Category: Stress Reduction

Stress LESS through Mindful Living®

Are You at Risk for Brownout?

The American Psychological reports that 65 percent of employees reveal that work is a significant source of stress in their lives. Our workplaces continue to be a key stressor in our lives. A new term for a type of work stress is “brownout.” Most of us are familiar with the term burnout but brownout is…
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Massage Is a Powerful Tool for Your Health

Massage therapy is a powerful tool for your health and is especially effective for reducing stress. I have gotten a massage once a week for many years. It makes me feel better mentally and physically, reduces my stress and relaxes my sore, tight muscles. I feel refreshed and renewed after my regular, midweek massage. I…
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Your Stress Will Fly Away

Bird Feeding This is National Bird Feeding Month. This is a great time to learn more about the blessing of birds, nurture the bird population, and maybe even begin a new hobby of birding. Falling in love with birds can reduce your stress as you patiently experience their behavior, watch them eat, witness their beauty,…
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Take Time For Romance

Romance for many of us these days is a long awaited dream or an intermittent gift we rarely experience in our busy lives. Whether you are single or married this is a chronic problem of our time. Intimacy is an essential need of every human being and one that we too many times put on…
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Hug the Flu Away

Yes, it’s flu season, but a good hug can be just what the doctor ordered. A published study suggests that, in addition to making us feel connected with others, hugs may have prevented you from getting sick. You might think hugging would increase your exposure to germs and therefore your likelihood of getting sick. But…
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How to Deal with Severe Weather Stress

Spring was the time of year where it was normal to experience unstable weather and the possibility of a natural disasters. Today due to global warming and severe weather natural disasters are becoming more and more unpredictable. In honor of National Severe Weather Preparedness week, lets take the time to learn more on how to…
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Can a Simple Flower Change Your Health?

Don’t you want to reduce stress and depression and also have more energy, enthusiasm, and compassion? Flowers are an essential tool for our mental and physical health. A behavioral research study conducted by Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, shows we feel more energy, enthusiasm, and compassion toward others and…
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Play Makes You Happy and Healthy

When was the last time you played? Dr. Margaret Duncan, at University of Wisconsin and president of the Association of the Study of Play believes play is not the opposite of work; it is the antidote to the work of adults. Researchers link play to healthy relationships, strong family ties, and creativity. Play is absorbing…
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2020: The Year of Mindful Living

You can discover a life of sustainable happiness and health by living from the inside out with Mindful Living. You can discover wonder, joy, and energy in the simple, mundane, and ordinary moments of your life. Mindful Living is the awareness that every thought, word, and action affects you, the environment, and society. To begin…
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Fight the holiday blues

Fight the Holiday Blues

Do you want to turn the feelings of “Bah Humbug” to “Ho Ho Ho” this year? There are several causes of the holiday blues. Typical sources of holiday sadness are stress, fatigue, financial stress, grief of an old relationship, loss of a loved one, over-commercialization, unrealistic expectations and not being able to be with your family…
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