Posted in stress management on Nov 23rd, 2011
Thanksgiving is almost here, and Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s are not far behind. While these are exciting times most of us look forward to, they often are very stressful times as well. Food needs to be prepared. Houses need to be cleaned and organized. Trips need to be planned. Gifts need to be bought [...]
Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Nov 20th, 2011
The most important gift to couples is that this situation allows time for reflecting and thinking about how they got to this point.
Posted in communication, love relationship, stress management on Nov 18th, 2011
And a perfect storm was exactly what hit many couples who, when the real estate market collapsed, felt trapped in their own homes.
Posted in communication, love relationship, stress management on Nov 17th, 2011
Couples throughout the world, when exposed to economic distress, show higher incidences of interpersonal conflict, depression, domestic violence and substance abuse.
Posted in communication, intimacy, love relationship, stress management on Oct 13th, 2011
So the system that works under ordinary circumstances ceases to provide the help needed under extraordinary ones.
Posted in brain and mind, stress management on Sep 26th, 2011
I call it “debriefing,” you can call it anything you want. It is a few minutes at the end of each day that you take for yourself. You will be surprised how effective it is in relaxing you and clearing your mind.
This is how it works:
•Select a room in the house that is quiet and [...]
Posted in stress management on Sep 19th, 2011
Let’s discuss what approaches to deal with difficult situations are effective in helping us manage our stress levels and increasing our abilities to cope with it.
The number one thing that can help you cope with stress is creating a strong support network around you. Studies over and over indicate that, when we feel supported, comforted, [...]
Posted in Tweet posts, brain and mind, stress management on Sep 5th, 2011
We cannot escape stress. We are surrounded by it in our busy lives, where we tend to get as many things done as possible in as short time as possible.
What is stress? Stress is a normal physical response to situations that are perceived as being dangerous. We perceive our abilities to cope with this danger [...]
Posted in brain and mind, stress management, women's issues on May 20th, 2011
As the first segment of the baby boomers generation is quickly approaching retirement age, issues about what constitutes a healthy retirement come to the fore.
Gone seem to be the times when people retired and stayed home, played bingo, and gradually reduced their activities as their physical conditions deteriorated and their energy waned. Up until as [...]
Posted in brain and mind, stress management on Jan 30th, 2011
When we look at ways of improving our lives, we tend to focus on physical changes like losing weight, being more active, looking better, but we tend to forget a part of our body that is central to all of this: our brain.
What can we do to maintain our brain in good health?
The number one [...]
