Negative Thinking: The Evil Behind Stress and Burnout

According to recent research, the average person has a different thought approximately every two to three minutes. Today’s work executives suffer especially frequent headaches at the end of their work days. The main culprit in this rash of executive stress and burnout in today’s world is negative thinking. Typical work executives spend so much time thinking and subconsciously listening to each of their separate thoughts that the negative mental banter that is allowed to filter into their conscious minds becomes detrimental to their well-being. Such negative thinking is triggered by seemingly harmless acts like: * A brief conversation with your boss * A comment that was overheard * An e-mail that you read The human brain triggers negative thinking through comparing our abilities and... Read more »

Stress, Your Mind, and Peak Performance

Stress is necessary for motivating us to perform at our best. But too much stress, or chronic unrelenting stress, can make us feel helpless and unable to concentrate. How can you learn to stay focused under stress? The relationship between feelings and events Albert Ellis, a prominent psychotherapist, developed a way to help people learn to control their emotions rather than feeling controlled by their emotions. His basic premise was that emotions had nothing to do with actual events but with the self-talk we engage in almost unconsciously about the event. This explains why two people can experience the same event and have different feelings about... Read more »

7 Stops on the Less Stress Express

Would you like to spend less time racking up emotional debt and more time receiving dividends from your ‘feeling better’ bank account? Research findings show that the complex demands of family and work can really get you down. When inundated with a myriad of responsibilities, daydreaming about what you would rather be doing is a typical and common pastime. It is well known that tension is the body’s response to any stimulus-external or internal-that is perceived as taxing personal resources. Stress can appear suddenly, unexpected and unannounced: physiologically as headaches, stomach upset; emotionally by feeling irritated,... Read more »

How Psychics Help Relieve Stress

Psychics help individuals in a variety of ways. For example, if you are like most people the every day stressors of life can really take their toll on you. Talking with a psychic may help relieve some of that stress by giving you an open forum to vent. You may also find that live advisors can be a useful sounding board to find objective solutions to issues that may be troubling you. Many people talk with psychics to clear their conscious of unhealthy clutter. Talking with a psychic may afford you an opportunity to relieve yourself of the excess baggage that may add additional... Read more »

Handling Employee Stress in the Workplace

Handling employee stress in the workforce is no easy task. Some employees rise to the occasion while others cringe with fear or avoid the situation completely. This article will provide you with information that can help you develop a solid workforce that won’t crack under pressure. Whether you′re an executive, a manager or a team leader, the following information will be beneficial to you. Knowing how your staff will respond to stress and employee conflict could be the key to building an organization that can withstand even the toughest challenges. Being able to identify issues that cause stress and the employees who are most affected will help... Read more »

The Sweetening Spiral, A New Twist On Your Road to Wellness

What is the opposite of a vicious circle? Think about it! Isn’t it odd that we have no common term for this in the English language? German, Swedish and French have such terms, but we don’t. I deal with this issue daily, as I help people release negative, self-defeating patterns of behaviors in my practice of psychotherapy, often in telephone sessions. The most common vicious circle is one in which outer stress leads to anxiety, leads to tension, leads to feeling stressed inside ourselves, leads to more anxiety, leads to more tensions, leads to etc. The most common way that many people deal with such vicious circles is to take medications that dampen anxieties... Read more »

Picking Beans In The Hot Summer Sun!

There were 15 of us with our backs stooped and sweat running down our foreheads into our eyes. It had rained the night before and we were slipping and sliding down the long rows, trying to fill our buckets before the sun got too hot. Even early in the morning it was already 80 degrees and climbing. As the day gets warmer, June Bugs, Wasps and Bumble Bees make the bean vines hum as they wake from their sleep. We’ve had a lot of rain lately and the mosquitoes buzz around our eyes and ears as we pick. I had the foresight to put a can of mosquito repellant... Read more »

How to Minimize the Stress of Moving

Regardless of whether it’s across the country or across town, moving is a stressful, expensive and time-consuming event. It requires extensive planning, organization, and a lot of physical activity. While there is no easy way to move house, there are several things you can do to simplify the process and reduce the amount of stress on yourself. First things first: identify a target moving date. You’ll want to take a variety of factors into consideration when determining your moving timeframe, such as work schedules if you’re changing employment, school schedules for your kids, housing considerations such as rent or lease terms, and... Read more »

Anxiety: What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Have you lived through a scary or dangerous event? Do you have some of the following problems? * Feeling like the event is happening again * Trouble sleeping or nightmares * Not feeling close to people * Becoming easily angered * Feeling guilty because others died when you lived If so, you might have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Events that might cause PTSD include rape, physical abuse, an airplane or car crash, war or others. For most people, PTSD starts about three months after the event. However, sometimes... Read more »

What Do Your Symptoms Mean?

If you are an energetic person who likes to succeed, who likes to get things done yesterday, you might find it extremely helpful to slow down your pace when learning stress management techniques. Here’s why: Enthusiasm may push you to take on many techniques at once and do them for too long. You run a high risk of burning out and losing interest if you try to do too much too fast. Furthermore, you are likely to feel guilty for coming up with excuses to avoid exercising at all. You may feel confused when you begin to experience more energy as a result of doing relaxation and stress management exercises. Resist the temptation to pour this extra energy back... Read more »