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As I’m sitting here in my study on this beautiful Saturday morning drinking my tea, I was thinking about a decision I made this week. I even alluded to it in a recent Facebook post! Many years ago — in fact, it almost feels like a lifetime ago, I would have obsessed about whether I [...]
In the News … A new study of office workers in England found that employees working eleven hour days or longer were 67% more likely to develop heart disease than those working seven or eight hour days. The study was published in the April 5, 2011, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. My Take on [...]
This post is just for fun because having fun is a great way to stress less … especially on April Fools’ Day! Here is a super easy and fun April Fools’ Day prank that I had loads of success with today: 1. Cut a small square off from the sticky part of a “sticky [...]
Yale Law School is experimenting with a new program to help their students in the ongoing battle with stress. Monty, a certified therapy dog, is a 21-pound, brown, border terrier mix who is available for students to check out — literally — from the law library. The thirty minute sessions with Monty provide students with [...]
When I show clients strategies to help minimize stress in their lives, I often begin with one very simple, yet amazingly powerful tip: Become Aware. When we are stressed, our bodies begin to tell us we are stressed before we may even realize it. We may not “feel” stressed out, but our bodies may be telling a [...]
Although we all know that worrying about what other people think about us, can send our stress levels through the roof, it can be difficult to “stop” caring about what everybody else thinks of us! I recently spent time with my awesome nieces, 11-year old Emileigh and 12-year old Ryleigh, who reminded me that [...]
Have you ever been in a situation where you felt like you were being “attacked” based on what you believe? I recently had someone try to strongly convince me how right they were about spirituality and how wrong I was! In these very stressful situations when we are under fire, it’s best to remember that [...]
The other day, I was visiting Facebook pages of friends and colleagues with whom I hadn’t communicated lately … posting lots of “shout outs, hellos, and take cares.” One colleague replied to my post a few days later commenting that
Chronic illness and chronic pain can rob you of your joy and cause an abundance of stress, but there are several things you can do to prevent that from happening. 1. Get a second opinion from someone NOT associated with the clinician who made your initial diagnosis. It’s important to make sure your diagnosis is [...]
Many of us spend hours every day enriching our minds via the work we do. Then we often spend a great deal of time enriching our bodies by exercising and closely watching our diets. Sometimes, however, we forget to take time (or make the time) to nourish and enrich the soul … the spirit – [...]