Mindfulness is an increasingly popular concept that is taking hold in the self-help and medical worlds. There is a great deal of interest in mindfulness practice among western clinical psychologists and psychiatrists as a natural way to reduce stress, anxiety, and chronic pain.

Mindfulness is awareness of one's current thoughts, actions or motivations. It has roots in Buddhism, but the modern interpretation of mindfulness is a secular one that is not connected to any...

The goal of anger management is to keep you, your family and others safe-emotionally and physically. When anger is not managed, but only blurted or acted-out, your emotional feelings are commandeered by the physiological arousal caused by the huge spikes in adrenalin, cortisol and other stress-inducing chemicals that take place.

These substances make you want to fight and hurt others. That makes unmanaged anger a truly drug or chemically-induced state. The good news is,...

In today's life stress has pervaded every sphere of our lives. Just look around and you'll see stress lurking, waiting to invade you in the blink of an eye. Pink slips, slipping economy, country at war, sub-prime crisis, falling home rates, rising prices of gasoline, etc., etc. - just about every situation that you face has stress stuck to it. Everyone faces stress in some form or the other, each dealing with it in his own way.

People use a variety of techniques to bust their...

Stress in every individual varies, depending upon circumstance and how they perceive life and work pressures. What is a "buzz" to one person may be the stress of another, and so it is important for every individual to manage their own stress through recognizing the causes and understanding the effects of stress on them and to others. Personal stress management is all about identifying personal stress and its effects, as well as practicing some simple yet powerful and effective...

Making a choice between staying home and working full-time poses a major dilemma for mothers, but experts now say it shouldn't. Studies have shown have working moms and their stay-home counterparts each bring unique contributions to children's character formation.

In the past, being a working mom was almost always equated with a stressful life. Who wouldn't say so, anyway? You wake up earlier than the rest of the family to prepare the kids' meals and get them ready for school,...

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Those words were drummed into me by my father so many times, I long ago stopped counting up the reasons why he said what he said. Despite the untruth of them,  after a while, they started to sink in. Do anything long enough, and it will become your habit, even the phrases you think with, and that influence the way you feel about your life. For the first forty years of my life, his words determined how I felt, what I did, and how I reacted to...

What is Stress

Believe it or not, stress is a necessity. It is essential for your daily functioning. Feeling stressed is actually a defense mechanism that naturally occurs in response to a condition presented in the environment.

Initially, these feelings can positively benefit a person as it allows one to be more attentive and fuels one's motivation to act or react to a given situation. It can surprisingly make people become more effective at what they are doing, and with...

Have you been watching the news lately? I know I have. It seems the world is coming apart at the seams! The economy is in trouble, the war is creating uncertainty, politics are getting more and more nasty and everywhere we turn, there is a crisis threatening the future.

Okay. So life is tough right now. In large terms and probably in smaller terms too. But if YOU fall apart at the seams then the responsibilities you have will fall to the wayside and nothing will be accomplished....

In the game of life, we realize that stress is an enemy that needs to be eliminated and we come up with so many remedies which help relieve stress. One of these remedies are stress relief games which are specially designed to provide that pleasurable escape which help deal with stress. There has been no sufficient research done to show how games help relieve stress but, many people have seen the games work to reduce stress. Stress relief games are divided in two categories where you...

Do you feel as if you are being stalked by a grizzly bear? Is your system always on high alert? Do you experience headaches, body aches, digestive distress, anxiety, or sleeplessness?  The common culprit behind these symptoms could be….STRESS!

What are the stressors in your life? Do you spend long hours sitting at your desk, researching and preparing documents for clients and colleagues?  Do you feel as if you are preparing for combat each time you go into court?...