Beat Chronic Stress With Adaptogenic Herbs
By Derek Henry, Holistic Health Coach for Healing the Body We are hearing a lot about herbs of late, and for good reason. Many herbs have been attributed to a higher and longer quality of life, and...
View ArticleIs Your Job Killing You? (Infographic)
This thought is daunting, but it’s crucial to remember that our careers aren’t the source of bad health; stress itself is. There are so many ways to reverse the damage of sitting all day, to de-stress,...
View ArticleIncorporating Nature Into School Reduces Children’s Stress and Improves Learning
By Natural News, Healing the Body In today’s public schools, psychotropic drugs like Ritalin and Adderall are now forced down kids’ throats, as administrators and health officials try to modify the...
View ArticleNo Therapist Required! 3 Gentle Ways to Handle Stress
Clutter in the mind can pile up faster than dishes in the sink. But while those dishes get regular cleaning, the mind is often left to its own resources. Sometimes, this can result in serious stress,...
View ArticleGratitude
We live in a culture that is becoming increasingly out of balance. Each day presents itself with more to do and what seems like less time to accomplish it in. In fact, it’s rare today to find someone...
View ArticleDoes Work Leave You Tired, Stressed With No Time for Family? You’re Not Alone
It’s Work-Life Week, when employers and employees are asked to think about how they juggle their working lives and to perhaps try to strike a balance. In the UK, we’re more likely than others in...
View ArticleOngoing Stress and Adrenal Fatigue
When we experience ongoing stress, cortisol is released to prepare the body for the fight-flight reaction. Over time with ongoing stress, the adrenal glands can be taxed and compromise day-to-day...
View Article5 Ways Chronic Stress Is Bad for Your Body
Take a deep breath before you keep reading—stress comes with side effects that are, well, stressing us out. Stress Causes Hair Loss. The average person loses 50-100 hairs per day. But when you’re...
View Article3 Surprising Sources of Stress (No, Make It 4…)
Stress is a natural part of your life. You know when your stress levels are maxing out when you feel overwhelmed, you have deadlines looming, your mind starts racing, you don’t sleep very well, and...
View ArticleStressed Girls Show Signs of Premature Aging
Otherwise healthy girls at high-risk for depression may be aging at a faster rate than their peers. A new study shows the girls with a family history of depression respond to stress by releasing much...
View ArticleEustress Or Distress: Take Advantage Of Healthy Stress In Your Reality Machine
What about stress? What is “healthy stress?” Anxiety provokes stress but it also improves performance. Only beyond a certain point does anxiety actually create difficulties for the individual. Are...
View ArticleEustressed?
“Eustress,” me stressed, we all have some stress as part of the journey of life! Some of it is good for us, as we have discussed; some is challenging in good ways, some not so good. We often create...
View ArticleMoney Struggles Hurt Cognition, Says Study
WASHINGTON—Being short on cash may make you a bit slower in the brain, a new study suggests. People worrying about having enough money to pay their bills tend to lose temporarily the equivalent of 13...
View ArticleMindfulness Training Helps Reduce Stress for Teachers
How teachers cope with demands in the classroom may be made easier with the use of “mindfulness” techniques, according to new US research. Learning to pay attention to the present in a focused and...
View ArticleRest and Digest
You may be wondering what stress has to do with digestion. Or you may already know. You’ve likely felt butterflies in your stomach before a big event—a performance, your wedding, or even a difficult...
View ArticleMusic is Being Used Increasingly for Medicinal Purposes
Lyrics Feast released their latest infographic which pictorially depicts five of the known health benefits that have been proven through the scientific method. Medical researchers are only beginning to...
View ArticleStressed-out Working Mom
Dear Kathy, I have a husband, 2 young kids, and a demanding full-time job. I barely sleep trying to get everything done every day and the dishes and laundry pile up, anyway. Even with my husband...
View ArticleBeing Fair May Leave Bosses Drained
The act of carefully monitoring the fairness of workplace decisions wears down supervisors mentally and emotionally, new research shows. “Structured, rule-bound fairness, known as procedural justice,...
View ArticleFear of Looking Bad Makes Coaches Blow Up
The hot tempers of some athletics coaches could come from their excessive concern about how others perceive them, according to new research. A study finds that coaches who were more focused on their...
View ArticleNational Stress Awareness Month
April is National Stress Awareness Month and most of us are experiencing increasing stress levels. We know we should reduce our level of stress, but it can seem too hard to do when we’re just trying to...
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