There are so many different things that we have to go through in life on a regular basis and one of the more difficult is the stress that we may be experiencing. Some of us have stress at home, and this can be some of the more difficult to deal with, especially because we tend to need to deal with it on our own.

Stress at work is also difficult to handle and many of us may find ourselves in a situation where we are doing the job of two people but only getting the appreciation...

Andrew Sullivan's blog, The Daily Dish, is extremely popular—it gets more than 40 million page views a year. He's the former editor of The New Republic and the author of five books. He was one of the first prominent journalists to start his own personal blog and is considered a pioneer in weblog journalism.

In a recent blog for The Atlantic Mr. Sullivan discussed the importance of his...

Lately, my personal, professional and proverbial cup not only runneth over but my plate overflowth and my head near explodeth.

All of this may, in fact, sound positive – but it's has had one negative effect: I cannot think coherently enough to make sound decisions, in the present moment, nor to allow creativity to flow. In simple terms, my blog entries have been fewer, but fortunately I do not blog for a living. In the larger picture, long-term decisions like career choices,...

There is an old saying that I like to refer to on a regular basis, you are what you eat.  This can not only be applied to you on the physical level, in many cases it may actually apply to you on a //tag/relieve+stress" mental stress level as well.

The reason why this is the case is because the food that we eat is going to provide our body and our minds with the things that it needs while it is digesting and long after it has exited the body.  That is why you need...

Eliminate negative thoughts in 1 easy step

Are negative thoughts controlling you?  Are you a prisoner of negative thoughts?  Do you know that 80% of the majority of people's daily thoughts are negative?  Most people program their minds to think and speak negatively since childhood. As they grow, they become prisoners to the negative programming, which limit their success and growth. If you talk to those kinds of people, you will find out that they say things like...

by Bennie Naude, stress and overwhelm expert

Stress and Overwhelm

Do you ever feel overwhelmed and that no matter how much you do, it's never enough and you just can't get ahead? Do you have too much to do in too little time?

Close your eyes and feel what overwhelm physically feels like. Some people experience it as a heavy feeling, as if they're drowning or as if something is pushing down on them or smothering them.

However you experience...

Are there //tag/stress+relief" stressful feelings in your life?
You would probably be surprised to find out that there are very few people out there who are not looking for //tag/stress+techniques" ways to overcome stress at any given time.  The world that we live in has really changed over the past few decades and where many of us were able to take things slow in life, the pace has really quickened in recent years.

What this results in, for the majority of us, is...

As a part of evolution Man has been on a constant upward slide of developing and exploiting technology in all forms possible and in the race for success he seldom gets time for himself. Human body is constantly under stress both external and internal owing to the machine-like life that we lead. However, this cannot pertain for long since there is a certain saturation point where a human body gives up and becomes victim of stress and strain. Of course there are a plenty of medications...

Often we find ourselves in situations more stressful than usual. You know what I'm talking about. Situations, where everything seems to go wrong, and nothing seems to go right. These are the situations that bring you to the edge, and don't want to let you go. They may happen at work or at home, or they may happen throughout the day wherever you are. You know what I mean; one of "those" days. The question is how can you use stress management to alleviate that stress? What...

Our best beat-stress advice is pretty straightforward: eat healthy, balanced meals, get enough sleep, and make time for regular exercise. But yes, there will always be days when you need a calming quick-fix in addition to these. We asked experts for instant de-stress tricks - they're quick, easy, and most can be done at your desk (bar the ‘quickie' of course.):

Laugh out Loud

When you laugh, you dissipate internal tension and stimulate your nervous system...