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Comprehensive Solutions for Lasting Wellness How to Manage Stress How to Manage Stress? In its June 2024 issue, National Geographic explores “The New Science of Stress,” revealing how modern stressors impact our physical and mental health. Chronic stress, unlike acute stress, can lead to severe health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, and weakened immunity. …
Are you feeling a little extra stressed these days. Its understandable. We all need to be extra “warm” to our selves and take time to heal and nurture our very being. Here are 11 other things you can do for yourself in being mindful and aware of who you are and how you want …
Here are some other things you can do for yourself: Get enough sleep and rest. Take a daily nap. One at noon is best or if that isn’t possible get one right after work. Set up a ritual that gives you a regular hour of bedtime. Avoid sleeping pills as these often create dependency and …
FIRST STEP: TRANSFORMING STRESS How are you coping? This is a four part series on stress and it’s impact. Stress is a normal part of our everyday lives. Most of us experience some sort of stress on a daily bases. Stress is not necessarily bad because we can learn from it, but uncontrollable stress reactions …
Spending time in nature is such a purifying activity. When you do so, recognize the wonderful forces of the spirit that are at work there. See the various entities that are responsible for and overseeing the growth of each living thing. Never take nature for granted, and never neglect to spend time appreciating her gifts. In …
How well do you think you are at handling stress? This assessment will help you and your health professional to design a personal program to support your stress response and well being. Take the test below and learn to help yourself. Have you experienced any significant life events or change in the last three months …
Acute anxiety is a neurotic disorder characterized by apprehension, uncertainty and fear directly out of proportion to any known cause, and often elevated to attacks of intense panic associated with physiologic changes. Anxiety can be physiological and/or psychological and there may be a genetic tendency. The physiologic factors involved stem around arousal of the autonomic nervous …
The lives of many Americans are out of balance–not enough rest and pleasure, and too much stress and work. Long term stress can drain your adrenal glands of the raw materials and energy needed to make adrenal hormones. Food, including vitamins, minerals and herbs can function as an adrenal tonic which gently corrects the adrenal …