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…
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….
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
You may have noticed: when you feel stressed out your breathing changes. If you are feeling under stress for a while, it can change your pattern of breathing. What I call “stress breathing,” a shallow breath that only goes down as far as the chest area, can become a habit. This kind of breathing has…
1.) Don’t take any breaks during the day. There’s just too much to do. 2.) Tell yourself stories about problems or irritations, preferably all day long. Use detail to keep your emotions following the mental stories, so you end up angry if it’s an angry story, or sad if it’s a sad story. Extra points…
Feeling stressed out and worried can be exhausting. There’s the trying to get everything done. That’s tiring enough. Then there’s the extra energy that it takes to worry, and the tension caused by stress. All that leaves us even more drained. When we’re stressed and spinning, it can help to short-circuit the action. Maybe we…
