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Stress Management And Creating Balance
The World Health Organization calls stress "the health epidemic of the 21st century." Stress resulting in illness is the causative factor underlying more than 70% of all visits to the family doctor, medical doctors suggest. What is stress? We all talk about it but what does 'stress' mean and how does it affect our bodies?Dr. Hans Selye, who first noted and described the concept of stress, defines stress as "the non-specific response of the body to any demand made upon it." Stress is neither good nor bad. The effect of the stress is not determined by the stress itself, rat...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: 3 Powerful Tools To Beat Stress
Q: We recently had someone come to our company to talk about stress management. All he did was talk about the physical results of stress and tell us we need to not be so stressed and to relax. It really wasn't very helpful, and I was wondering if you could offer some tips on how to handle stress.A: You've run into a problem I see all too often in the field of stress management, as well as in any other area that involves change.Anyone can describe the problem for you, sometimes in great detail.Then a few others can describe the problem and tell you what you sho...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: 3 Steps To Loving What You Do
My first real job (schedule, time clock, paycheck, boss) was as a bag boy with a chain grocery store in Winter Park, Fla. I had worked before, cutting lawns, etc., and thought I knew about working hard. I remember asking my supervisor if it was against company policy to collapse on the job on the first d...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: 3 Tools You Can Use
Q:We recently had someone come to our company to talk about stress management. All he did was talk about the physical results of stress and tell us we need to not be so stressed and to relax. It really wasn't very helpful, and I was wondering if you could offer some tips on how to handle stress.A:You've run into a problem I see all too often in the field of stress management, as well as in any other area that involves change.Anyone can describe the problem for you, sometimes in great detail. Then a few others can describe the problem and tell you what you should do about it. What you need is someone to tell you the how of managing stress.Three ToolsTo get you started on mana...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: 5 Tips For Positive Anger Management
A grandfather, whose grandson came to him angry at a schoolmate who had done him an injustice, said,"I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those who have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you down and doesn't hurt your enemy. It's like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die."I have struggled with these feelings many times," he continued. "It is as if there are two wolves inside me: One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him and doesn't take offense when no offense...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: Breakdown Or Breakthrough?
Q: "My career, though very very stressful, is one that I thoroughly enjoy and do not want to change. Because I'm under so much stress, my counselor has recommended that I eliminate all stress from my life. This doesn't seem to make sense to me, especially s...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: Frustration Or Fascination
"Learn how to turn frustration into fascination. You will learn more being fascinated by life than you will by being frustrated by it." _Jim RohnSimply stated, feeling frustrated is saying that we just don't like what life is handing us right now, today, this week, this year, this lifetime. Nothing wrong with that necessarily, but like so many other things, it's our response to frustrating events that makes the difference.Let's take a closer look at how to get frustrated and then at a fe...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: How To Handle Change
Q. I have just recently come to recognize that I don't handle change very well, although my husband and friends have told me that for years. I seem to have trouble with changes that are out of my control. And then when I try to change things I want to change, I just don't know what to do and get bogged down. What do you recommend?A.I believe that most people do not like change because they either don't know how to respond to it or they respond poorly.One way to think about this is that change is like waves on the beach. Just like change, waves are relentless and can be powerful, and there's...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: How To Learn From Mistakes
Q. I've been told that I need to learn from my mistakes. But telling me to learn from my mistakes is easier said than done. How exactly does it happen?A. People seem to go throu...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: Practicing Perspective
Q. I wonder if you could help me with a problem that just seems to be getting worse. I seem to blow everything out of proportion. I react so strongly to even small problems and always think the worst is going to happen. My friends tell me I do it, my husband tells me, and I know I do and I'm tired of it.A. Whether you call it blowing things out of proportion, making a mountain out of a molehill, or some other phrase, it all comes down to turning every event into a potential catastrophe. This is called catastrophism.It's a learned response. Most people who practice catastrophism have either had it modeled for ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: Shake It Off And Step Up
The moment I read the story I'm about to share with you, I knew it would make a good article. It has one of the best approaches to managing stress, change and, for that matter, life and its living that I have ever read. Give it a read, and then we'll put some hands and feet on it to make it immediately useful.A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer's well one day, and the farmer, hearing the mule braying, rushed over to see what had happened. After carefull...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: The Power Of Rest
Rest.It's a good thing to do. As the story goes, even God rested one day out of seven.Yet our culture treats rest like it's a dirty four-letter word.Benefits and suggestions1) Relaxation: You can say you heard it here first - it's OK to relax. Yet many of us act as if it's a dangerous or wrong thing to do. Rest brings the relaxation of your mind and your muscles.2) Recreation: You do not have to stay still to rest. Recreation means to re-create your energy and your life. Make a list of th...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: The Value Of Vitamin No
What part of no don't you understand? - Bumper stickerThe child that never hears no will have a hard time saying no. - Della Reese in "Touched by an Angel"Have you ever noticed how some of the most powerful things in life are also the most simple?So it is with the simply powerful word ``NO.''I've come to believe that one of the keys to success is the ability to say no when no is the best thing to say.Let's take a look at when to say no, and then more importantly, how to say NO effectively.When to say no
Stress Management And Mastery: Watch Your Language
"Watch your language."We all heard this admonition as kids and probably say it to our own kids as well.Did you know that it is also a great stress mastering technique?The words we use to make sense of both our day and the stress that confronts us make a huge difference in how well we handle our lives. Many times the words we use can make us feel even more stressed.The funny thing is, it's usually just a very small distinction that can make all the difference. One of the best examples is what I call the "got to vs. get to" difference.Saying "I've got to" is so prevalent in our language that most of us don't realize just how much and how often we say it.Pay attention to how often you think...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Mastery: What We Can Learn From 9 Trapped Miners
Think back a few years to the nine coal miners trapped in a Pennsylvania mine and their rescuers.Do you remember that story?I thought...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management And Relief Techniques - Quit Running From Bears!
Fear, and its accompanying seriousness, causes our suffering. Fear restricts and imprisons us. And such restrictions are neither medically nor spiritually healthy.Where Does The Fear Come From?We teach fear to one another. We do an excellent job of educating each other about the dangers that lurk in our lives. And to this day we are more than willing to reinforce one another's fears by sharing "good ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Are You A Chooser Or A Loser?
Author and speaker H. Stephen Glenn has said,"In terms of the entire world, if, when you wake up in the morning, you have a choice of what to eat, a choice of what to wear, a job to go to and a way to get there, you have abundance."And yet we squander that abundance so...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Are You A Diamond Or A Lump Of Coal?
"Do you want to be a lump of coal or do you want to be a diamond?" That's the first question I ask to begin my stress management seminar called "A Diamond is Nothing More Than a Lump of Coal That Handled Stress Very Well."We seem to have som...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Are You A Workaholic - Humorous View
As we celebrate yet another Labor Day, I thought it might be useful to take a look at the place of work in our lives.For some of us, work is a means to an end, for others it's a joy, and for still others it's...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Are You A Worrier Or A Warrior?
Do you attack problems and solve them or do you whine and moan about how it's just not fair?Do you anticipate and plan for the future or do you worry about what's around the next corner?When life hands you a lemon, do you make lemonade or do you complain about the size of the lemon?Do you see the glass as half empty, half full, or perhaps just not big enough?Let's look at a few ways to be a worrier, and see if you recognize any thing in your self. Then we'll look at how to be a warrior.How to Be a WorrierWe all worry. It's a part of life. It's what we do with our worries that make the difference.In order to be a championship worrier however, you need to adopt a few of the followi...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Declare Your Freedom From...
1)Excessive worryNo, I'm not saying "don't worry, be happy."Well-used worry can alert us to areas in our lives that need attention and change. It's just that most folks don't use worry very well. Turning worry into action takes care of the worry.2) A sedentary lifeWould you send your kid to a summer camp that made the campers eat a continual diet of unhealthy food, allowed them to move as little as possible, made them stay inside and watch meaningless junk in their spare time?Of course not.Yet many of us volunteer for that lifestyle on a continual basis. Get up. Go outside and move. Human beings feel much better while living life instead of watching other people live.3) ProcrastinationFour words that virtually guarantee failure are "I'll do it l...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Declare Your Freedom To........................
1) Create the life you desireTwo of our most underdeveloped muscles are our choice muscles and decision muscles. Begin to exercise these muscles by making decisions and choices that serve to create the life you desire. If you don't, who will?2) Do work that you loveSome of the happiest people I know are those who get up in the morning, get to do something they love and also get paid for it. What do you love to do? How could you make a living at it? If you are not doing work you love and know you will have to be doing it for a while, what can you find in your job that you could love to do? What could you get really good at in this job that you could use later on in a job you love?3) Keep it simpleComplicated is not ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Ditch Thinking Or Destination Thinking
Imagine driving down the road. You are driving with a great amount of anticipation, on your way to an important destination, a...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Have To Vs. Get To
File this one under the category of "watch your language."The language we use when we are trying to change something simply amazes me. We say things like I can't - it's not fair - I'll never be able to do this - etc. And then we wonder why we are frustrated and don't feel so good.One of the most limiting things we say to ourselves is "I have to." Our brains hear I have to and tend to automatically rebel.Perhaps it's a holdover from childhood.A much more useful way to talk to ourselves is to change our "I have to" into "I get to."<...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Holding On Vs. Dropping It
One of the dumbest things I have ever done is grab a hot iron by the bottom.We were rushing out of the house for a trip a few years back. The last time I had used it was hours ago that morning, and had left it on the ironing bourd in the bed room. I didn't knowLauren had used it just a moment before.I've never dropped anything so fast before or since!Most of you are probably a whole lot smarter than me and have never picked up a hot iron. At the same time, I bet everyone has had the experience of picking up something hot, getting burned, and dropping it right away.Would it make any sense to keep holding something hot like that? Of course not.That's why we drop them so quickly.Then why do we hold on s...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: How To Avoid The Ruts And Holes Of Life
Have you ever noticed how we keep falling into the same holes and ruts in life? We know something doesn't work and yet we keep doing the same things over and over again.Have you ever ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: How To Change Limiting Beliefs
Mark Twain once said, "It's not what we don't know that hurts us. It's what we know that isn't so."At this point, you might be saying, "Wait a minute, if I believe I know something, doesn't that make it so?"...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: How To Handle Rejection - The Power Of Next
Raise your hand if you have ever been rejected by anyone, for anything, at any time. C'mon, be honest.When I ask this question in seminars, nearly all the people raise their hand, except for those select few who never raise their hand in public no matter what the question.The bottom line is this:Every one of us has felt the sting of rejection at some time in our lives. And although rejectio...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: How To Take Off Those Masks We Wear
The Mask of "I've Got It All Together"It's so easy to put this mask on, and then forget you are wearing it. We want to look to the outside world as if everything is fine, we've got it all handled, no problems, thank you very much.This one weighs alot, and is very heavy to carry around. Even worse, i...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: How To Use The Power Of Focus
Here's a fun little experiment:Take a few seconds and look around you, noticing and focusing on everything you see that is blue. Just look around and notice everything that is blue.
Stress Management: Kyfm - Keep Your Feet Moving
One of my favorite stories about change is the story called ``The Room of 10,000 Monsters.''In this room, all your worst fears, anxieties and nightmares are p...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management Made Simple And Easy...just Follow Cliff Kuhn M.d.s Foolproof Formula
Stress management is a hot topic; stress-related illness and suffering is at an all-time high in America and increasing every year. Cliff Kuhn, M.D.'s work with the powerful natural medicine of humor has uncovered the primary culprit behind your unhealthy stress symptoms, as well as the solution to simple, healthy stress management.Astronomer-mathematician Ptolemy (85-165) devised a theory of planetary motions that placed the earth at the center of the universe. The sun, moon, and planets revolved around the earth in the Ptolemaic universe. This notion was accepted for approximately 1,500 years. More on this in a moment...Shelly was in such need of stress management that she was unhappy much of the time. Shortly after she became my patient, I was able to help Shelly see...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Medical Risks Of Stress
What is Stress?Stress may be defined as the three-way relationship between demands on people, our feelings about those demands and our ability to cope with them. Stress is most likely to occur ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management - Overcoming Adversity
Adversity is an unavoidable part of life. Death of a loved one, breakup of a relationship, malicious action by another, job loss, natura...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: Problem Land Or Solution Land
In my experience, most of us spend a lot more time living in problem land, griping and complaining, than we do in solution land, working hard and enjoying solving problems.It's almost become a national past time. Just check out a talk show or a self help book. Almost all the time and space is spent describing, giving examples, and complaining about the problem, with, if we're luck...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management Shouldnt Create More Stress. 10 Ways To Reduce Unreasonable Stress And Boost Perf
We all know that stress levels in the workplace are reaching unreasonable levels. And most sensible human beings will agree that we have to take action to fix this problem.However, some government agencies and, I must say, some consultants are all for creating yet another paper and theoretical exercise that will have little benefit to the employees or the business. Managers don't need lectures on how too much stress diminishes people's creativity and productivity, increases absenteeism, extended sick leave and can result in tribunal payouts of tens or hun...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management Techniques
Self-Care Strategies:Substantial breakfast dailyRegular sleeping habits (minimum of 7 hours)No smoking Moderate use of alcohol, caffeine and other drugsMinimal intake of sugar & highly processed foodsMaintenance of proper weightRegular exercise programDrink much more water than you ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: The Power Of A Day
I learned a valuable lesson recently. A short while ago, my mentor coach made this powerful request of me. She asked me to book 24 hours to myself within the next 30 days and to email her when I had booked this day. During this day (which she referred to as "Karen Day") I was not to do any work of any kind. It was to be 24 hours for myself and whatever I felt like doing. If I felt like sleeping in, going for a walk, watching TV, or taking a hot bath, that was exactly what I would do. I also had to monitor my "I shoulds". You know the ones: "I should be working", ...(related: Stress Management)
Stress Management: The Power Of Expectancy
On a beautiful summer day years ago, I went water skiing with some new friends. I hadn't skied in a while, and as I floated in the water with long pieces of wood strapped to my feet, here's what I remem...(related: Stress Management)
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Reduce Stress And Increase Energy With Your Point Of View!
Defending your point of view can use up a lot of your precious energy. As much as 90% of our available energy can be used in this way.If you do this a lot, stop doing it and see for yourself. You'll probably feel energised, not to mention liberated.Sometimes it's necessary to 'defend your view'. If someone is trying to persuade you to do something you don't want to do either walk away or say the minimum. Such as "No."People respect a simple "no", as long as it's said with conviction. Or you can be polite and say "No thanks". Just leave o...(related: Stress Management)
Taming September: Avoiding Fall Frenzy
When September rolls around, does it generally hit you like a ton of bricks? Do you feel as if that invisible being in charge of your life has suddenly ratcheted up the speed on your treadmill? WAY up?This year, take on September with some new tools and expectations. See if you can stand up to it more s...(related: Stress Management)
Just Breathe - Is This Your Missing Link ?
Breathing is the vital force of life. It is considered to be the mind-body bridge. Breathing is something that is done everyday, unconsciously; yet the majority of people do it improperly. When babies breathe, it is instinctive. Watching a healthy baby while sleeping, one may notice the deep breaths that are taken which fill up the diaphragm and move up into the lungs. As a person ages, bad habits a...(related: Stress Management)
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