Simplify Your Life To Reduce Your Stress And Improve Your Health!

02 Jan 2012

How can you decrease your stress? Simplify your life and de-clutter your life and mind and you can significantly improve your health. Now that we are past the Holiday Season of hustle and bustle, it’s time to simplify. Discover the value of living a more balanced, less stressful, deliberate and thoughtful life. Here’s what to do: Clear the clutter. Pick one area of your home and take a hard look. Clear out the items you are not using and either donate, sell, store or throw away. Switch off the media. Turn off the TV’s, radios, smart phones, laptops and video games. This is audio-visual clutter. Clear your calendar. Only say… Continue Reading Simplify Your Life To Reduce Your Stress And Improve Your Health!

RELAX! It Could Improve Your Health!

10 Oct 2011

There are tremendous health benefits to be had when relaxation techniques are used to reduce the stress of responsibilities and tasks or the demands an illness can have on the body and mind. Relaxation reduces stress by: the heart rate. Lowering blood pressure. Slowing your breathing rate. Increasing blood flow to major muscles. Reducing muscle tension and chronic pain. Improving concentration. Reducing anger and frustration. Boosting confidence to handle problems. Relaxation techniques involve refocusing your attention on something calming and increasing awareness of your body. Types of relaxation techniques: Autogenic relaxation comes from within you and uses both visual imagery and body awareness. You repeat words or suggestions in your… Continue Reading RELAX! It Could Improve Your Health!

STRESS: Constant stress can put your health at serious risk

03 Oct 2011

Our bodies stress reaction was meant to protect us. When this system is constantly on alert, our health can pay the price. Our stress response system produces chemicals in our bodies that have effects to help us deal with the stress. The long-term activation of this system (caused by chronic stressors) can disrupt almost all of our bodies normal functions leading to health problems. Common effects of stress: On our bodies: Heart disease: chest pain. Sleep problems: insomnia. Digestive problems: stomach upset, ulcers. Obesity. Headache. Fatigue. Muscle tension or pain. Change in sex drive. Worsening of skin conditions, eczema. On our mood: Depression or sadness. Anxiety and restlessness. Memory impairment… Continue Reading STRESS: Constant stress can put your health at serious risk