Envision living life with little demons running the show. It is practically a living hell. You find a superb helper that assists but turns into a demon itself. You are just surviving life instead of living it. You get a meager amount of enlightenment that is the size of light squeezing through the door into … Read more
A stressful workplace is draining on your body, mind, and spirit. As someone who will be working into the foreseeable future, you must develop effective ways to deal with your workplace stress. Doing so requires figuring out your stress triggers, why they trigger you, and how to work through them. Different variables affect people differently. … Read more
Usage of herbal supplements for stress management is appealing for a number of reasons. First, there is the idea that stress is in the mind. While stress can manifest into physical symptoms, we cannot see “stress” under a microscope. Thus, it makes sense to try dealing with stress through natural remedies. Second, prescription mood enhancers … Read more
What is PTSD? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a debilitating illness that myself and many others have suffered with. This disorder was known as shell shock because it was from veterans coming back from wars. They were still living in the stress from their past, or post, traumatic situations. Here is the breakdown … Read more
Different things trigger stress in people. Whether a perceived distinction, lack of quality, inappropriate actions, or time crunch, stress can play havoc with a person. For an employed person, a huge part of their waking lives is spent at work. Due to the nature of working and the number of variables, it’s likely people will … Read more
Stress management isn’t an exact science. How we manage stress depends on numerous factors such as personal preference and cultural practices. For example, stress management techniques for urban millenials include wearable gadgets and mobile apps. Older immigrants from Asia and the Middle East often seek rest and relaxation at a bath house. On the other … Read more
In most people’s minds, the perfect holiday spread is an assortment of sugary, boozy and fatty dishes that will have you avoiding the bathroom scale well into the new year. However, classic holiday foods like eggnog, candied yams and pecan pie do much more damage than adding to our waistlines. Sugar, for example, causes rapid … Read more
When is the last time you sat and focused on the task at hand? Without doing something else, or thinking about something else, or not wholly doing the job on autopilot. I can answer that for many people, and it’s either never, or a very long while. I too was a victim of the hustle … Read more
We hear the phrase “quality of life” more often than before. That is because this has become the determining factors with which we evaluate how healthy we are living. It is no longer a question of who is the slimmest, or fastest, but instead, who lives with the most sustainable lifestyle that supports longevity. The … Read more
Have you ever had difficulty concentrating or feel like you can’t stop worrying about something? Then you have experienced stress. Stress is your body’s approach to responding to any demand or threat. When this happens, your body’s defense system kicks into high gear in a rapid, automatic process which is known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction … Read more