Stress is actually good for your body as long as you have it in small amounts. Our body does need cortisol (popularly known as “stress hormone” ,  produced by the adrenal cortex, that is part of the adrenal gland ) in order to help increase our level of intelligence and  improve our memory retention. It also makes us stronger character-wise. However, chronic stress is a different story. It debilitates our immune system in the long run making us more prone to...

For the past couple of months, every Sunday, my uncle, aunt, nephews, and I will go hiking together. These are the people in the family, including me, who don’t mind waking up at 8 o’clock in the morning on a Sunday morning just to drive a half an hour to walk an hour on a hiking trail.

Usually, on weekdays I wake up at about 7 o’clock. So besides Saturdays, I don’t get that many days to sleep in. That’s why on Sundays I sometimes groan when I have to...

Why Natural Stress Relief Solutions Are So Popular?

You know how harmful stress is for your health. You have heard it a thousand times from doctors, teachers, friends and others. So you know how important it is to get over stress to protect your health and live longer.

But the important question is, how can you do it? What is the best natural stress relief solution that works for you?

Millions of people in the world know about the effects on stress on health, but why...

“ Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. ”Natalie Goldberg

Stress is all around us. Everywhere we go people seem to be talking about stress, the news is full of stress and how it affects our health, and I know in my own life I have to constantly monitor my stress level.

Managing stress and maintaining life balance are tough things to do. Just when I think I have it under control,...

In today's society of fast paced living, who isn't stressed? Everything must be done in a rush, and there is no time to just sit and relax. We feel we must do more and in a hurry to keep up with the world around us. We also find it hard to refuse people and can't say no to their requests, which adds more stress to our already stressful life. I have to tell you, if you're stressed you must continue to read and take action to lower your stress levels. The following are some tips to help...

No matter where you work or who your office mates are, nothing can change the fact that stress will be one of the main issues you will have to deal with. The only thing you can change is the way that you take towards stress.

If you are equipped with the proper skills and attitude, you will find that it is actually quite easy to beat workplace stress.

If you wait to deal with stress until you can't stand it anymore. Until you feel like you are about to lose you mind it...

We all have ups and downs to life. How do you deal with the downs? Do you numb yourself and avoid them? Or do you find the hidden gift held within them?

Each time a painful emotion is felt, it provides an opportunity.

Pain gives us the gift of growth in a hidden package. Something is shouting out for a change. If we pause and open this gift, a great secret of freedom and love can be revealed. Sometimes when the pain is large enough, we have no choice but to look at it...

Most of us are under stress. It is said that ignorance is bliss and it is very true because the ignorant people are under no stress because they are not sure about their goals. Any thinking person gets stress if they think about why do they live? Do we live because we are born? Take what comes, do you can, suffer miseries, enjoy bounties and die one day? That is the formula of ignorant.

Do we live to get more education? Because that is at least our goal during young age but...

It doesn't matter where you came from, if you are a guy or a girl, or if your white, brown, black, or purple, stress affects you just the same.

Even with excessive amounts of stress all over in our society, not many people know why we get stressed out or how to deal with it. We need to understand somethings about the common causes of stress.

How Does Stress Begin?

If you take a survey of a handful of stressed out people and ask them what they think has...

Arguably, everyone in the whole world is under stress of some description.

Whatever causes your stress - work, family, or other worries -when the pressure gets too much we need to unwind and relax.Inhaling the essential oils can help to alleviate the inevitable stress, and attain an emotional balance, which are damaged in case of distress. A balanced emotional state in turn can have a therapeutic effect on physical problems, particularly those that are stress-related.

The...