I Love My Life As an Adventuring Van Dweller
#23308
General Topic / Essay - Listen Closely!
February 13, 2013, 12:00:39 PM
Listen Closely!

One of the first interviewees, Sara, was dressed head to toe in black and had more piercings and tattoos than I had ever seen on one person. I thought, Oh Lord, not this, not on my first trip! I had dismissed her before she answered one question.

Source: Listen Closely!
#23309
Can We Fundamentally Move From Where We Are?

We live in a world of fear with many adversaries and we inhabit our own minds that live in the past with our conditioning and conflicts. We have sleep walked into this as if it has to be this way. Perhaps if we can be radical enough we can transform ourselves and break free from the prison surrounding us.

Source: Can We Fundamentally Move From Where We Are?
#23310
General Topic / Essay - Along The Journey To Success
February 13, 2013, 12:00:38 PM
Along The Journey To Success

Every person has got that certain point in life where they just have to grab a hold of the steering wheel and completely turn their life to a entirely new direction. There could be several reason that would trigger it, but I'm willing to bet that the majority of it relates to these categories: Health, Finance and Relationships.

Source: Along The Journey To Success
#23311
General Topic / Essay - Insight and Conversation
February 13, 2013, 12:00:38 PM
Insight and Conversation

There are many benefits from talking to someone: friendship, support, encouragement to mention only three, and they and all the others are extremely important. But one benefit seems to me especially important, and that is the benefit of insight. When we talk to someone else do we get insight? Insight into what? Many things, but essentially into the nature of reality - that is the most exciting prospect of all. And there are two ways we get insight. The first, quite simply, is that we get it directly. The person speaking to us has insight into some aspect of reality and consciously or not (usually the former) they communicate this to us. It's what they believe, what they think, and what they hold dear. Sometimes it is almost said with the exasperation of someone who's thinking, And did you not realise this?

Source: Insight and Conversation
#23312
General Topic / Essay - Overcome Self-Doubt
February 13, 2013, 12:00:38 PM
Overcome Self-Doubt

Self-doubt creeps into everyone's psyche. Even accomplished movie stars are plagued by niggling thoughts that cause them to doubt themselves. Learn to recognize self-doubt as a sign that you are stretching yourself to become the best possible version of yourself.

Source: Overcome Self-Doubt
#23313
General Topic / Essay - Unassign Yourself, And Be Free
February 13, 2013, 12:00:37 PM
Unassign Yourself, And Be Free

It's like all problems. We delete them one day, wake up the next, and there they are again. The system has restored them once again. In order to let go permanently, unassigning beliefs from our lives must happen first.

Source: Unassign Yourself, And Be Free
#23314
General Topic / Essay - Legend Of The Starfish
February 13, 2013, 12:00:37 PM
Legend Of The Starfish

I do not know anyone who does not have sympathy for others in need... I guess age causes me to look around me even more often than I have in past years, or I get that uncomfortable feeling more often now in my stomach when I scrape that last bit of food I could not finish into the trash and I realize my empathy level is on the surface, perhaps I should not have been so busy when younger.

Source: Legend Of The Starfish
#23315
General Topic / Essay - Manage Yourself!
February 13, 2013, 12:00:37 PM
Manage Yourself!

I can imagine how easy life would be if God would take over our minds and take over our bodies and just accomplish on our behalf everything in His will that was set aside for us to do without any help from us. Now, let me tell you God's answer to this prayer request every time a Christian prays it: "NO... Manage YOURSELF!"

Source: Manage Yourself!
#23316
Death and Cancer - Nothing to Fret About

I am never concerned about circumstances or worried about my heath. Such events as being operated on for cancer and the death of my mother, both occurring on the same day, have earned the right to such an attitude. Whether in a hospital bed or a funeral home, I still reckon that I'm in the pink of health living in the best of times.

Source: Death and Cancer - Nothing to Fret About
#23317
10 Tips For Reducing Stress And Improving Your Health

Modern life is increasingly fast paced and more stressful than ever before. Being stressed impacts negatively on your health, teeth and gums. Try these simple and practical tips to reduce your stress levels and improve your health.

Source: 10 Tips For Reducing Stress And Improving Your Health
#23318
Overwhelm: The First Step Toward the Cure

The physical and emotional effects of overwhelm are signs from your subconscious mind telling you to focus on what you want. But how can you focus when American society is strongly encouraging you to multitask and do more with less?

Source: Overwhelm: The First Step Toward the Cure
#23319
How To Tips / Tips - Relaxation With the Senses
February 13, 2013, 12:00:34 PM
Relaxation With the Senses

Relaxation implies a comfortable place to sit, stand or lay on; but it also means a state of mind that transposes you to another place and time. Sometimes, the place and time disappear altogether. This is where your senses intervene.

Source: Relaxation With the Senses
#23320
Learn How Eliminating This One Simple Food Can Help Reduce and Eliminate Your Stress!

Learn how even the smallest things can affect your stress in a BIG way! And discover how you can learn the truth about stress elimination.

Source: Learn How Eliminating This One Simple Food Can Help Reduce and Eliminate Your Stress!
#23321
3 Ways Stress Can Kill You - Techniques To Deal With Unrelenting Stress

While being exposed to a certain degree of stress is not always a bad thing, in fact some people perform better under with a certain amount of stress being brought to bear on them, but too much stress can have a massively negative affect on your physical & mental health. Stress is a psychological and physiological response to anything that happens to disturb the harmony of our lives or our personal equilibrium in some way or other and when this happens our system responds negatively to an over-stressed situation exposing our bodies to certain health problems.

Source: 3 Ways Stress Can Kill You - Techniques To Deal With Unrelenting Stress
#23322
How To Go On Vacation When You Can't Go On Vacation

We have all been at a place where we need a vacation, but can't get away right at that time. Tensions mount and we begin to feel stressed and overloaded. You can "get away" even when you can't physically. Here are three ideas to try.

Source: How To Go On Vacation When You Can't Go On Vacation
#23323
How To Tips / Tips - Purrfect Mini-Retreat
February 13, 2013, 12:00:33 PM
Purrfect Mini-Retreat

Receiving a relaxing massage is one of my favourite treats and I had the pleasure of treating myself for a couple of relaxing massages over the holiday season. A friend had recommended a massage therapist to me named Sandra who works out of a massage therapy clinic in Victoria. I had seen her a couple of times throughout the year and always enjoyed her deeply relaxing massages. When I told her that I wanted to treat myself to massages over the holiday season, she told me that she practiced part-time out of her home and was open on some days during the holiday season. As it turned out she lives a few blocks away from my home. I was excited about the prospect of walking to and from my massage treatments and looking forward to receiving my special holiday massages.

Source: Purrfect Mini-Retreat
#23324
Stress Management - 5 Amazing Steps to Cultivate Calmness

The ability to maintain your calm in a super-busy life is a difficult task. But it is possible to achieve that sense of calmness if you want. Having a sense of tranquility, calm and peace in your life will ensure that you live your life to the fullest.

Source: Stress Management - 5 Amazing Steps to Cultivate Calmness
#23325
10 Relaxation Techniques to Get Rid of Worry and Stress

Your hectic lifestyle can take a toll on your health in the long run. Don't believe all those who say that stress is good for you. It is not!

Source: 10 Relaxation Techniques to Get Rid of Worry and Stress
#23326
When the Right Support Group Goes Wrong: Action Steps to Take

Joining a support group is a proactive step. Feeling comfortable in this setting takes time and you have to attend several meetings to see how the group functions. What can you do if the group you thought was a good match turns sour? This article offers some suggestions.

Source: When the Right Support Group Goes Wrong: Action Steps to Take
#23327
How To Tips / Tips - How To Cope With Workplace Stress
February 13, 2013, 12:00:32 PM
How To Cope With Workplace Stress

There are many circumstances that can create stress at the workplace. It not only negatively impacts an individual's productivity, but also his physical and mental health. However, there are ways to come out of these situations.

Source: How To Cope With Workplace Stress
#23328
How To Tips / Tips - The Roots of Stress
February 13, 2013, 12:00:31 PM
The Roots of Stress

Stress has many faces and has many potential causes. The good news is this: it has an equal number of relief valves, all of which are inside of you.

Source: The Roots of Stress
#23329
How To Tips / Tips - Stress: Fight the Silent Killer
February 13, 2013, 12:00:30 PM
Stress: Fight the Silent Killer

Coming examinations, giving a presentation or seminar, admission to a new college, unfriendly and hostile classmates, or could be a tight deadline to complete a project work or even a difference of opinion? Do these make you edgy, give you sleepless nights, makes you question your faith in yourself and often make you wish this wasn't happening? Then you are a little under stress, that's all. Defined as any interference that disturbs a person's health, mental and physical well being, stress occurs when the body is required to perform beyond its normal range of capabilities. It is also known as the non-specific responses of the body to any demand. The term stress is often used to denote tension or anxiety. If managed well, stress can work in a positive way. But if managed badly, it can be a killer Stress can be best understood on a subjective level, as any change that makes a person feels uncomfortable -- physically or emotionally. Different people are stressed by different situations, depending on their attitude to it. Certain types of personalities are more prone to producing extreme reactions to stress. Your personality type will determine how stress prone you are.

Source: Stress: Fight the Silent Killer
#23330
Five Tips to Helping You Avoid a Panic Attack

Has your breathing become shallow, and quick, and your heart is pounding against your chest? If you are sweating like a pig and consequently feeling hot and cold at the same time, then beware you might be having an attack and need to stop an episode. People often misinterpret these syndromes as heart attacks, but beware this is a panic attack.

Source: Five Tips to Helping You Avoid a Panic Attack
#23331
Do You Know Where Your Will Power Has Gone?

You know will power - that elusive stuff that other people seem to have, but you don't? Or maybe you had a lot of it on January 1, excited by visions of a new you, but somehow the visions have gotten dimmer as the weeks have gone by.

Source: Do You Know Where Your Will Power Has Gone?
#23332
13 Ways to Reduce or Resolve Conflict in 2013

Let's make this the year we challenge each other to take a fresh perspective on everything from those little irritants in the grocery checkout line to the big, emotional issues with our family. Here are thirteen ways to reduce and resolve conflict that should help in the coming months: Be the first to reach out. It's time to end that icy standoff and if you reach out to say so, you may be surprised with the response.

Source: 13 Ways to Reduce or Resolve Conflict in 2013
#23333
Common Feelings From Trauma That Fuel PTSD Symptoms

PTSD can stir a lot of powerful emotions including natural and manufactured such as guilt, blame and shame. Manufactured feelings create unhealthy beliefs that keep the PTSD symptoms alive. Good news is there is hope in challenging these feelings and beliefs to offer hope and healing.

Source: Common Feelings From Trauma That Fuel PTSD Symptoms
#23334
How To Tips / Tips - Is Fear A Blessing?
February 13, 2013, 12:00:29 PM
Is Fear A Blessing?

God has blessed us all with five senses i.e. sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. But there is another sense, which we normally call the sixth sense. And that is the prediction or guess of something that we cannot feel with the physical senses.

Source: Is Fear A Blessing?
#23335
How Can I Care for Myself When I'm Caring for Others?

Caring for others, whether it be a child or children, elderly parents, an ailing friend or all of the above can be exhausting. Physical energy is required to get through the day but it is often the emotional stress that takes it's toll. So often the caregiver gets lost in the shuffle and forgets what flight attendants have told us for years: "Put your oxygen mask on first before assisting your child."

Source: How Can I Care for Myself When I'm Caring for Others?
#23336
Your Blinkers Are Showing: 1 Step Closer to Less Stress!

Have you ever noticed that you can see faults in others, answers to their dilemmas, and honestly believe that you know exactly what they should be doing with their lives? Sometimes, you can see all that even while your life is falling apart. Ever wonder why? It is because you have fallen victim to "blinker syndrome."

Source: Your Blinkers Are Showing: 1 Step Closer to Less Stress!
#23337
5 Spiritual Keys to Help You Cope With Disease or Disaster

It would be wonderful if life just flowed along like a bubbling brook in summer - all sunshine and warm feelings. But... You always know there will be a BUT, don't you? So, what should you do?

Source: 5 Spiritual Keys to Help You Cope With Disease or Disaster
#23338
Signs You Are Suffering From FDD and What To Do About It

A little known disease that many people suffer from, mostly adults. There is a cure and it's not expensive. Find out if you have FDD and begin treating it today.

Source: Signs You Are Suffering From FDD and What To Do About It
#23339
How To Tips / Tips - How to Prevent Test Anxiety
February 13, 2013, 12:00:27 PM
How to Prevent Test Anxiety

Test anxiety is a form of performance anxiety that results in a student being unable to take tests even after studying. Test anxiety results from trying to be perfect, trying to live up to another person's standards. This article presents strategies to help people with test anxiety gain control over their unhelpful thoughts and feelings about taking tests.

Source: How to Prevent Test Anxiety
#23340
How To Tips / Tips - No More Office Stress
February 13, 2013, 12:00:27 PM
No More Office Stress

Fellow dentists, imagine this nightmare scenario: your best assistant has called in sick, you dropped your iPad during your one o'clock consultation, the x-ray sensor is down again, and you have a list of scheduled appointments longer than a lion's canine. If you have ever had a bad day at the office, you know that stress can be a formidable foe. But what can you do to keep yourself calm, or possibly avoid that stress altogether?

Source: No More Office Stress
#23341
Stress Management Tips for Relaxation

Stress is always going to always be in our lives, which can be both a good and bad thing. Some people say that stress is good for us because it gives is that extra push of energy to just get stuff done. For others, it can be a bit more complicated though. Many people aren't sure how to manage their stress and get it under control before it becomes a problem.

Source: Stress Management Tips for Relaxation
#23342
How To Tips / Tips - 5 Ways to Reduce Worry Right Now
February 13, 2013, 12:00:26 PM
5 Ways to Reduce Worry Right Now

Everybody worries about things from time to time. Obviously it would be best to simply 'stop worrying' but this is easier said than done, unless you know about the following worry reducing methods...

Source: 5 Ways to Reduce Worry Right Now
#23343
How To Tips / Tips - How To Get Rid of Stress and Anger
February 13, 2013, 12:00:26 PM
How To Get Rid of Stress and Anger

If people are able to use meditation effectively, then they are able to overcome stress. Find your inner self and this will make you to understand yourself better. Improve your self-development skills and think only positive thoughts.

Source: How To Get Rid of Stress and Anger
#23344
Help Relieve Stress And Live Stress Free Forever

When you are burdened by stress, it becomes extremely difficult to stay relaxed and make rational decisions. It is common for stress to make you numb and make you want to isolate yourself. Fortunately...

Source: Help Relieve Stress And Live Stress Free Forever
#23345
Stress Relief - 2 Outstanding Tips to Easily Reduce Stress and Feel Great

Do you know that you have a hormone that helps you reduce stress? And did you know that it takes different hormones for males and females to relieve stress? The hormone Testosterone reduces stress in a man while the hormone Oxytocin reduces stress in a woman. While each one feels good to the other gender, it will not reduce the stress hormone cortisol for the opposite gender. Knowing how to use these hormones to reduce your stress will make your life more relaxed and happier.

Source: Stress Relief - 2 Outstanding Tips to Easily Reduce Stress and Feel Great
#23346
Question - Can Parenting Be Less Stressful?

It is much easier to maintain enthusiasm and motivation for something when there is a big and clear WHY. Try to remind yourself of why being a good parent is important to you.

Source: Question - Can Parenting Be Less Stressful?
#23347
How to Eliminate Stress and Anxiety From Your Life

If you're like most people, you could use some tips on how to eliminate stress and anxiety from your life. Stress and anxiety usually arise because of things outside of you, and they are often things that are beyond your control. Even positive things can cause stress. If stress is triggered by things that are out of your control and it can even be set off by good things, how can you ever remove stress from your daily life?

Source: How to Eliminate Stress and Anxiety From Your Life
#23348
How To Tips / Tips - Balancing Out Our Busy Lives
February 13, 2013, 12:00:24 PM
Balancing Out Our Busy Lives

How do we maintain balance in our busy lives and connect with our inner selves? Our lives are full of stress and things to get done, whether it's work, family, school, and more. Connecting and balancing out the inner self is needed to start seeing positive changes in life.

Source: Balancing Out Our Busy Lives
#23349
Tips for How to Handle Working Stress

1. Get up early. Set out 30 minutes earlier than normal. The latest study shows that the more relaxed we feel in the morning, the better we'll be for the rest of a day.

Source: Tips for How to Handle Working Stress
#23350
Stress Management: A Stress Prevention Program That Is Easier Than You Think

Have you had an "I Did It!" experience lately? Have you felt the exhilaration of reaching an exercise goal? Do you know what kind of impact that can have on your mental health? Get a glimpse of what a great skipping workout can do for you.

Source: Stress Management: A Stress Prevention Program That Is Easier Than You Think
#23351
The Power of Emotions: Making Our Fears And Insecurities Become Our Ally

Fears, insecurities always have a positive purpose. Learn to acknowledge and accept them as being part of you. Fighting them creates more resistance. Accepting them allows you to see things in a different perspective.

Source: The Power of Emotions: Making Our Fears And Insecurities Become Our Ally
#23352
Do We Need Anxiety? Thoughts for Entering the New Year

Remember the last time you listened to a great piece of music? For some pieces, the music gradually increases in intensity until it reaches a crescendo. Anxiety is like this - a little buildup can be a good thing. This article tells you how to reach the "sweet spot," and how to turn the volume down on anxiety when it gets to be too much.

Source: Do We Need Anxiety? Thoughts for Entering the New Year
#23353
A Native American Breathing Technique to Calm the Emotions

When we perceive any situation, whether it's an activity, a sport, a fight or anything else, it's important to be able to observe without getting emotionally involved. When you see someone in great pain, your emotions may want to jump in so you can both have a good cry together -- someone who cries with them might help a little, but very little.

Source: A Native American Breathing Technique to Calm the Emotions
#23354
Workaholics, You Are Not Alone! 15 Things to Help You Balance Your Life!

The pressure to do, be and have it all is turning many of us into workaholics. Here's how this workaholic learned to tone it down and find more balance.

Source: Workaholics, You Are Not Alone! 15 Things to Help You Balance Your Life!
#23355
How To Tips / Tips - Stress and the Graduate Trainee
February 13, 2013, 12:00:19 PM
Stress and the Graduate Trainee

Being offered a graduate position, an internship or apprenticeship can seem like an amazing opportunity to a young person, and indeed it is. But it often comes with a lot of pressure and stress; to do well, achieve respect and good results are all huge demands on a young person. Let's look at some ways to manage that stress.

Source: Stress and the Graduate Trainee
#23356
How to Eliminate Stress by Increasing Productivity

Improving yourself is hard work, at least in the beginning, and may not be everybody's favorite pastime. Improving yourself leads to increased productivity in all areas! Take diet and exercise for example. It's really tough to get started but after just a few days you begin to feel better, lose weight or at least inches and associate that feeling of well being and accomplishment to your new lifestyle changes. We are never finished with the job of improving ourselves

Source: How to Eliminate Stress by Increasing Productivity
#23357
Relieving Pressure Within The Mind-Body With Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Learning how to ease stress and cure ailments such as anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, tension headaches and migraines, chronic pain, high cholesterol, digestive issues and more with deep muscle relaxation techniques specifically the practice of progressive muscle relaxation. Focus is on the muscle relaxation method and it's affect on our mind-body.

Source: Relieving Pressure Within The Mind-Body With Progressive Muscle Relaxation
#23358
How To Tips / Tips - Need Help With Anxiety?
February 13, 2013, 12:00:15 PM
Need Help With Anxiety?

Dealing with anxiety can be a very difficult thing to deal with especially on a day to day basis and can effect us in many different ways as well as the people around us. Dealing with anxiety can cause us to constantly worry and to be in a state of fear. It can sometimes be difficult to live a normal life when dealing with this disorder.

Source: Need Help With Anxiety?
#23359
Stress Relief - 6 Steps To Reduce Stress and Improve Well-Being

You are faced with finding ways to reducing stress between you and your spouse during these challenging economic times. You have been at each other's throats, panicking about where to find work and keep the bills paid. Reducing your stress will help keep you well. What can you do to feel stress relief? Imagine what you CAN do and stay focused on that following these simple tips.

Source: Stress Relief - 6 Steps To Reduce Stress and Improve Well-Being
#23360
How To Tips / Tips - Inside a Tipping Point
February 13, 2013, 12:00:14 PM
Inside a Tipping Point

When faced with a tipping point, you have to reach down deep into your toolbox of strategies and learn how to reorganize, keep focus and reduce the overwhelm. Here are some lessons that may help.

Source: Inside a Tipping Point
#23361
6 Sure Shot Tips To Avoid Stress and Anxiety

Nowadays most of the people have forgotten the art of relaxation. So be aware because stress can wear you down easily as other serious mental conditions. Stress makes you sad and unmotivated.

Source: 6 Sure Shot Tips To Avoid Stress and Anxiety
#23362
How Stress Could Sabotage Your Social Life

Everybody knows how damaging stress can be to your health, but the new twist is it also has its impact on your relationship with others and can go as far as controlling your entire social life. This article elaborates this idea in details.

Source: How Stress Could Sabotage Your Social Life
#23363
5 Quick And Easy Ways To Relieve Stress

Are you stressed lately? Here are ways to overcome this.

Source: 5 Quick And Easy Ways To Relieve Stress
#23364
How To Tips / Tips - Managing a Stressful Boss
February 13, 2013, 12:00:05 PM
Managing a Stressful Boss

The effects of working for a stressful boss are far reaching. It can affect the company environment as well as your personal morale and productivity level.

Source: Managing a Stressful Boss
#23365
Get Rid of Stinkin Thinkin to Reduce Your Stress

Stress alters brain chemistry and reduces neuro hormones that make us feel good. We can develop poor moods or depression. Good new though! We can turn on the relaxation response and boost our mood with humour and laughter. This article will talk about how to undo Stinkin' Thinkiin" with reference to a funny dog video.

Source: Get Rid of Stinkin Thinkin to Reduce Your Stress
#23366
How To Tips / Tips - Recognise and Deal With Stress
February 12, 2013, 09:45:33 PM
Recognise and Deal With Stress

Learning to identify our stressors and learn more effective ways of managing stressful situations can significantly improve our health and quality of life. Here's an article that aims to help with this situation.

Source: Recognise and Deal With Stress
#23367
How To Tips / Tips - How To Worry Less
February 12, 2013, 09:45:31 PM
How To Worry Less

"A thousand worries fly over your head every day, it is only when they nest in your hair that you need to take action" Ancient Chinese Proverb. Here are a few useful things that will help you worry less and keep those worry birds from nesting in your hair.

Source: How To Worry Less
#23368
Dealing With Excessive Stress - How to Handle Being Overwhelmed And Be Happy Now

It was a Thursday, a few years back. I was in the kitchen happily preparing dinner when the horrifying news arrived. Little did we know it was the beginning of a landslide of horrifying news. There had been a massive crash in the financial markets and one of our investments was completely wiped out. This was an unexpected body blow but we'd diversified and thought we were safe. Wrong! As our investments scarily continued to slide in value, good husband scrambled to stop the bleeding. He did plug a lot of leaks but the bleeding continued and many of our investments became just a memory. Ouch! Not the most cheerful start to my story is it? But like all good stories it does have a happy ending.

Source: Dealing With Excessive Stress - How to Handle Being Overwhelmed And Be Happy Now
#23369
Modern Stress, Ancient Reactions and Creating Positive Responses

Why does stress feel so disempowering? I'd wager it has to do with the fact so much of stress happens automatically. None of us consciously decides "hey, today I think I'm going to be stressed! I think I'm going to tense my shoulders and breathe way too quickly and run a thousand negative thoughts through my head every single minute until I fitfully hit the hay tonight!"

Source: Modern Stress, Ancient Reactions and Creating Positive Responses
#23370
Are You (or Is Someone You Know) in the Clutches of a Quarter Life Crisis?

A 'quarter life crisis' effects young adults anywhere between 18 and 35, often after graduating college or university. It can be defined as feelings of confusion, anxiety, self doubt, low self esteem, doubts about the future and low motivation mixed with external and internal pressures to grow up and get their life in order.

Source: Are You (or Is Someone You Know) in the Clutches of a Quarter Life Crisis?
#23371
How To Tips / Tips - What Situations Cause Us Stress?
February 12, 2013, 09:45:27 PM
What Situations Cause Us Stress?

What causes stress? Part of the answer is a "stressor". The other part is "stress reactivity".

Source: What Situations Cause Us Stress?
#23372
How To Tips / Tips - Pioneers of Stress
February 12, 2013, 09:45:27 PM
Pioneers of Stress

In the early part of the twentieth century, Walter Cannon was a noted psychologist employed at the Harvard Medical School. He was the first person to describe the body's reaction to stress. Think of it this way: Your heart begins to pound and speed up, you seem unable to catch your breath, you begin to perspire, your muscles tense and a whole array of changes occur within your body.

Source: Pioneers of Stress
#23373
How To Tips / Tips - Stressed To The Max?
February 12, 2013, 09:45:27 PM
Stressed To The Max?

Unresolved stress for long periods of time can have a huge impact on the body and on the mind. Today's culture requires longer work schedules, family "busy"ness, and deadlines, deadlines, deadlines!!! Sadly, without the proper coping means, core nutrition, establishing hormone balance, and various lifestyle modifications, many find themselves struggling to keep up the pace. This article will reveal what it's like for those living in a perpetual state of stress while giving useful information on how to prevent and balance it's effects.

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Stress Relief - Amazingly Simple Stress Reduction Is Critical To Your Life

Relieving your stress is critical if you'd like to be around to dance at your child's wedding... if you'd like to feel healthier... if you'd like to enjoy a happier retirement. Stress relief can be done using simple techniques. And those simple techniques can be critical to your life. Keep reading to see some of these techniques.

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4 Amazing Tips to Deal With Undue Stress

There are so many people who are living in mental turmoil because they are always stressed about something going in their life. If you really want to improve your mental and physical health then it is very important to learn the art of keeping your mind in peace. Staying in peace and maintaining calm is a state of power.

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How To Tips / Tips - Overcoming The Burnout Syndrome
February 12, 2013, 09:45:26 PM
Overcoming The Burnout Syndrome

The psychological condition that causes people to feel emotional and physical exhaustion customarily and lose interest in their needs is known as the Burnout Syndrome. People suffering from this psychological condition also become critical and cynical of themselves and others, and they also lose efficiency in the work they do as well. Usually, lack of acknowledgement or support, long-term stress and overwork can result in this condition.

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5 Ways to Find 3 Lost Hours Every Week!

Look at what everyone else is doing; then do something different! Ready to stop managing your time and start managing your life? Read on...

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The 10 Best Ways to Cope This Holiday Season

Are you dreading Christmas and the craziness that surrounds it? Read 10 of the Best Ways to Cope with Holiday Stress.

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How To Tips / Tips - These People Can Cause Stress
February 12, 2013, 09:45:25 PM
These People Can Cause Stress

Stress causes illness and stress makes life difficult. What causes stress? Do you think work, professional life, competition, boss, colleagues, career, education, personal life, relationships, money, bills, taxes, traffic, etc. cause stress in your life? Do you think there could be a common denominator here?

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Maintaining a Life While Having a Career

If you have never lived a life where you can do the things you want to do, then you need a new lifestyle. You need to rediscover life altogether. The life you have been living is not the best one for you. You may be enslaved to your job and responsibilities rather than enjoying the freedom of your personality.

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Ten Ways to Get Your Groove Back After the Holidays

The joy - and stress of Christmas is over. The office parties, family gatherings and gift giving will soon be a distant memory. We love making merry and hate to see it end.

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How To Tips / Tips - Try This Simple Relaxation Technique
February 12, 2013, 09:45:25 PM
Try This Simple Relaxation Technique

We're often told to relax more often. You maybe even manage to relax every now and then. But relaxing on a regular basis is kind of a lost art nowadays.

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Studies: Hypnotherapy Can Help With Anxiety

Although hypnotherapy still has a lot of gray areas, there is no doubt that it works very well on humans. Since it works in the psyche, there aren't really any tangible results observed at once. Changes in behavior and mood patterns can only be established after repeat tests conducted over a prolonged period of time.

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Why Do Some People Like To Bully Others?

Humans, on the other hand, don't go charging around killing one another for food. This is why bullying is such an obnoxious, insidious practice. The bully will find someone who's a lot weaker than he/she, and simply pick on them. They revel in the laughter this raises from other workers. So these people revel in dominance.

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You Can Thrive in the Season of Overwhelm

When overwhelm kicks in, we can no longer see the forest for the trees (as my mother would say). It gets hard to know which way to turn or what to do to get out. It's tempting to just curl up in the fetal position, close your eyes, and hope it all sorts itself out. But what can you do to deal with overwhelm and get into action while bolstering your confidence?

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How To Tips / Tips - Reduce Stress By Being Prepared
February 12, 2013, 09:45:23 PM
Reduce Stress By Being Prepared

Work-related stress most often is cited as the most negative stress that we experience on a regular basis, followed closely by the stress associated with unfamiliar experiences and locations. The latter commonly is confused with fear, the former with former with job dissatisfaction. Both have in common the element of control, or, more specifically, a lack of control.

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The Key to Balancing Stress in the Workplace - Work Smart, Live Smart

As much as we would like, there's no escaping stress. But stress in itself is not negative. Stress can also be positive. Everybody needs a certain amount of stress to perform your best at work. The key to stress management is to determine the right amount of stress that will give you energy, ambition, and enthusiasm versus the wrong amount, which can harm your health and well being.

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3 Steps to Share The Load: How to Lighten Your Responsibilities

Feeling overwhelmed with all of your responsibilities? Just say No to multitasking- and say Yes to delegating!

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How To Tips / Tips - Ways You Can Relax And Avoid Stress
February 12, 2013, 09:45:23 PM
Ways You Can Relax And Avoid Stress

More people are beginning to take stress much more seriously as additional knowledge about stress is uncovered. Some employers see stress as a medical condition and will offer time off from work so you can deal with it.

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Women Breadwinners and Maternity Leave: 7 Things to Know

As the primary breadwinner considering having a baby, there are many considerations to taking maternity. Learn 7 things women breadwinners NEED to know before taking a maternity leave.

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How To Tips / Tips - The Dangers Of Stress On The Job
February 12, 2013, 09:45:23 PM
The Dangers Of Stress On The Job

Stress on the job can have a serious impact on your health. When you become tense or upset, your body goes into "fight or flight" mode and this elevates your blood pressure. In time, blood pressure tends to stay high and you could be dealing with hypertension issues.

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Come Away And Rest Awhile - How To Keep Your Ministry From Killing You

Do you ever feel like your ministry is killing you? Yeah, you love it, but sometimes you just wish you could escape? Well, here is a secret formula to bring balance back to your life so you don't have to feel that way ever again, unless you want to.

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Stress - Techniques to Handle the Pressures of Daily Living

Help! Work life is stressful. Home life is stressful. How do I strike a balance between the two? Today, people are busier than ever. They are constantly dealing with deadlines, financial woes, sleep deprivation, and fatigue... basically, the pressures of daily living. There are stress reduction techniques to assist you with handling the pressures of the day that can replenish your energy and decrease your stress.

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How to Manage That Overwhelmed Feeling

The holiday season is a time of joy and stress for many people. Here are some helpful hints to help manage feelings of overwhelm.

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Keeping Your Cool In A Pressure Cooker World: Part 1 Of A 2 Part Series

This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the problems of overcoming stress, what happens when you let stress build, and how to deal with stress by maintaining a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA). Let's face it, based on today's economic climate, even I have to admit that we are living in a Pressure Cooker World. Today, even the smallest problem may spiral out of control until it seems like a nightmare. Well, yours truly has recently endured a chain of unexpected events with negative consequences which has resulted in severe financial hardship. I am embarrassed to say that these dilemmas infiltrated my positive outlook, freaking me out and making me cry more than once...

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Keeping Your Cool In A Pressure Cooker World: Part 2 Of A 2 Part Series

In part 1 of this 2 part series, we took a look at causes of stress and how most people deal with them, or more to the point, don't deal with them, until the pressure builds and the lid explodes, leaving your world splattered all over the walls. I also shared my own recent personal financial crisis, one which many people like me have gone through in this brutal economic climate, and shared how it debilitated me. So, in the final part of this series, let's take a look at solving these problems through the art of Positive thinking.

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Is Your Ministry Killing You? Check Out These Signs of an Unhealthy Addiction

Do you know someone addicted to their ministry? Is it you? Find out now and get help.

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How To Tips / Tips - Time for YOU During the Holidays
February 12, 2013, 09:45:21 PM
Time for YOU During the Holidays

Wonderful ideas and suggestions for staying grounded, happy, and full of life and love during the holidays. Lots of de-stressing tips and "time for you" ideas. Happy holidays!

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How To Tips / Tips - Releasing Stress Techniques
February 12, 2013, 09:45:21 PM
Releasing Stress Techniques

As a hypnotherapist I meet hundreds of people who are stressed from work, relationships and self esteem to name a few. Most people wait for their stress levels to reach a heightened point before doing anything about it. But there are many things you can do to reduce your own stress levels, which when used early enough can save you money as you won't need to Book a session with me, your hypnotherapist. Today you will learn highly effective relaxation techniques.

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How To Tips / Tips - Managing Holiday Stress
February 12, 2013, 09:45:21 PM
Managing Holiday Stress

Simple things, like managing a family gathering, can seem to be such a challenge! That is why we have to identify these stresses ahead of time and formulate a plan to overcome them.

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