It’s the tail end of Stress Awareness Month. And I like to ask, what kind of awareness do you want to bring to stress? How you approach and experience stress – as all bad; as sometimes positive, sometimes negative; as a challenge; as a problem to manage –makes a difference. Since it can be difficult to even figure … [Read more...]
Conscious Calm on free Kindle promo today!
Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry is on free Kindle promotion today! The last time we ran the promo, over 28,000 people downloaded the book across the globe. You can find your copy at the Kindle store - no need to own a Kindle, you can read the book on a computer, tablet, or even on your … [Read more...]
EFT, Stress Relief, and Tapping for Success
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques, a.k.a. “Tapping”) is one of the many energy psychology methods that can be used to shift emotional and cognitive states and often clear emotional intensity. In some clinical circles, especially in working with trauma, EFT is accurately being described as “acupressure-assisted … [Read more...]
Stress, placebo, and the power of the mind
While some stress is needed for us to function at all, when we are feeling overwhelmed or exhausted from too much stress, chronic or toxic stress has built up, or even taken over. Understanding high, toxic stress calls for a change in where we focus our attention to deal with stress. Instead of focusing on the … [Read more...]