“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” – Unknown I was talking with a client about meditation exercises the other day. He told me that he schedules 40 minutes every morning for meditation exercises and then it’s off to the gym. In fact it’s exactly 40 minutes and his meditation [...]
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – the Buddha Each year millions of Americans go to their doctors for stress and anxiety relief. As a result doctors around the country regularly prescribe medications such as Prozac and Zoloft to these patients. In some states where medical marijuana is legal, doctors prescribe smoking [...]
It’s completely normal for you to feel stressed and anxious from time to time. Everyone does. It’s when your stress and anxiety become overwhelming that you may be tempted to seek solace in prescription medication, alcohol, or even recreational drugs. The problem with using these “quick fixes” to relieve your anxiety and stress is that [...]
I don’t know about you but it seems as I grow older my life has grown busier. In the past I found that as my life got busier I began feeling overwhelmed by stress and its accompanying anxiety. I’m sure that you understand that having anxiety and stress in your life is as normal as [...]
We experience stress every day in our lives. It doesn’t matter if you are at work or at home, with so many tasks to do and so many people to take care of, it can be easy to forget to slow down and take care of yourself. Deep breathing and meditation are extremely beneficial ways [...]
Have you ever found your mind wondering? You’re working on something one minute and then all of a sudden you are thinking about something all together different and don’t even know how you got to thinking about whatever it is? Sure it happens to us all, one moment we’re doing a great job of getting [...]
Do you react or respond to negative events and people in your life? What I mean is, when something unusual happens, like a co-worker gives you bad news about a project you are working on, do you think about what they have told you and respond with a solution or do you react to the [...]
Depression seems to affect many people these days. Just as there are many different types of depression there are some very basic ways to reduce it’s affects as well. Before we start I want to make it clear that I am talking about mild to moderate depression in this article. Someone with severe depression should [...]
Her eyes had deep, dark circles. She told me, “I haven’t slept in weeks.” I asked her why. She responded that it was because she “was all stressed out.” It was stress from her job and stress from her kids. She was stressed out from driving an hour each way to work and her boss [...]
Is it me or did life used to be a lot slower? It seems like I just can’t get away anymore. With my cell phone attached to my hip, it’s primed to interrupt me with a call, text or e-mail at any time, even when I’m in the bathroom. With Facebook, Twitter and e-mail and [...]
