Category: Stress Reduction
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You Can Stay Healthy While Working Full Time
Tips to Help You Stay Healthy With A Busy Work Schedule We all know that stress is the elephant in the room when it comes to so many health issues that we deal with today. Sensing that you have lost control over your life will increase stress like nothing else. Let’s look at ways to…
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Don’t Let Stress Ruin Your Health
Does Stress Have To Make You Sick? We all know stress can make you feel bad – but it doesn’t have to make you sick. It’s easy for highly stressful situations to trigger health issues – like heart issues, anxiety, or IBS. But learning how to control your reaction to stress, even when you can’t…
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Herbs That Can Help Anxiety
Nature’s Help For Anxiety Anxiety is all too common in our lives today. No one wants to have their work, plans, relationships, or lives in general disrupted by anxiety. People experience anxiety for many different reasons and in a variety of ways. Whether your anxiety is a rare event when unexpected difficulties arise, or if…
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How A Little Self Care Could Go A Long Way
Are you kind enough to yourself? That might seem like a silly question, but when you dig down and really think about it, you might realize that you treat others with more care, concern, and kindness than you’ve ever treated yourself. There’s a concept called “self care” that’s become more and more popular over the…
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The Link Between Chronic Pain And Stress
What Causes Chronic Pain? From time to time, everyone experiences pain of one kind or another. Pain lets us know that something is wrong and we need to take some kind of action to protect our bodies. Chronic pain is different because it doesn’t stop. It persists when you expect it to leave. Today we want to…
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Don’t Let Stress Ruin Your Relationship
Stress Can Take Its Toll We’ve talked a lot around here about the toll that stress takes on your body and your mind. That it can make your emotions raw and your head hurt. But the effects reach farther than just yourself. It’s all too easy for situational or long-lasting stress to break down relationships…
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Help For Your Stress Headaches
Do You Struggle With Stress Headaches? Has this ever happened to you? You get worried about something, life takes you by surprise, stress builds up, and you can feel it in your temples or behind your eyes. The tension in your head builds up to a headache that may even take you our of commission…
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Why Does Stress Sabotage My Weight?
Cortisol Makes Cells Less Responsive We all know that stress can make you gain weight – you’re anxious over bills or deadlines so you binge on junk food and wake up feeling full and swollen the next day. It also makes you tired and less likely to exercise, but also steals your ability to sleep.…
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Breathing Exercises To Improve IBS
Reduce Stress With Breathing Exercises and Improve IBS Everyone with IBS knows that stress can aggravate the symptoms. Reducing stress over time really can improve IBS symptoms. Fewer IBS symptoms mean a better quality of life! The best methods for reducing stress to improve IBS long term are those that can become a part of your…
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Why Posture Matters For Stress Reducing Meditation
Grounding Yourself Like A Tree The posture you take when meditating is a vital part of the practice – both to keep your mind alert, and also to put your body back in alignment. Whether you come into a meditative practice for the emotional benefit of increased mindfulness or the physical benefit of counteracting the…