Posts Tagged ‘top tips’

Stress Relief – Just Do It

March 15th, 2010 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 [...]

8 Top Tips For Bored Stressed Out Folk Looking To Get Motivated

March 5th, 2010 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

It is a well known fact that stress kills, or rather stress induced diseases kill.  But research has shown that in fact boredom kills more people every year in the western world than stress does!  So it is important to manage both your stress levels AND boredom levels at the same time. 
That may sound hard, [...]

4 Tips for Learning Time management in the workplace

September 30th, 2009 by Guest Author

An essential skill to master, effective time management will help you manage your priorities and accomplish more with limited amount of time. The success and failure of a business also lies in the ability of employees to manage their time well. The regular demands of work, relationship and leisure each calls for personal attention. These [...]

How Can You Start Reducing Stress Right Now?

September 10th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

Big businesses recognize the importance of stress relief for their workers and customers. In fact stress relief techniques and stress management programs are in increasingly high demand. But what can you do to cope with your stress right now? Here are a five quick stress busting tips you can use today to lower your stress:
Learn [...]

Stress Relief – You Need To Sleep on it

July 17th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 [...]

Don’t Lose Sleep Over Stress

June 8th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 [...]

Is Stress Breaking Your Heart?

May 29th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 [...]

The Stress “Columbo” Comment

May 27th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 [...]

Coping with Stress – Top Tips

May 23rd, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

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 more [...]

Four Top Tips for Stress Relief

April 29th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

Stress relief comes in many different forms. Not every person will appreciate every method of relaxation. It’s healthy to discover new ways to alleviate stress to help prevent you from turning to unhealthy methods such as smoking, drinking, or lashing out at others who don’t deserve your wrath.
Here are 4 top tips for stress relief [...]

In A Hundred Years From Now, Who’ll Care?

April 5th, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

Your inner voice is listened to by your powerful subconscious mind. That means that whatever your inner chat is, becomes self-fulfilling. Negative self talk heaps stress upon you. And the wrong sort of stress is very unhealthy.

Beat Stress Five Ways

April 1st, 2009 by Susan Owen-Thursfield

Stress is fast becoming the biggest health problem in modern societies. Financial pressures, work pressures, family pressures – so much to do so little time to do it all! Here’s five quick ways to ease the pressure and relieve stress: