Stress is largely a matter of perception.  That does not mean that you do not have real physical responses.  The stress fight or flight response is very real.  Rather the way you interpret stress is subjective and varies from one person to another.  You can change your stress levels by changing the way you perceive [...]

You need to grab stress relief wherever you can and in whatever form you can.  I’ve found a fantastic form of stress relief in the most unlikely place!
I have long thought that people, parents and non-parents alike, can be very cruel to their friends in the choice of gifts they give to their friend’s children.  [...]

Stress relief comes in many forms.  One of the most useful in my opinion, and perhaps hardest to achieve at least initially, is developing a positive mental attitude.  After all, in today’s hectic and high stress environment, it is often easier to lapse into negative thoughts than to remain positive and happy, even when you [...]

Stress relief comes in many forms – and one of my favourite of all is finding a solution to what ails Wordpress when it decides to do whacky stuff with my blog!  I just wanted to share what I’ve discovered in case it helps anyone else reduce their computer stress. 
A few posts ago I [...]

Stress does not respect age, gender, wealth, ethnicity, ability, IQ, EG, the great, the good or anything else for that matter!  Everyone I know suffers stress at some point in their lives.  Absolutely everyone.  And as far as I can make out, they only differ from each other in two respects: the extent to which [...]

Today’s modern world is a high stress environment.  With world news coming at you 24/7, it can be difficult to switch off and relax.  But that is exactly what you must do if you are ever going to reduce your stress levels.
High stress levels lead to difficulty sleeping.  And a lack of sufficient quality sleep [...]

If you know anything about me, you’ll probably know that I’m in ebook writing mode – which I’m doing from scratch!  It will be all my own thoughts and words.  Short blog posts and articles I can do easily, but this is very different.  I’m about as far out my comfort zone as I would [...]

What does your weight have to do with stress?  Much more than you think!  Aside from the fact that many of us are overweight due to eating during a stressful situation, stress hormones in our bodies actually tell our bodies to store fat during stressful times.  It’s like adding insult to injury! 
It’s safe to [...]

I am not a great one for resorting to pills at the drop of a hat – but nor do I shirk it.  With the very highest respect to those women who do “natural childbirth” (whatever that is in this day and age), when I went in to deliver my twins, I wanted the very [...]

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 bodies [...]

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 not [...]

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 without [...]