Stress LESS through Mindful Living®
Creating an agenda for family meetings helps create a conversation flow. It relieves stress and anxiety through organized topics; each person has an opportunity to voice his/her opinions and receive and provide feedback from the rest of the family. The key with family meetings is to create an inviting and open forum for conversation. Nothing…
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Children grow up so fast. One day you’re changing their diapers and the next day you’re driving them to college. Empty nest syndrome can be tough so being emotionally prepared is important. However, being equipped financially is key to your children’s success and your peace of mind. Start a savings plan for your kids so…
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Your child has taken a treat from the cookie jar before dinner again – even after you told them not to… Now it’s time for action, but what is the best method of discipline? Recently, spanking has been a hot button issue. In the past it was a popular means of disciplining children. Now, many…
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We love our family and friends, but sometimes they can be unexpected sources of stress. When they experience stress we can often “catch” their anxiety like a germ. This type of stress is categorized as relationship stress. Recent research shows that stress is a contagion that can spread from person to person much like a…
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Dr. Cliff Arnall, a researcher at University of Cardiff’s Center for Lifelong Learning, has devised a formula that uses a variety of emotional and stress factors, to proclaim January 18 to be the most depressing day of the year in 2021. To make things worse, studies show that there are more heart attacks on Mondays…
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Now that the new year is here are you going to be in the driver’s seat to see as it unfolds? Or are you going to be a passenger in the backseat, just going along for the ride? We’ve all felt the way the latter feels. Resolve to be a stress free parent this year.…
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Puzzles are a powerful tool that reduces stress, increase your memory and help low the aging process of the brain. Research suggests puzzles and brain teasers may ward off dementia and Alzheimer’s, as well as improve overall brain and memory function. Working puzzles stimulate the brain to release dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. Dopamine helps…
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With a new year it’s time for physical and financial fitness. The key to financial fitness is saving money, but this can be a challenge for many Americans. According to research from Bankrate.com and CNN less than 25 percent of Americans have enough money in their saving account to cover expenses for at least six…
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Christmas time is a time for doing special things with family, but holiday events can fill up the calendar very quickly. We often find ourselves running from one event to the next without so much as a breath in between. The holidays then become about pleasing others and not ourselves or our families. However, this…
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There Are Many Reasons For Your Bah Humbug Do you want to turn the feelings of Bah Humbug to Ho Ho Ho this year? There are several causes if the holiday blues. Typical sources of holiday sadness are stress, fatigue, financial stress, the grief of an old relationship, loss of a loved one, over-commercialization, unrealistic…
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