Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and Panic “Attacks”
In the past year nearly 45 million Americans have suffered from so- called “anxiety disorders”, including anxiety and panic attacks, as well as phobias. That’s a lot of people—more than 15% of the U.S. population. And it’s a lot of suffering. Anxiety leaves people chronically miserable. A severe panic attack leaves people in cold sweat terror dreading they are dying. And phobias leave people painted into a corner of fear and nasty limitation. Anxiety disorders have become...
MESICS Free Release Breathing™
Do This for Fast Stress Relief You’re probably very busy a lot of the time and so even though you really want to lower your stress levels you can’t, especially during the day. Here’s a method called MESICS “Free Release Breathing”. It is a wonderful stress busting practice that’s easy to do, yet powerful. You will get results-fast. You can do it pretty much anywhere and it doesn’t take long. And the more you do it, the more you will strengthen your “stress...
Stress Management: Mindfulness
Mindfulness is not only a very powerful way to manage your stress, but it will also open the door to the deeper possibilities in your life, the door that chronic stress keeps shut tight. Typically your mind will distract you and pull you into anxious concerns about the past or future or into some random train of worrisome thought. Stress often follows as a result. Mindfulness involves bringing your attention into the present moment, so you can be aware and notice what’s going on here and now....
Menopause Relief: Stress, Hot Flashes, Anxiety, Depression, Etc.
Most women don’t understand menopause or the real cause of their menopause problems. Too often, women think of menopause as a medical condition that carries with it stress, hot flashes, anxiety, depression and other difficulties. That’s not the case. Menopause doesn’t naturally cause these problems at all. Hormone imbalance does. And hormone imbalance doesn’t come along with menopause automatically. Women were terribly misinformed about this when told by their doctors that...
Menopause: Why Western Women Have So Much Trouble
Unlike Far Eastern women, Western women are plagued with menopause problem such as hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain, insomnia and depression. One reason this is the case is the false views western women download about what midlife and menopause are really all about. But that’s changing, thankfully. These false views have led to a counterproductive “mindset”, an outlook that has burdened western women with misinformation and false assumptions. Menopause has long been shrouded...
Work Stress: Does Your Job Lack “Soul”?
Does your job lack soul? If yes, you probably feel stressed out and miserable a lot of the time, right? And you’re also probably not living the quality of life you deserve. Well you’re not alone. Work has lost its soul for many people, including those in high paying jobs. Work without soul is work that lacks a loving connection to life. It’s work that involves little if any meaningful connection to other people. The great Russian writer Dostoevsky explained why work without soul...
Personal Growth: What God Told Amy and Jack
One day God couldn’t take Amy and Jack praying to Him any longer. They prayed everyday for so many things that it took God many hours just to listen to them. They wanted to sell their little grocery store in a small town and be able to move into the big city and be free from the constraints of their family, a family that lived in the same small town for five generations. God came down and met with Jack and Amy. He told them, “I will grant you three wishes and three wishes only. After that, don’t...
Stress Relief: Ready for Your Game Plan?
Stress is not only uncomfortable-it puts your health and quality of life at risk. Research continues to pour in showing how stress ruins hundreds of thousands of lives each year. But cutting edge research also shows that there’s simple, yet powerful ways to protect yourself from stress. All you have to do is understand what stress really is, what to do about it and how. With other words, you’ll save yourself a lot of trouble if you have an effective stress relief game plan. And the news...
225,000 Innocent American’s Killed Last Year – You Won’t Believe How…
The United States has the most expensive health care system in the world. But not only is it among the least effective, it’s also a killer. Would you believe that doctors and hospitals are the third leading cause of death in America? Only cancer and heart disease take more lives annually (and stress drives both). How can this be? Aren’t doctors the ones to call and aren’t hospitals the places to go when we’re ill? Perhaps so-but as medical research indicates-we do so at considerable...
Vitamin D: What You Need to Know
Many studies show that Vitamin D3 has remarkable abilities to prevent illnesses and promote your health and well-being. As, preeminent medical scientist Dr. Paul Rosch put it in his January 2009 Health and Stress Newsletter: “There are well over two dozen diseases that have been linked with a lack of Vitamin D or have been shown to improve with appropriate Vitamin D supplementation.” You’re Probably Not Getting Enough Vitamin D3 Most of us have inadequate vitamin D levels. This...
Stress Relief: The “Pack” is Coming
Most of us are hungry to connect to who we deeply are, a connection often made difficult by our family and cultural conditioning. Conditioning sets limits that can keep us trapped in an identity that often swims in a sea of stress hormones-because it’s too small for who we truly are. And living in confinement is very stressful indeed. Stress Ruins Lives Valuing and preserving our health and well-being are important parts of a life lived with love, courage, wisdom and passion. As the Buddha...
An Investment That Really Pays Off—Guaranteed
You may be searching high and low for something you can invest in that could really pay off big time. Well this is one of the trickiest investment environments we’ve ever been in. But here’s a sure thing with 100% upside and no downside. Invest in actionable knowledge about stress. Stress is the developed world’s #1 health and quality of life problem, according to the World Health Organization. And the more I learn and the more I open my eyes-the more I think that they’ve...
Stress and Infertility
Are you and your partner having trouble getting pregnant? Are you especially discouraged and frustrated because tests show that your eggs and sperm are healthy and viable and that you should be able to conceive a child-but you can’t? That’s a painful dilemma to be in-and you’re not alone, many couples share your problem. These couples should be able to conceive a child, but again and again, they fail to do so, even with the help of a good infertility clinic. The Bad News What most...
Stress and the Insomnia Nightmare
Did you know that insomnia puts you at risk for serious health problems as well as for chronic anxiety and depression? Not getting a full night’s sleep now and then is common. But if you have chronic trouble getting to and staying asleep you need to do something about it. But what exactly should you do? Sleep medications provide temporary relief, but not only are they habit forming, they also don’t really give you the kind of sleep you need. Recent studies have given us a clear idea about...
Beware: Financial Stress Epidemic
Financial Stress is Contagious Financial stress goes to the bone of our deepest worry–staying alive. Money represents survival. That’s why money is so important and why so many people are stressed out over finances. Stress is contagious. In the same way that there can be a flu epidemic that infects many people-financial stress can spread rapidly among many thousands and even millions of people. Right now we are in the midst of an outbreak of serious financial stress, an epidemic of financial...
Heart Disease and Stress Hormones: Deaths Up Dramatically – Are You Next?
Are You at Risk for Heart Disease? Did you know that in the 1920’s heart disease accounted for only 10% of deaths a year in America, but today heart disease is America’s #1 killer? I’ll tell you what’s responsible for this increase just up ahead. But first let me tell you why you should care. Heart disease sneaks up on people, it doesn’t knock first-it just breaks down the door. People don’t see it coming and, at first, they actually have trouble believing that...
Stress, Anxiety and Depression: This is Why They’re Close Cousins
Did you know that stress, anxiety and depression are close cousins. It’s no surprise. Studies show that a stress chemical/hormone called Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) triggers both anxiety and depression. Here’s what happens. YOUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE We’re hard wired for a survival response, called the “Fight or Flight Response”, also known as the “Stress Response.” This response played an important role in keeping your ancestors alive for many thousands of years....
Financial Stress at the Pizza Parlor
Elena is a chef owner of a local pizza parlor. I went in yesterday to pick up a pizza and she looked weary and out of sorts. She asked how I was doing and then she said: ” 2008 has been a rough year for me, very rough.” “All I do is work more and more to pay higher and higher bills every month.” “I’m worried, I hope 2009 will be a better year.” A voice inside me said: “me too.” It has been a tough year for a lot of people. We’re working...
Work Stress: An Epidemic is Destroying Lives
Why Workplace Stress is a Killer If you ask yourself: “Why should I care about Job Stress?”, then more than 10 years of science research will give you the answer. You need to care about Job Stress because it puts you at serious risk for the following: sudden death, heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, cancer, strokes, diabetes, anxiety and depression and painful family problems. Studies show that chronic Job Stress can not only raise your blood pressure, double your risk...
Stress Facts & Stats, Stress Statistics, Stress is Killing People, Stress Kills
If You Suffer From Ongoing Stress Understanding the Risks Could Save Your Life At one time or another we’ve all felt the unpleasant effects of stress: * Your stomach is constantly in knots. * Your muscles are sore and tense. * You feel dog-tired a lot of the time. * You have that “red in the face” feeling from high blood pressure. * Most days you feel low and unhappy. * When you try to think of a solution or a way out, you go blank. These feelings are typical and quite normal. Stress...
