Make Friends With Your Nightmares

Nightmares - the kind that wake us with our heart beating wildly and our whole body tensed and ready to do battle with the baddies or run away - are often experienced as very frightening and worrisome. Many want to forget their bad dreams as soon as possible. They don’t realize these could be missed opportunities for enrichment in their lives. Analyzing dreams is a potent method not only for managing stress but for our personal development. We may ask ourselves: Did I see or hear something... Read more »

Feeling Overwhelmed, Overworked, Overloaded? Here are 7 Expert Stress Management Tips

Feeling overwhelmed, overworked, overloaded and stressed are is all too commonplace nowadays. The problem is that these feelings are actually compromising our effectiveness, productivity and efficiency. We get things done but at a cost to both the quality and quantity of work we produce and at a cost to our physical, mental and emotional health. A proverb from the Dominican Republic says that, “It’s not the load but the overload that kills.” Some individuals become so overwhelmed... Read more »

Finding Ways to Relieve Stress

There are ways to relieve stress. Since we all do experience stress at some point, we can all use a good stress management technique or two. Here are some great ways to deal with stress and get it out of our system. Learn Ways to Relax Have you ever heard of relaxation techniques? There are various methods taught in classes that you can use to pump stress out of your system. Among the most common examples are yoga and hypnosis. In most cases though, you can do with good, simple techniques that you... Read more »

Another Stress Reduction Technique

This article is mainly about how to control your stress. You will find a wonderful stress relieving technique below to help you manage or even eliminate stress. One stress reducing method is to use your imagination to induce relaxation. The mind is a powerful tool and can easily induce relaxation. You can start this technique by doing some abdominal breathing for about five minutes to relax and wind down. Now imagine yourself in a comfortable place, maybe a hammock on a tropical beach or something... Read more »

Success Is A Matter Of Perception And Reflection

An important matter to consider in the realm of self assessment and evaluating ones self worth is the subject of success. In today’s world the flashy and often glitzy portrayal of what many consider to be success can leave an individual feeling frustrated and overwhelmed to say the least. The demands associated with attempting to measure up to the worlds view of success can easily deplete the mental and emotional resources of a perfectly capable and balanced person. All too often our own imperfections,... Read more »

How To Relieve Your Stress & Anxiety

There’s a lot of debate and theories about what it is stress and what it does to us. We all have an idea of what’s stress because we all experience it from time to time (some persons more often than they would like to experience it). Hans Selye one of the fathers of stress research teached us that stress is not necessarily something bad, that it’s part of the natural experience of living and that even the animals have stress. And Selye stated that the biochemical effects of stress... Read more »

What Are The Causes of Panic Attacks?

What causes a panic attack? There could be many different underlying reasons for a panic attack, but the most common reason is simply high stress or anxiety. Understanding the underlying reasons of what causes a panic attack is part learning how to overcome a panic attack. The fact is anxiety is a common part of life and everyone experiences it on a daily basis. How we manage the anxiety is the key to a healthier lifestyle. I watched a TV program that was about a study on people that lived longer... Read more »

How does the Law of Attraction work?

If you give out joy, the universe will bring you more joy. If you give out anger or sadness, the universe will bring more anger or sadness back to you - this is the universal Law of Attraction Don’t believe in it? Just take a look at how it works in practice and see if I can change your mind. Let’s take frustration - when does this start in your day? What about when you reach in your sock drawer and try to find that ellusive pair of socks! Imagine the scene, you draw out one, then... Read more »

How To Manage Your Stress With Mind Control

Sometimes we are not able to escape from our stressors (i.e. if your boss stresses you), but what we all can do is to take a few moments to sit comfortably and melt your stress through mind control. Mind control can be as powerful as the strongest anti stress medicine that you can find anywhere and it’s a natural way of solving our problems. Using mind control you can draw on any number of real or imaginary experiences. You can recall a time when you where at peace with blissful surroundings... Read more »

Boost Energy Levels and Reduce Stress Levels by Giving Your Life the Room 101 Treatment

Room 101 in George Orwell’s novel “nineteen eight-four” was the room which contained the “worst thing in the world” and is the name of a popular TV comedy show where celebrities get to air their pet peeves. You can take the Room 101 concept a step further to boost your energy and reduce stress. As I watched a recent episode of the program it struck me that more of us should give our lives the Room 101 treatment. Another word for the phrase “pet peeves”... Read more »