Archive for Stress Management
Stress Management – An Owner’s Manual For Your Brain
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s an amazing quote from Time magazine:
“At birth a baby’s brain contains 100 billion neurons, roughly as many nerve cells as there are stars in the Milky Way.”
My first thought was after reading this was “Wow, we get all that power and hardware with no owner’s manual or instruction booklet!”
Having just recently purchased a new computer, I’ve been pouring through owner’s manuals and instruction booklets, trying to understand a tenth of what this machine can do. Just imagine what we could do if we understood a tenth of what our brains could do.
Stress Management – The Power Of Asking For Support
Posted by: | CommentsLike most of his friends, my 11 year old son Jonathon is deep into video games, with his particular “drug of choice” being X-Box.
I picked him up from a friend’s birthday party sleepover this weekend, and as soon as we got in the car, he was in tears. When he got calm enough to be understood, he told me that he had beaten all the levels on the newest Star Wars game, and then one of the kids had saved his game by mistake and Jonathon had lost all the “work” he had done.
Stress Management – My Favourite Change Technique
Posted by: | CommentsHypnosis is a term that brings up a variety of images: of people sleepwalking, stage shows with people doing odd things or a man with a thick German accent, saying, “You are getting very sleepy …” Thanks to talk shows, it also brings up fears about repressed memories and painful accusations.
Although all of the above can and does happen, hypnosis, well and ethically used, is in reality simply a way to help people achieve the changes they desire.
It is really a very commonplace phenomenon. We all go into a state of something like hypnosis at least twice a day: when we are waking up and when we are going to sleep.
Stress Management – The High Cost Of Neglect
Posted by: | CommentsNot too long ago a got together with some friends for a little full court basketball, which means a lot of running. It did not take long at all for me to notice that my body was just not able to do much of what my brain was telling it to do.
My body was screaming at me that I had neglected it for too long.
Neglect – what a nasty and potentially life changing word.
When applied to our lives, neglect can look like this:
Neglect your health and, at best, you’re out of shape and embarrassed by your appearance, and, at worse, you die.
Skills for Stress Management
Posted by: | CommentsManage Your Time
Time management skills can allow you more time with your family and friends and possibly increase your performance and productivity. This will help reduce your stress.
Try these strategies:
· Save time by focusing, delegating, and scheduling time for yourself.
· Redirect your time to those activities that are important and meaningful to you.
· Manage your commitments – Don’t commit to what is not important to you.
· Deal with procrastination by using a day planner, breaking large projects into smaller ones, and setting short-term deadlines.
Build healthy coping strategies
3 Rules For Dealing With Very Difficult People
Posted by: | CommentsSeems like more and more they are all around us. You know who I’m talking about – all those difficult people who seem to cross our path everyday.
Whether we associate with them, work with them, or, even worse, live with them, they can drain the life out of your day if you let them.
3 Rules for dealing with difficult people
Rule 1 – You cannot, will not, and should not even try to change them. The only winnng move, if you can’t avoid them altogether, is to change your responses to them. Remember the three things we are always responsible for, our attitudes, our choices and our actions.
Stress Management 101
Posted by: | CommentsStress Management 101
There are a number of ways to manage stress, and ultimately eliminate it from your life.
Below are some hints to help you get started.
*Acknowledge stress is good
That burst of energy will enhance your performance at the right moment. Use stress wisely to push yourself that little bit harder when it counts most.
*Avoid people who cause stress
Shield yourself by recognizing stress in others and limiting your contact with them.
*Learn from the best
Learn from the best stress managers and copy what they do. When people around are losing their heads, who stays calm? What do they do differently? What is their outlook?
3 Rules For Dealing With Difficult People
Posted by: | CommentsSeems like more and more they are all around us. You know who I’m talking about – all those difficult people who seem to cross our path everyday.
Whether we associate with them, work with them, or, even worse, live with them, they can drain the life out of your day if you let them.
3 Rules for dealing with difficult people
Rule 1 – You cannot, will not, and should not even try to change them. The only winning move, if you can’t avoid them altogether, is to change your responses to them. Remember the three things we are always responsible for, our attitudes, our choices and our actions.
There Is No Such Thing As Good Stress
Posted by: | CommentsQ: What is Stress?
A: Very basically it is the physical, emotional and spiritual tension that arises in a person when they are being pulled or pushed outside of their comfort zone by internal or external forces.
Q: I’ve heard people talk about good and bad stress. What’s the difference?
A: Contrary to what many may think, All Stress is Bad Stress. By this I mean that all stress takes a physical, emotional and spiritual toll on the person leading to things like burnout, illness, premature aging , drug addictions and even premature death.
Balanced Living- 18 Steps
Posted by: | CommentsA balanced life not only leaves you feeling more fulfilled; you will become healthier in body as well as mind. Ponder on each step below. One per day is the ideal. If you rush then you are failing before you begin. Taking your time over anything is the first positive step to a sustainable success in all things. Anything worthwhile – they say – is worth waiting for. Today we cannot wait for anything – allow your self the luxury of slowing down and discover you will actually achieve more.
1. Slow down!
2. Emotions: Keep them in check.
