Trying to be happier should come naturally. Don't let negative thoughts creep into your mind. Sounds easy, right? Well for some it's not.

Some people obsess over the little things. Women worry more than men do. Healthy thoughts about a lot of things should be with you daily. In fact, its good for you to mull over everything.

But on the other hand, one should not worry excessively because that does not have any advantages. It can drain your energy, lower your productivity and...

I don't know about you, but I'd love to have more time in the day. No matter how hard I try there are always more things to do and never enough time.

However, this doesn't just apply to my personal life, but to my working life as well. There are always more demands on my time than the time available. And as you can imagine this causes some stress for me.

Do you find this causes stress in your life? Do you have more demands on your time than available time?
You can go...

Sometimes you feel as if the worries of the world are piled on your shoulders and it's killing you! You come home from work dead tired and still you can't relax. Your mind keeps revisiting the errors of the day and predicts doom for the days ahead! Your wife reminds you that it's your night to take the kids to music practice or karate school or any of the endless extra curricular activities that consume our children's time! There's never enough time for everything you have to...

Stress Management: Is Necessity The Mother of Good Inventions, Bad Inventions Or Whatever Gets You Through The Night

“Stress” and “stress management” are terms that roll off our tongues as if understanding them is second nature to us all.  To make sure we are all on the same page let’s start with a working definition of stress courtesy of Dictionary.com.

1)An applied force or system of forces that tend to strain or deform the...

When considering how to start your presentation, here is a brief list of "don'ts." Do not start by apologizing, tapping your microphone, or making a joke. A little measured humor in your presentation is fine, but do not start with a joke. Whether you get laughs or not, this is not stand up comedy routine and can get you "side tracked."

Start with your objective and a brief bio. For example: "Good morning, I am Paul Jerard. How would you like to walk away...

To achieve long-term stress relief and management, meditation has been shown to be the most effective technique to use. There are many types of meditation beginning with simple breathing to using visualizations and images to help focus and/or relax the mind and body. Doing these exercises can help you give your brain a "charge", helping enhance your memory, focus and ability to relax, as explained in the following article from Time Magazine ,9171,1147167,00.html

Time has not been on your side. You barely have time to take care of the little ones and work full time! There just never seems to be enough time to do everything, let alone go back to school and attain or complete your college degree.

Finances are an issue now adding a tuition check to each month's budget does not seem like an option. What do you do? The US Census Bureau reports that about 20% of American families are single-parent households, and in most case the...

How many holiday seasons are there every year nowadays? Christmas and Halloween have turned into major advertising pushes by companies desperate to increase their profits.

The downside of this for you as the consumer is that you are the one that has to shoulder the burden of paying for it all.

The sheer cost of the holiday seasons can be extremely stressful, particularly with the subtle advertising aimed at making children want more and more expensive presents.

The...

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.Ds

The factors of health history, sleep time, eating habits, drinking habits, job placement, success and failure, Sex life, happiness, and family income or wealth plus the general health are important factors in your life.  Any of these factors influence anyone’s ability to accept or reject one or more of the 5 Monsters, stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and fear.

Depression in Later Adulthood

Fear is may be the strongest emotion in...

Too much stress? Get dressed before bed, make breakfast the night before, and work with the little voices ... say what?

Ever feel you have too much stress in your life? Most of know there is good stress and bad stress. Good stress challenges us, helps us be productive, creative and leaves us feeling better for having coped.

Some stress isn't good for us, especially if it lasts for longer periods of time. Most articles I've read suggest we have no control over 90...