Conscious Calm book now available!

Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry

Wondering what to do about stubborn stress patterns in your life? And where to start? Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom From Stress and Worry gives you a step by step approach to inner peace. “Conscious Calm distills an amazing breadth of information into a readable, practical mini-manual. This is the must-read book if you want…

Stress Relief and the Holidays? 5 Conscious Calm Tips

Stress Relief during the holidays?

Stressed about the holidays? The holiday rush and challenges can add even more pressure on people who are already experiencing unusually high stress. Recent research has shown that most people in the U.S. are experiencing moderate to high stress, which makes stress an epidemic in this country. The holiday rush and economic pressures can make…

Stress Relief and Gratitude

Gratitude and Stress Release

With the stressful and often complex holiday season, I find a good approach is to simply focus on the gratitude. A dear friend of over 25 years was just re-diagnosed with cancer. It’s scary. And mysterious. And her attitude has been amazing, staying with her emotions without running away, and focusing on her options and…

Stress Relief and EFT Research: A breakthrough study

EFT for Stress Relief

When you are stressed and on overload, it’s good to have tools that help you fast with stress management. For many people, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is one of those tools. The popularity of EFT has been growing world-wide since the ’90′s, and for good reason. This energy psychology technique is easy to learn. People…

Stress Relief: Why Conscious Calm?

Stress from Job and Work

If you are looking for stress relief, like most people you are seeking more calm and relaxation. That’s understandable. Both are in short supply. Like many others, you may have noticed too that when you use a stress management technique, or a stress relief tip, there is some noticeable change, at least for a while….

Stress Relief: Why positive thinking isn’t enough

Stress relief through positive thinking?

You’ve heard it before – “Just think positive thoughts.” When there is a lot going on and stress is high, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. One common message is to be watchful of negative thinking, and to think positive thoughts instead to experience stress relief. This is a complicated message, and can cause confusion. When…

Stress Relief: I want it now!

Stress relief now!

Stress relief is something we often only think about by the time we really, really need it. Life’s hectic pace can bring us to a point of feeling stressed out and even experiencing stress symptoms. All of a sudden, we realize we want stress relief NOW. Part of the information overload about stress and stress…

Stress Relief, Touch, and the Vagus Nerve

Stress Relief via a Hug

Familiar with “fight or flight?” With sudden high stress, there is an activation of the fight or flight response, getting the body ready to either flee the scene or fight. Of course in most cases, there is no place to run (or hide), and the stressful situation is not one that can easily be fought…

Is Stress a Laughing Matter?

No stress here!

Since today would have been Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday, it’s only fitting to consider the power of laughter in stress relief. When is the last time you laughed, hard? Was it just earlier today? Or a couple of days ago? With high stress, it’s pretty easy to get serious and worried. Playfulness and stress usually…

Hidden Effects of Stress Breathing – II

Stress causes some missing pieces

In a recent post I talked about some of the hidden effects of “stress breathing,” or breathing only as far as the chest area. There is an additional hidden effect of that shallower, tighter way of breathing; that’s the effect on your emotions. Our emotions can affect our breath, of course. When we are feeling…

Conscious Calm book now available!

Conscious Calm book now available!

Wondering what to do about stubborn stress patterns in your life? And where to start? Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom From Stress and Worry gives you a step by step approach to inner peace.

Conscious Calm distills an amazing breadth of information into a readable, practical mini-manual. This is the must-read book if you want to bust stress and experience lasting calm and peace in your life.”  – Marci Shimoff, NY Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason and Love for No Reason

Order your copy of Conscious Calm at Amazon.com here

“…This book is a must read for everyone and essential to those in the helping professions such as therapists, physicians, nurses, teachers and coaches.“  – Cloé Madanes, author of Relationship Breakthrough and Strategic Family Therapy.

“While this book could be a textbook to learning about how stress works, it is so practical, its greatest gift is as a guide to real actions anyone can take. We should all keep a copy close at hand. I will.”   Rev. angel Kyodo williams, author of Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace

Conscious Calm is like the handbook to the brain, body and emotions no one gets when they ‘grow up’.  I wish I had this book when I turned 13.  I am sure that I will continue to go back to it for years to come.”   Sheela Bringi, musician. www.shebrings.com

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Stress Relief and the Holidays? 5 Conscious Calm Tips

Stress Relief during the holidays?

Stressed about the holidays? The holiday rush and challenges can add even more pressure on people who are already experiencing unusually high stress. Recent research has shown that most people in the U.S. are experiencing moderate to high stress, which makes stress an epidemic in this country. The holiday rush and economic pressures can make…

Stress Relief and Gratitude

Gratitude and Stress Release

With the stressful and often complex holiday season, I find a good approach is to simply focus on the gratitude. A dear friend of over 25 years was just re-diagnosed with cancer. It’s scary. And mysterious. And her attitude has been amazing, staying with her emotions without running away, and focusing on her options and…

Stress Relief and EFT Research: A breakthrough study

EFT for Stress Relief

When you are stressed and on overload, it’s good to have tools that help you fast with stress management. For many people, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is one of those tools. The popularity of EFT has been growing world-wide since the ’90′s, and for good reason. This energy psychology technique is easy to learn. People…

Stress Relief: Why Conscious Calm?

Stress from Job and Work

If you are looking for stress relief, like most people you are seeking more calm and relaxation. That’s understandable. Both are in short supply. Like many others, you may have noticed too that when you use a stress management technique, or a stress relief tip, there is some noticeable change, at least for a while….

Stress Relief: Why positive thinking isn’t enough

Stress relief through positive thinking?

You’ve heard it before – “Just think positive thoughts.” When there is a lot going on and stress is high, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. One common message is to be watchful of negative thinking, and to think positive thoughts instead to experience stress relief. This is a complicated message, and can cause confusion. When…

Stress Relief: I want it now!

Stress relief now!

Stress relief is something we often only think about by the time we really, really need it. Life’s hectic pace can bring us to a point of feeling stressed out and even experiencing stress symptoms. All of a sudden, we realize we want stress relief NOW. Part of the information overload about stress and stress…

Stress Relief, Touch, and the Vagus Nerve

Stress Relief via a Hug

Familiar with “fight or flight?” With sudden high stress, there is an activation of the fight or flight response, getting the body ready to either flee the scene or fight. Of course in most cases, there is no place to run (or hide), and the stressful situation is not one that can easily be fought…

Is Stress a Laughing Matter?

No stress here!

Since today would have been Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday, it’s only fitting to consider the power of laughter in stress relief. When is the last time you laughed, hard? Was it just earlier today? Or a couple of days ago? With high stress, it’s pretty easy to get serious and worried. Playfulness and stress usually…

Hidden Effects of Stress Breathing – II

Stress causes some missing pieces

In a recent post I talked about some of the hidden effects of “stress breathing,” or breathing only as far as the chest area. There is an additional hidden effect of that shallower, tighter way of breathing; that’s the effect on your emotions. Our emotions can affect our breath, of course. When we are feeling…