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All of us will experience the death of someone close to us at some time in our lives. Therefore, we can expect to deal with the stress of losing someone we love. However, it's good to know that there are positive things we can do to help us deal more effectively with the stress related to death.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Keep A Pet And Keep The Stress Away
Psychologists tell us that pets can be quite beneficial to our mental health. They can provide unconditional love in a time of uncertainty. They can help to distract us from the problems of the day, giving us a new reason to go on living. And it can be quite therapeutic caring for an animal.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Your Personality Could Be The Cause Of Your Stress
There are certain characteristics that you might have developed over the years that are now contributing to your stress level. While one cannot change his or her personality overnight, it is certainly possible to change certain habits that may now be causing you stress.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Manage Your Stress By Managing Your Time
In order to be effective as a worker, spouse, and parent, you'll need some alone time. Get an appointment book and actually schedule a block of time just for yourself. Your alone time could be spent praying, re-evaluating your priorities, charting your progress, or just fixing yourself a nice dessert.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Mental Health Counseling Through Therapy
Mental health counseling had an incredible stigma attached to it. However, today we see celebrities including Brooke Shields, Anne Heche, Marie Osmond, and Jane Pauley who speak openly about seeking counseling for their problems.Cognitive Behavior Therapy is no longer considered the domain of the crazy and the weak.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: How To End Your Holiday Stress
The stress of the holiday season can be trying in the best of circumstances. But if you're dealing with other major stressors, such as the recent death of a loved one, holiday stress can seem unbearable. You might be so tense that you cannot enjoy any holiday-related activities. You might snap at your children or your spouse, and you might find yourself unable to focus at work.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: How To End Your Vacation Stress
You can enjoy a vacation that carries with it a minimum amount of stress. However, it will not happen without some concerted effort on your part. In essence, you must work to have fun and the sooner you realize that, the less stress you'll encounter.A relatively stress-free vacation requires a great deal of advanced planning.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Relief Your Stress Through Your Imagination
Whenever you encounter a stressful situation, you can simply move back to your peaceful place imagine yourself as a wave of the ocean or picture yourself as a feather. While it may seem corny, it is a highly effective method for reducing your stress level.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: How Can We Measure And Quantify Stress
The Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Scale assigns point values to the various stressors we can experience in life. For example, the most stressful event we can encounter is the death of a spouse, which ranks a 100 on the scale. That's followed by divorce (73), marital separation (65), jail term (63), death of a close family member (63), and personal injury or illness (53).
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Managing Stress Caused By Your Organizations
Organizations often breed conflict within their ranks. The conflicts may be between people on the same level, or between people at different levels of the organizational hierarchy. The conflicts may be one-time disagreements, or bruising fights which last for eons. While some conflicts can be attributed to personality clashes, others stem from the organization itself.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: The Blueprint For Stress Management
By focusing on the positive, putting an end to negative thinking, and setting goals for yourself, you should find your stress level declining. With less stress to worry about, you'll find that life is more enjoyable. Even that daily commute to the day care center might become more tolerable.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Manage Your Stress By Keeping Your Cool
Losing your temper can also cause you unnecessary stress. If you are feeling as if you are about to explode, think of something calming, such as an ocean or a tree. Don't give into the temptation to self-destruct. Getting angry will not solve your problem and could, in fact, create additional problems.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Hazardous Flood Water Can Damage If Food Is Involved
Outstanding floods are triggered by a natural disaster such as heavy rain fall. At times the rain fall is compounded with very great windy conditions. When nature creates these conditions next to a body of water like a stream, the sea, or a lake there exists the odds of a disaster.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Stress - Cooking Up The Relief
The process of stirring, chopping, or slicing can be highly therapeutic. You can feel a sense of accomplishment at the end of a good meal which can further reduce your stress level.There are even cookbooks that promise you stress-free entertaining. Selecting the cookbook can be a relaxing experience in and of itself.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Stress - Relaxation With Biofeedback
Biofeedback is rooted in the idea that the autonomic nervous system can be trained. For instance, equipment can determine heart rates, muscle tension, and blood pressure while individuals try to change their breathing, thinking, or posture.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Stress - Easing The Cancer Pain
There are a number of stressful aspects to a cancer diagnosis. Primary among these is the possibility that the cancer will be fatal. As a result, cancer can cause tremendous stress to one's interpersonal relationships.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Stress - Are Your Kids Stressing You Out
While you can guide your child, you cannot expect to control him or her, particularly when your child reaches the teenage years. Therefore, you have to learn to somehow manage the stress of parenthood before it gets the better of you.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Stress - Bring An End To The Meal-Time Rush
Even if you don't have children, meal time can be major stress time. Your mate might become irritable while awaiting dinner, and you might be grumpy as well. Hunger can be a powerful motivator, but it can also be the cause of major stress. Sometimes, you might find it difficult to concentrate as your stomach is growling.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Fighting Cancer From Within
A look at the research that is being carried out into the treatment of cancer and how new findings hope to secure a way of using the bodies own defence system to beat the killer disease.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: The Centuries Old Benefits of Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is beneficial because it reduces waste products such as lactic and carbonic acid that builds up after an activity which causes cramping, discomfort and irritability that can happen after working out at the gym. By working with a therapist, he or she will be able to enhance your immune system and aid in the recovery of the tissues by increasing blood circulation in the affected areas.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: Kneeding Stability? Knee Problems Can Be Thwarted With Proper Knee Care
Knee problems are a nuisance for athletes and non-athletes. With proper care including stability exercise and proper techniques when using your knees for other exercise can mean the difference between pain and immobility OR getting on with your life and having fun.
Fri, 22 Aug 2008: 3 Ways that Failed to Solve the Obesity Epidemic - Big Time
This article looks at how attempts to cure the obesity epidemic has failed miserably. It points to businesses, government, as well as schools as being culprits. Read about the 4 disturbing problems they all have in common.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008: Mind Over Matter At Vital Times
A look at one mans survival with the power of the mind after a catastrophic personal injury.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008: 10 Best Types of Massage Therapy
The Swedish massage therapy happens to be the most common type to find in the US because it is very gentle and relaxing. Here, the masseuse will use long strokes, kneading and circular movements on superficial layers of muscle using massage lotion or oil.
Thu, 21 Aug 2008: What Is Thai Massage Therapy
Thai massage was developed 2500 years ago by Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha. It moved to Thailand soon after where the Ayurvedic techniques and principles gradually became influenced by traditional Chinese medicine and this is how it got the name.
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