Transform Your Stress

13 Weeks to a NEW You!

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:44:32 +0000

Sick and tired of feeling tired? Stuck in a food rut? Want to lose weight but tired of diets? Here are 13 suggestions to change yoru relationship to food and to build in healthy habits that are guaranteed success. Implement one every week. Aim for persistence NOT perfection. So if you only follow the suggestion half the time – keep going! Congratulate yourself because any change is still a change!

You not only are breaking through your resistance you are building new habits. It is only if you quit that you fail.

No matter what NEVER give up!

Ok, Are you ready?

Get moving. Walk stairs, park further away, dance, carry your groceries vs a cart. Whatever you need to do , just get up and move!
Increase your fiber and decrease your fat. Give up fast food and have a salad 3 out of 5 days. Have crunchy snacks

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21st Century Disease: Stress

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:11 +0000

Almost 20 years ago, a United Nations Report labeled job stress “The 20th Century Disease” and shortly thereafter, the World Health Organization said it had become a “World Wide Epidemic.” With staggering unemployment and continued “restructuring” in companies and organizations, the need to stay on top of your game is at an all time high.

The European Union, Japan, United States, France and abroad have found that problems in the workplace are escalating. Job stress carries a price tag for U.S. industry estimated at over $300 billion annually as a result of:

Accidents
Absenteeism
Employee turnover
Diminished productivity
Direct medical, legal, and insurance costs
Workers’ compensation awards as well as tort and FELA judgments

Pressure may come from the top down but the workers threaten the entire business due to stress related cracks in the foundation. So how do you, whether you are a manager or a worker, stay on … Read the rest

9 Questions to Guaruntee Happiness

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:29:40 +0000

Happiness is more of an attitude than the result of something or someone. Early in life happiness comes from something or someone and with age and more so experience, happiness begins to be experienced as an internal sense of contentment or peace.

Here are 9 questions to ask yourself. The answers will help you find a sense of peace and accomplishment at a deep spiritual level. While it seems that life is happening to us; life is a function of what we believe and our attitude toward what happens. If you are looking for spiritual answers to life’s experiences, this will help you dig deeper and connect with your soul.

Questions to ask yourself:

1. Have I felt and expressed love today?

2. Have I made a difference in the world, in my family, in my community?

3. Have I taken care of my physical body and eaten healthy, stretched, danced, … Read the rest

7 Things Managers can do to make a difference in staff stress

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:42:55 +0000

Recently I had a manager ask what she could do since her staff are overworked and really feeling the pressure of the new demands in the workplace. She was able to see how this caused an increase in errors in judgment and reduced morale as staff complained about the pressure. She also noted that the use of sick days increased.

What is a manager to do when the signs are obvious that pressure no longer improves performance and is in fact hindering it. Here are 7 things a manager can do to make a difference for their employees:

Make sure your staff know their work is valuable. Help them to connect what they are doing with the company’s overall goals and mission. Most people find great satisfaction when they engage in something meaningful.
Keep a check on your own stress. When you begin to see everything as urgent and convey

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Death by Chocolate

admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:43:23 +0000

Do you eat when stressed? Crave sugar. Desserts spelled backward spell stressed! Sure you are on the go, not a moment to yourself and that Chocolate Mocha Latte with whipped cream would be a nice treat, after all you deserve it! Yes, you do deserve to have what you want but my question to you is this, “what you really want?”

Will this treat help you achieve your goals? Will it help you reduce stress? In reality this sugar binge is only going to make it worse as you crash later and need to have something else to eat in the afternoon to pick you up. The cycle feeds on itself as your blood sugar drops, setting up cravings and before long your mind believes this “treat” is the only thing that will help you to feel better.

Been there done that? When does the guilt set in … Read the rest

Trying too hard gets in the way!

admin — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:15:09 +0000

Do you know any perfectionists? Maybe you get stuck in the thought process of getting it just right – because maybe then everything will work out? Perfectionism is not the same thing as wanting to have your project, program, cake or yourself as good as you can be. Perfectionism is something more. It is compulsive doing, wrapped up in alot of harmful, destructive self criticism. Have you ever noticed that trying too hard actually gets in the way? Not to mention that with all that pressure, it takes the fun out of what you are doing! And if you are not enjoying what you are doing why bother? Yes, life was intended to be fun! It is all in the attitude.

This is not about you changing your thoughts or your desire to make “it” perfect or to not want to “be perfect.” It is about having new thoughts, big … Read the rest

Paralysis by Analysis: Are you stuck?

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:56:49 +0000

In my nursing career I worked at Sheppard Pratt Hospital, at the time a leading Mental Health Institution. One thing I noticed (having come out of the Intensive Care Unit where decisions were made fast and usually in emergency situations) was that in this psychiatric hospital, everything was talked about and talked about and talked about some more. This was also back in the day when you stayed in a hospital for months. There was lots of time to talk.

It occurred to me that chronic stress often sets up this pattern of talking about problems ad nauseum or overthinking everything. Chronic stress can breed insecurity from not feeling like you accomplish enough to keeping things at such a fast pace that talking about problems may be your attempt to slow things down. When you find yourself stuck on your problems or overthinking everything give yourself 2 minutes to “talk … Read the rest

Are you stuck in sour grapes?

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:19:27 +0000

Do you complain alot? Do you talk about what’s wrong without considering what may be going well? Or do you know someone who does this? Chronic stress sets you up for negative and limited thinking. This is one of the ways people tend to keep their stress alive! Stress changes normal and the urgency and and sense of doom can feel so real when you have alot on your plate and do not feel you have the time to get it all done. Complaining actually weakens your energy and often the energy of those around you. This perpetuates the belief that what ever is going on is bigger than you are so why bother? It may also turn people away who may be keen on helping you but don’t want to go down into despair with you!

Here is your FREE meditation. Give yourself 5 to 15 minutes. Turn your … Read the rest

Power of Progesterone

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:22:46 +0000

Menopause and peri-menopause can be some of the most challenging times in a woman’s life. It is also a time to come full circle back to the most vital part of you. Ok, yes everything is changing; your body does not feel like yours anymore, your mind loses words, forgets names and your spirit can feel defeated. This is a time in life when personal and professional changes are going on at the same time your body is in hormonal flux. Talk about creating insecurity!

While life is not going to stop and let you off the treadmill to figure it all out, you can recognize that this time is a major milestone for you. It is necessary to take the time to tune in and turn within to understand what is really going on.

Hormonally, estrogen and progesterone production are no longer being produced in the quantities as before and your adrenal glands now have … Read the rest

Life on Pause

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:09:57 +0000

Forget the hot flashes, power surges and the constant forgetting of… what was the word I was looking for? Let’s talk about your spirit. While your hormones are winding down and there is a lack of energy, interest in nurturing and loss of motivation, to a degree, this is by design! Yes, this time is one of great importance as a woman and your spirit wants you to go within and explore.

This is usually the half way mark and time to shift away from an “other” orientation to
one of “it’s my time.” The more aware you are of this natural change that is taking place within you, the better you can communicate to your family about what you need. They need time to realize you are not their personal attendant and to get on with their own development. Are you in conflict because of a backlash from beliefs and values from your community or culture, feeling … Read the rest