Tips and tricks on coping with everyday stress
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So you’re stressed, I get that but have you worked out EXACTLY what’s stressing you? I know that sounds silly because it might seem obvious but in fact allot of the time it’s not. Let me explain. You might say that you’re stressed with work but what does that mean? Are you stressed because of [...]
I’m going to buck the trend here. A holiday is NOT the answer to the stress problems. Yeah I know. A holiday is supposed to be something we all long for because it supposedly refreshes, rejuvenates us and makes us bright cheerful little bunnies again when we’ve apparently been grumpy, tired folks.
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So you’re stressed, we get that but when did you last make plans to be stress free, relaxed and enjoying life?
There’s a saying that goes something like, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail” and essentially it means that without a clear, defined and active set of goals, you’re life will end up [.
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Sometimes we have to accept we’re sad, lonely, frustrated or whatever before we can actually move forward. We just need to grieve before we can do anything productive.
A wonderful friend of mine confided to me last week her personal situation and after discussion we determined that that yes she’s st
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Stress comes packaged up with a bunch of emotions like anger, resentment, hurt, frustration and these emotions can be powerful toxins in your life, literally stripping life’s joys from each day. We can learn to manage the stress and deal with the mechanics of it all but the painful emotions can ling
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In my last post I suggested that talking is a great way to minimise and manage stress but it’s true that in many cases you can’t talk to the person who maximises your stress or the ‘thing’ or ‘situation’ that causes the stress so what do you do then? You write a letter. You don’t [...]
My Mum always used to say “don’t bottle things up, they just get worse and eventually explode”. A bit like warm, shaken bottles of Coke I guess. She was right though and talking about issues is a way to help manage stress in two ways.
1. Very often we feel stressed over a number of things but [...]
Most of us already instinctively understand the power that colour has over our moods and behaviours. We might laugh or take for granted sayings like the “red car goes faster”, a “black” mood, feeling “blue”, “in the pink” or even “through rose coloured glasses”. However, the truth is that colour ha
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I’m intrigued by the legitimate psychological notion that change will only occur where the person is committed to that change. It reminds me of the old joke…
How many magicians does it take to change a light bulb? Depends on what the light bulb wants to be changed into.
The point made in
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Stress comes with lots of life impacts and one of those is unplanned dietary changes. Some people tend to loose their appetite while others use food as a comfort mechanism and over eat, then put on weight and stress over that too.
Being a confessed food addict, I’m the worst person to preach on this
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