Everyone needs to use stress reduction techniques. Since we live in such a fast-paced world, I wouldn’t be surprised if even ten-year-olds are feeling stressed out now. Our lifestyles haven’t exactly been the healthiest in the last 50 years either. There’s hardly anything we can do to reverse the situation. However, there are some practices we can do to help lessen stress in our daily life.

So what options do you have? Luckily, there are simple everyday...

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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 emotional pain? This is something we all have experienced thousands of times throughout our lifetime. We have been in a situation that is out of our comfort zone and once this happens we run from the fear because we have entered a situation of the unknown. Then massive negative thoughts settle in our minds leaving you in a depressed state. This is apparent when someone starts the "greatest home business opportunity" hoping for that instant financial turn around. They...

It is easy to become addicted. Habits provide a sense of certainty, security and stability in our lives. When we depend too much upon a habit for our sense of well being, it is easy for it to develop into an addiction.

Addiction to anger is one of the most common and lethal addictions, and one most seldom recognized. The anger addict becomes hooked by the false sense of power anger brings. As the addiction grows, it consumes more and more of their lives, producing painful...

After a hard day’s work or dealing with rambunctious kids sometimes you need to release some stress and frustration. There are lots of negative ways to do this but there are also a lot of great positive ways to release that stress. Here is a list of positive ways to release stress that is healthy for your and some of them are fun as well.

Paintball

Yeah, you heard right, paintball can be a great stress reliever. What better way to get some of that frustration out than...

It is a well know fact that exercise can help in relieving stress but what is possibly much less well known are the scientific reasons for the benefits which we derive from exercise.

Exercise triggers the release of a number of chemicals by the brain. A very good example of this is the 'endorphin high' that many runners experience as the brain produces opiate-like chemicals which act as natural pain killers and which has been very well documented.

The human brain...

Stress is necessary for motivating us to perform at our best. But too much stress, or chronic unrelenting stress, can make us feel helpless and unable to concentrate. How can you learn to stay focused under stress?

The relationship between feelings and events

Albert Ellis, a prominent psychotherapist, developed a way to help people learn to control their emotions rather than feeling controlled by their emotions. His basic premise was that emotions had nothing to do...

Many individuals go from one day to the next not realizing the amount of stress that they actually contend with. This is especially true when it comes to stress that is work related. Deadlines, meetings, obligations, and basic performance all contribute to the stress that many of us experience on a daily basis. In this article, we will discuss effective methods on how to cope effectively with work related stress. It is essential that you pay special attention to the details contained...

I often get asked this question.  “How do I meditate when I have so many thought going on in my head?”  And, “How can I stop these thoughts?”  The simplest and most complete answer is “Just begin.”
When you understand and then come to know through your experiences the benefits of meditation you will do anything possible to make sure that you take that time to do it.  The reason for meditation is to calm the mind and get into...

“If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live.” -  Author Unknown

Have you ever been unable to sleep because you were thinking about something that was bothering you?  Have you ever left your house, drove to the airport, got on a plane and then wondered if you turned off the coffeepot? Something like it?

Worry can wear you down emotionally and physically. There...