Archive for Stress Management
Are You A Diamond or A Lump of Coal
Posted by: | Comments“Do you want to be a lump of coal or do you want to be a diamond?”
That’s the first question I ask to begin my stress management seminar called “A Diamond is Nothing More Than a Lump of Coal That Handled Stress Very Well.”
We seem to have some interesting misconceptions about the stress in our lives. The most common is that stress is something to be avoided at all costs, and true happiness comes from being totally stress free.
Stress Management – Never get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired, or Scared
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the best professional experiences I have ever had was working for an adolescent drug treatment center for a good part of the eighties. I certainly didn’t make much money there, but what I learned during those six plus years was priceless.
HALTS is an acronym commonly used in substance abuse treatment that can be very usefully applied to stress management. A HALTS approach to managing our stress recommends that we avoid getting too Hungry Angry Lonely Tired Scared.
High Stress Means Low Self Esteem
Posted by: | CommentsDo you have the desire for a stress free life? Most people do. After all isn’t this why most people are working so hard, to achieve just that? Sounds like a paradox doesn’t it, “I’m working hard to achieve a stress free life”?
Ironically, by the time you think you’ve gotten there, the “stress” you’ve endured as a result of all that work has likely taken such a toll on your health that you are not far from the end of your life. So is a stress free life actually a myth, is it even possible? In order to answer this we need to look closely at what we mean by the word “stress”.
Stress Management
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever listened to someone, perhaps even to your self, talk about being worried? You’ll hear things like, “I’m so worried”, “I’m worried sick”, or as my mom used to tell me, “You worry me to death!”
Certainly makes worry sound like a very powerful force, doesn’t it? And as a matter of fact, it is. Worry can make us sick, and in it’s most extreme form, it can kill us.
Stress Management – How To Avoid The Ruts And Holes Of Life
Posted by: | CommentsHave you ever noticed how we keep falling into the same holes and ruts in life? We know something doesn’t work and yet we keep doing the same things over and over again.
Have you ever wondered why we do this? And more importantly, how do we stop doing it, how do we stop “digging”? And how do we get out?
As I’ve studied and searched over the years for ways to help people get the changes they want, quickly, gently and effectively, I’ve stumbled across a poem that seems to capture well the process of change.
Workaholism steals your mind
Posted by: | CommentsLet’s take a look at some of the more serious signs and effects of workaholism.
Workaholism is a thief. Here are a few of the things that workaholism can rob from us.
Workaholism steals your mind
You can rarely think about anything else or concentrate on something else beside work. The focus of your mind is on problems and issues at work. You may be good at problem solving on the job, while problems in the rest of your life are ignored and continue to mount.
Stress Management – Sharks And Dolphins At Work
Posted by: | CommentsQ. I work in an office with several people, all of whom I get along with quite well. There is one person, however, that really gets my goat. He gladhands everyone, smiles and schmoozes with the boss and acts like everyone’s friend. The problem is this person steals other people’s ideas, talks behind your back and is basically a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I love my job, and I would not leave it for the world. So what do I do? Do I go to the boss and complain, do I rally my co-workers, do I confront this person myself?
Stress Management
Posted by: | Comments3 Key Distinctions
Fight or Flight – The fight or flight response is hard-wired into our nervous system. A long time ago, when the lion jumped out of the bushes, we had a choice: fight the lion or run for all your worth (and then change your loincloth). Today, when the idiot driver cuts us off or the boss yells at you, we have the same reaction, fight or flee. These days we fight by yelling and screaming, or we flee into TV, over-work, addictions, and other forms of “psychic numbness.”
Relaxation Couldn’t Be Simpler
Posted by: | CommentsMany people use their sofa and TV to help them ‘switch off and relax’. In reality, television programs can suspend you n stress for yours, with depressing or thrilling storylines, violence and madness!
True relaxation is achieved when all tensions and thoughts are eliminated. Inside, you are calm, peaceful, yet alert and focused. You are in control and feel the strength of just ‘being’. The good news is, anyone can do it.
The aim is not to escape from stress momentarily for a ‘breather’, it is to develop the ability to maintain normal breathing and heart rate, so that you can stay calm and in control, in any given situation.
Managing Stress From Another World
Posted by: | CommentsModern stress is habitual, and is something that the vast majority of Americans and Britons succumb to in their material driven lives. Whether mildly or overwhelmingly, stress will cast its powers across most of us at some stage in our lives, often increasingly as we get sucked into a pattern of working and living that gradually strips us of our individuality.
