Tag Archives: stress management

Three easy and inexpensive ways to relieve stress (that actually work)

Trying to manage stress on a daily basis can often feel like a full time job in itself. In addition to the actual stress, there are loud advertisements and popular trends that you must do now in order to have … Continue reading

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Stress: It’s all in the management

Who doesn’t have some stress in their lives now and then? Sure, some of us have more stress present than others, but to some degree we all encounter stress on a daily basis: a traffic jam sending you into a … Continue reading

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Getting Fit to Get Happy – Have Fun Moving

Most people with adrenal fatigue don’t even want to think about lifting a dumbbell or climbing a mountain, much less actually do either of these activities. Others with compromised adrenal function miss the added energy and positive feelings their spinning … Continue reading

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School Yourself on Back to School Stress

It’s back to school time, and the hope of free time springs eternal in parents’ souls. Then, splat! oatmeal lands on the Cocker Spaniel’s head, bringing buckets of laughter from your 5 year old and tear-filled yelps from your toddler. … Continue reading

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Adrenal Fatigue and Lifestyle: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Separating the Good from the Bad and the Ugly It is important to be able to distinguish which things in your life are contributing to your health and which things are detracting from it. A good first step in helping … Continue reading

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Maintaining Sanity in Times of Stress: Stress Management Tips

Create a sense of control over the situation (or your response to it) A diminished sense of control or mastery over life is a risk factor for depression, and hopelessness can literally transform stress into depression.12 Increasing your sense of … Continue reading

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Got Stress? How’s Your Sleep?

The sleep-stress connection Who hasn’t experienced a restless night full of tossing and turning from worry about a test, interview or presentation the next day? Stress and worry affect your quality of sleep which, in turn, affects your ability to … Continue reading

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Saving Sleep, Sex and Sanity in a Stressful World: Introduction

Got stress? That’s a pretty easy question to answer, and one to which most of us would reply to with an emphatic “Yes!” Here’s another question: How’s your sleep, sex and sanity? Most of us can name at least one … Continue reading

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Stress and Digestion Part 3-Rescuing Your Digestive System

Rescuing Your Digestive System Although it is not possible to avoid all stress, it is beneficial to keep stress at a manageable level and allow your parasympathetic nervous system to have a chance to repair your body. Here are some … Continue reading

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The Effects of Stress on Hair, Skin and Nails: Part 3

 Nails and Stress Fingernails and toenails are also not immune to the effects of stress. Strong, healthy nails require protein, silica, magnesium, zinc, iron, biotin, and other vitamins and minerals. Because stress makes it more difficult for your body to … Continue reading

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