Stress is universal.  Everyone suffers from it in some form or other.  And there are as many different types of stress reduction techniques and methods it seems!  You can distress using medications or herbs; incorporate diet and exercise changes into your life; meditate; do calming deep breathing exercises that have a soothing effect on your [...]

Today’s world is a stressful place – and for kids as well as adults.  We all have a lot of pressure in our adult lives, what with workplace challenges and family problems.  It’s so easy to forget that kids get stressed too! Whilst it’s true that parents have to deal with the stresses and strains [...]

How is it that we can face the stress of phones ringing nonstop, car horns blaring, rude clerks, fussy children, irritating neighbours, loud noise pollution and so on without going totally over the edge? In truth these stresses should send us over the edge but they don’t because at the end of the day our [...]

Stress isn’t always a bad thing.  You’re probably aware of the tense rising exciting stress you feel when you’ve been given a challenge that’s just out of your reach, but which you’re sure you can do.  This positive stress, called eustress, is what every honed athlete feels just before their “big race”.  Our bodies are [...]

It’s a sad fact that when you are overweight, the urge to eat is harder to ignore under stressful conditions. But it is not widely known that stress is so intimately linked to weight that you can actually achieve long-term weight loss simply by learning how to reduce stress in your life – and following [...]

Yesterday I treated myself to a massage.  It was wonderful!  Fifty five minutes of bliss – Well pain and discomfort actually – but the bliss came later.  Massages are tremendous as a form of stress relief and I really do respond well to them. I really don’t get enough massages and I’m not sure why [...]

Unless you are at your peak of health, you need to try and relax.  At the very least, you should take steps to avoid getting stressed out further.  Why?  Well because stress harms your health in more ways than one.   You probably know that chronic stress by itself is known to contribute to many [...]

Is Stress Breaking Your Heart? Whenever we experience stress, it affects us in more ways than one.  In particular, stress takes its toll on our heart, which may lead to heart disease.  Our body is an amazing machine – and especially our heart.  After all, it is built to last through 75 or so years [...]

When it comes to exercise and stress, most of us think back to past conversations we have had during visits to the doctor or physician.  You know the sort of thing.  They take our blood pressure and, noting it’s on the high side, comment that we need to take it easy and let go of [...]

Did you know that your hair and scalp can be a barometer of the stress levels in your life?  People who are happy and handle stress in their lives with ease usually have healthy, shiny hair.  And dry, lifeless and damaged hair could be a sign that you are ill or suffering from too much [...]

Stress, no matter where it comes from, is an ever-present reality.  There is no getting away from most of it, so just how can you learn to cope with stress?  Here are a few quick tips to get you started: First, determine if this stress is something you can let go of.  Are you doing [...]

What do you do with workplace stress?  Your boss is on your back to finish a project.  A co-worker has it in for you for no particular reason.  And to top it off you can’t change jobs because the bills are coming in faster than ever.  Besides, this miserable cycle repeats itself no matter where [...]