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How Stress Works and How to Relieve It Naturally
(by Susan Smith Johns, PhD)
If you often feel like the demands of your everyday lifestyle exceed your ability to handle them, you’re absolutely not alone, as I pointed out in many places in the pages of my new book The Joy Factor: 10 Sacred Practices for Radiant Health.
The state of feeling “stressed out” and “over-committed” is a developing difficulty among hundreds of thousands of Americans…
Time magazine may have identified stress as the “Epidemic of the Eighties,” but that was far prior to the Net and social media considerably sped up the activity of most people’s lives, and the extended wars and global economic troubles at the turn of the 21st century piled on further woes.
Today, over one million people in America are absentees on any given workday owing to stress and stress-related illnesses and 79%-90% of all visits to primary health-care professionals in The USA are due to stress-related illnesses or complaints.
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(by Barrie St John of HypnoShop.com)
We all know that positive thinking and being optimistic about life is better for us than being a bad tempered misery guts; it’s better for our health, and optimists generally have a happier time of it… but saying and doing are very different things, aren’t they?!
It’s not as though just sitting there saying, “Oh, everything will be fine!” is enough to actually change the thoughts in your head which are probably closer to, “What if I fail? What if it all goes wrong? What if he thinks I’m boring? What if she doesn’t like me? What if something awful happens?”
And you’ve probably already come across the idea of positive affirmations…
They may well have their place in an attempt to think positively. But can just telling yourself in the mirror each morning, “I am a confident, positive person” really change anything all by itself? In reality, no.
I’ve just finished reading and commenting on article at the Abundance Tapestry blog, where you’ll find 10 tips on:
How to be Positive All the Time »
If you ask me, the most important skill you should develop (mentioned in the article) in order to stay positive almost all the time is the skill of awareness…
3 Simple Ways to Simplify Your Life
(by Tony Mase of The Personal Power Course »)
With kids, work, commuting, email, cell phones, and all of our other responsibilities, it seems like the world keeps getting faster and more complex. Sure, a lot of the new conveniences are great, but they can also leave you wanting to slow down and make things simpler.
If you feel like your life has turned into a rollercoaster you have no control over, there are ways to simplify things.
If you’re looking for a way to calm down and relieve the stress, start by following these 3 tips:
1. Choose quality over quantity.
When’s the last time you looked in your closet, basement, or garage? Chances are, it’s full of stuff! There are plenty of things we accumulate over the years – things we think will make our lives easier, happier, or more exciting.
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That’s the promising title of an article by Arina Nikitina with a great list of 15 tips to help you - Create a New Habit and Make it Stick »
I would like to add just two things:
Find Your Energy Peak…
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I’ve just read a good (short) article at the Life Optimizer blog that explains a great way to raise your productivity and get more out of your day, and your life…
Circadian Rhythms: The Key to Boosting Your Energy And Productivity »
What is the Circadian Rhythm?
It’s a mechanism in our body that affects our energy level, brain function, metabolic activity and what not…

