Most people don’t like to move. In fact, if you’re like most people you probably think that moving and stress go hand in hand. Moving can be a big ordeal, but you can take steps to relieve your moving stress and anxiety and ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible. With some good planning [...]
Depression hurts both mentally and physically. When you feel depressed, you just want to lie on the sofa while the television drones on in the background. You aren’t really watching anything that takes too much energy. But you don’t even feel like reaching for the remote to change channels. The last thing you want to [...]
Being stressed out has become part of our everyday language. Fifty years ago, had you told someone you were stressed out, they wouldn’t have known what you were talking about and might even have questioned your knowledge of grammar! But that’s all changed. Rare is the individual today who doesn’t get stressed out at least [...]
For most people life can be irrational, unfair and fraught with unexpected pitfalls over which you have no control. As John Lennon once said, “Life is what happens as we are busy making plans.” I believe that’s a good philosophy, life will always add its two cents. The problem is that those cents keep mounting [...]
When I’m stressed out I either shut down or overreact. If my daughter comes home late I may raise my voice or talk without even trying to listen. If someone I care about psychically injures me, I may avoid her or carefully word any interaction I have with her to steer clear of confronting the [...]
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 [...]
What’s the great thing about work? You get to work with people. What’s the bad thing about work? You get to work with people. Work can generate lots of stress. From tight deadlines to irksome co-workers stress in the workplace is everywhere. Now, a little stress is actually good. Stress can help you work harder [...]
Stress affects everyone differently. How does stress affect you? Do you get stressed out about work, your relationships or your finances? Especially in today’s environment there are more than enough stress-induced problems to keep you stressed out all the time. For some, it can feel like you are in a pressure cooker where the pressure [...]
I believe that Michael Jackson was one of the most talented entertainers of our era. In the 70’s I rode around blasting “I’ll be there”, “ABC” and “Got to be there” out of my AM radio from my Burgundy 1964 Chrysler New Yorker that my dad and I painted. I loved Michael’s stuff. Now I [...]
Right now financial stress seems to be affecting everybody. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. If you somehow managed to meet your financial obligations this month, your car’s probably ready to break down but it doesn’t qualify for the clunker credit. You know what they say, when it rains, it pours. Most of us [...]
