Stress
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How to Process Anger Effectively
We can explore anger in various ways with either a positive or a negative outcome. It can cause healing and productive relationships, or the complete opposite with no hope for quality relationships and optimum health. The choice is ours. Some anger is inevitable and even…
Read MoreMake Your Anger Count!
Rage is an emotion that many of us deal with on a regular basis. Most people feel mild to moderately angry several times a week. Anger wears many guises: impatience, frustration, hurt, depression, and hostility to name just a few. But is anger always destructive?…
Read MoreSix Ways Anger Impacts Health
Anger wears many guises: impatience, frustration, hurt, depression, and hostility, to name just a few. Most people feel mild to moderate anger several times a week. How do frequent bouts of anger or unresolved conflict impact our health? A couple of examples will definitely surprise…
Read MoreWillpower for the Obstacle Course
Why is it that less than two percent of people who lose weight keep it off? Why do New Year’s resolutions or our good intentions so often fail? Toward the end of the article, you will learn powerful secrets from Florence, Stanley, and Lilo on…
Read MoreProven, Physical Strategies for Stress Relief
So how can we reduce stress? Identify the stressors we can change! A stressor, among other definitions, is a violation of any law that governs our beings. So, in this article, we will consider physical laws that we often overlook. If we want less stress…
Read MoreSix Mental Strategies for Stress Relief
Adjust Your Perspective At a women's conference, prime front seats were erroneously double-ticketed. Many of the ladies who had previously arranged for front seats were delegated to the back. Their unhappiness with the seating arrangements threatened to derail the positive tone of the meeting. Apologies…
Read MoreSteps to Success in Dealing with Stress
You have just received a letter informing you that you are way behind on your taxes and, as you’re reading that letter, the phone rings and a coworker tells you that you’re expected to make a big presentation tomorrow that you didn’t know about. Your…
Read MoreBetter than Medicine: Good Boundaries
Learning how to set well-defined boundaries is essential for successful stress management. Wise boundary setting can resolve conflicts, foster peace of mind, and improve relationships. In fact, wise boundary setting improves every aspect of our health, including physical, mental, social, and certainly spiritual health. Establishing…
Read MoreFree At Last! The Healing Process of Forgiveness
Forgiveness Promotes Health Studies show that people who forgive, as contrasted to those who harbor grudges and anger, have slower heart rates, lower blood pressures, improved sleep, and less stress and depression. They have less somatic complaints like headaches and muscle pains. They generally have…
Read MoreCould Optimism Improve Your Health?
Optimism leads to a hardiness that prolongs health. The Universities of Helsinki and Turku along with the University College of London, did a large observational study assessing the protective effects of an optimistic outlook on health. They found that individuals who scored high on optimism…
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