Is Stress Part Of Your Daily Life?
We all experience stress from time to time and many feel it as a part of their daily lives. It’s part of the human condition. Some people are just so driven that they actually create their own stress. Not only do they create stress for themselves, but for others around them. According to the dictionary, stress is “a physical, chemical or emotional factor to which an individual fails to make a satisfactory adaptation and which causes physiologic tensions that may be a contributory cause of disease.

We can feel stress in our bodies, developing headaches or neck pain. Many of us show stress in our behaviour, eating or drinking more when stressed. Others sense it in the mind or emotions. If the balance isn’t maintained, the impact can be quite severe – not necessarily dangerous – but certainly quite disturbing, uncomfortable and sometimes frightening. Stress can contribute to diseases like, coronary artery disease, stroke, immune disorders, gastrointestinal problems, eating problems, diabetes, sleep disturbances, and sexual reproduction dysfunction. It doesn’t have to be big things that will cause stress. It could be some of the smallest things that can set you off to get tense. There are many ways that you can learn to combat stress and learn to live happier, healthier, and stress-free.

Increase Your Stress Tolerance
Knowing how to deal with emotional stress in a healthy way is difficult, but there are some simple strategies that apply well in many situations. I am a great believer in meditation and think it is a great way to deal with stressful situation. I am not saying that meditation guarantees you good health. But, there is a growing awareness of the link between our state of mind and physical health. Meditation involves focusing your mind continuously on one thought, word, object, or mental image for a period of time. These few moments of quiet reflection can bring relief from stress as well as increase your tolerance to it.

Meditation Is Completely FREE!
It requires no special equipment, and is not complicated to learn. It can be practiced anywhere, at any given moment, and it is not time consuming It only takes about 10–20 minutes to get a benefit from meditating. Best of all, meditation has NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from it.

Technique
There are many different types of meditation, Experiment to find out what technique works best for you. Some have a spiritual focus and others are more focused on stress reduction

Meditation:
Set aside 20 minutes. It is important that you find a quiet place for meditation where you won’t be interrupted. Do it every day at the same time, in the morning is best if possible.

Position
Sit in a comfortable position in a chair or on the floor.
Keep your spine straight and vertical.

Focus To Direct Your Thoughts.
Close your eyes focus on one thing
A thought, word, prayer or a mental image

Breathing
Breathe through your nose, if possible.
Stay relaxed and breathe naturally.
Be aware of each breath as you inhale and exhale.
As a beginner, it is natural for you to lose focus.
Do not try to force your attention. Meditation should not be stressful!

Learn how to relax with less stress and to experience deep inner peace, even in the midst of chaos and confusion:

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Most of us need eight hours of sound sleep to function at our best, and good health demands good sleep. Americans are averaging only about seven hours of sleep a night. One in three gets only six hours a night. People have no idea how important sleep is to their lives.

Why IS sleep so critical to our well-being?
If resting in bed were all it took to recharge body and mind for the coming day, insomniacs could take in their favorite late night television and start the next day fresh. But surprisingly, it’s not how much sleep you get that’s important—it’s the level of sleep you achieve that truly restores you, body and mind.

Risky Consequences From Sleeplessness
According to the National Sleep Foundation, an estimated $35 billion is lost yearly in productivity, sick leave, medical expenses, and property and environmental damage because of sleep deprivation and untreated sleep disorders. It’s more than a simple matter of dragging yourself through the day. On-the-job dozing can dearly cost the sleep-deprived worker and those around him. For example, the environmentally disastrous 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska reportedly involved the sleepiness of the tanker’s third-mate.

The problem also hits much closer to home. Driver fatigue has been identified as the greatest accident risk factor affecting motor carriers. Furthermore, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that more than 100,000 crashes per year are caused by drivers nodding off behind the wheel and that thousands die as the result of such accidents.

The National Sleep Foundation’s poll even found that 23% of those questioned had dozed off while driving some time in the past year. It would seem that people know not to drive drunk but not to refrain from driving tired. Rolled-down windows, the car’s blaring stereo, and a strong cup of Joe is not going to restore all the alertness necessary for safe driving. If your eyes are closing on you, the only surefire way to save your life as well as others is to pull over to the side of the road and give in to sleep.

Is Lifestyle the Culprit?
How is it that there is an epidemic of sleepiness so severe in the United States that it kills people regularly? In the first decade of this century—prior to the widespread usage of electricity—Americans basically bedded down at nightfall. Since then, they have lived increasingly longer days. They also lead driven lifestyles, attempting to balance successful career and home lives. The exhausting modern schedule leaves little time for the “luxury” of sleep.

Today’s lifestyle is so busy that people often don’t have the time to recognize the symptoms of fatigue unless they’re at a task that bores them. This has given rise to the notion that boredom brings on sleepiness. In truth, boredom only brings sleepiness to your attention.
In general, people are so used to going without enough sleep that they don’t recognize that their sleeping habits make sound slumber unlikely. Following these simple tips will help you settle down for a good night’s rest. Do the following to improve the quality of your sleep as well as to get more restful sleep:

Avoid caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and exercise at least four hours before bedtime. Caffeine and nicotine are stimulants, and alcohol, though a depressant that makes falling asleep easier initially, interferes with deep sleep later on during the night. Exercise also acts as a stimulant, but a workout earlier in the day can improve nighttime rest.

Leave worrying outside the bed. If you stay awake worrying about things you have to tackle the next day, write out a list of “to-dos” to take the pressure off. Then put the list aside to deal with the next day.

Keep other activities out of the bedroom. Don’t confuse your bedroom with your family room. Keep your television viewing and Net surfing out of your sleeping quarters. You need to associate your bedroom with sleep and not activities that will keep your mind engaged.

Don’t try to “force” yourself to sleep. You’ll just lie awake staring at the clock. After 20 minutes of wakefulness, go to another room to read or watch TV. Return to your bedroom only when you’ve become tired enough to sleep.

Temperature counts. Keep your bedroom set up for a restful night’s sleep with a comfortable mattress and proper temperature setting. A too-hot or too-cold room can keep you awake.

Reduce noise levels. Apartment-dwellers with noisy neighbors or those on heavily trafficked streets can block out noise with a fan or sound-simulating machine that mimic nature sounds (such as the ocean or rain).

Avoid stimulation before sleeping.
Try not to engage in anything that will give you a second wind just before bed, such as viewing an action-packed movie or sitting in a brightly lit room. Instead, try listening to soothing music or reading.

Slow down. Don’t hurriedly get ready for bed at the last minute. Brush your teeth and wash yourself a while in advance. Try to stick with an early-to-bed, early-to-rise pattern. That way, you won’t go to bed too late during the work week and need an alarm clock each morning to wake you out of a sound sleep.

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ByTheresa Stevens
Inspirational Dance Teacher and
Founder, Lovelight Samba

Have you found a correlation in your life between feeling stressed out and gaining weight?

When you’re stressed, your body releases a hormone called cortisol which slows down your metabolism, causing you to gain weight. And when you are stressed, this same hormone triggers you to reach for fattier, saltier and sweeter foods.

Chocolate is comforting in the first few bites, but emotional eating to comfort stress can lead to adding on extra pounds, which is not comforting and only adds to the stress in your life.

What’s a girl to do? There is one sure-fire remedy for stress, and that’s PLEASURE. And by it’s very definition, it means feeling good.

When you are in PLEASURE, or what I like to call Body Joy, you release neurotransmitters called endorphins― and your body feels light and beautiful, happy and free, and naturally high! Endorphins are those natural body messengers that make you feel SO GOOD after taking a brisk walk, or dancing in the living room, or running down the beach with a dog or child. Endorphins are your body’s natural reward system for taking the actions that are the most healthy and truly comforting for you.

You have to understand that getting into PLEASURE is essential in your ability to lose weight.

You know, in our cultural learning of the best ways to lose weight–we are usually trained that we need to suffer to do it. Things like working out and dieting are very hard to maintain because of the energy of depriving yourself, of not following your body’s natural design of feeling good to lose weight.

One of the best ways to tap into your natural PLEASURE and your natural sensual self, is to DANCE. Dancing and rocking your hips to the beat and shaking your delicious booty, is a sure fire to activate your Pleasure center.

Women’s pleasure center is in their hips–it is where the core of our movement comes from, we feel things in our gut, being tapped into our sensual selves makes us feel overflowing and creative in every area of our lives.

Shaking your hips and booty just feels so good! And tapping into your natural wellspring of creativity, pleasure, sensuality, and power gets you on your way to feeling great in your body and knowing that anything, and everything, is possible.

It’s not about grueling workouts or riding an exercise bike for an hour–which just conditions you to believe in the necessity of struggle, it’s about getting into joy and play and being “in” your body.

If you are ready to experience sustained weight-loss through the power of pleasure, then you have to check out Theresa Stevens’ free training on the power of pleasure and happiness to help you lose weight.

Tapping into your body’s natural pleasure, beauty, and energy is deeply satisfying in every area of your life. Visit Lovelight Samba to learn more today!

Remember that health should always be your highest priority

Coach Ransy

The holiday season can be a time to relax our bodies, calm our minds, and refresh our souls; it is also a time of festivities, parties, shopping, entertaining, religious observances, family gatherings, decorating, and…STRESS! With all demands we place on ourselves and expectations of the season, is it no wonder that most of us feel some stress during the holiday season.
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Plan
Are you one of those persons that are shopping at last minute? Did you know that nothing creates more holiday stress than last-minute shopping and preparations? Take charge of your holidays in advance by making lists of things to do, to keep you organized. Why not plan out the whole season, if necessary from shopping gifts and grocery, to time-out for relaxing. When shopping, use gift-wrapping services. Try shopping at home from mail-order catalogs or over the internet.

Keep It Simple
Decide what activities you and your family would most enjoy doing and focus on those. Share responsibilities with others and learn to say NO gently, but firmly to social events that are over your limit. People will understand. Often, traditional fare is appreciated most, with guests providing some of the dishes. Let go of old traditions if they no longer work for your family and that take too much time. Mix old traditions with new conveniences.

Budget
Do holiday preparations strain your budget? Make a budget and stick to it. Don’t forget hidden expenses. Choose simple, thoughtful, or useful gifts. How can you enjoy the holidays if you’re worried about paying your bills? Taking action toward getting in control of your finances can provide enormous relief all by itself.

Emotional Roller Coaster
The holidays can be hard on your emotions. If family gatherings are stressful, avoid long visits, either in your house or away. Finding your balance is a day-by-day matter, caring for yourself and others will make your holiday more satisfying.

Attitude
Have an open mind. Everyone succeeds because relaxation can be as simple as doing nothing. This “can’t fail” attitude is one of the most important elements for learning how to relax.

Take Care Of Yourself
Give yourself some time for rest and renewal each day. Get enough sleep. Fatigue can lead to stress, Avoid overindulgence in holiday food (overeating), alcohol abuse, and numerous family problems. Maybe you can do something special for people you don’t know.

Helping the less fortunate can help you put your own problems into perspective. Think about what the holidays are actually celebrating and try to stay true to that spirit. This year, make a conscious effort to make this a less stressful holiday season.

Remember that health should always be your highest priority

Coach Ransy

When you are feeling under the whether all the time perhaps it is because you are stressed. Stress alone can cause major psychological and mental problems. In fact, stress can cause self-induced exaggerated problems. Stress causes confusion, since it targets your physical, emotional responses, and psychological aspects while causing you pain. Stress is the leading problem that everyone in the world faces at one time or another.

What causes stress:
Bills cause stress, especially if you do not have cash flow to pay the bills. Jobs will cause stress, since you battle to make sure your duties are correctly handled. Children cause stress. Especially nowadays, since the media and television, are offering nudity, violence, and other harmful actions on air. A bad relationship can cause stress. If you are in a bad relationship, it only affects your mind and physical well-being, causing you stress. There are many reasons a person can feel stressed. The upside is, you have the choice to make stress your best friend or worst enemy.

What are the different kinds of stress?
There are many kinds of stress that can cause you problems like the acute stress this is a short term stress problem normally, which may last shortly or could carry forward. You want to avoid overstressing self. One of the common reasons someone develops acute stress is because they are thinking of how to change things they cannot change. Only change the things you can change and learn to accept. We all deal with everyday challenges. Take each challenge as a learning experience. We all have to pay bills, work, and so on. It’s a part of life. We all have to face it. Sometimes we do not have the money to pay bills. Learn to set a budget that relieves you of stress. You may loose your job. Instead of sweating the problem, do something about it.

Children these days are increasing stress for parents. Many teenagers these days are difficult to manage. Today our children are plagued with mental illnesses, far more so than at one time in history. When you feel chronic stress, burned out and do not see hope, it is time to seek help. Your doctor or mental health expert can help you manage stress emerging from difficulty teenagers.

How to reduce stress:
You can reduce stress by managing, planning and setting goals. When you have something to look forward to, it improves your personal life. The first thing you want to consider while planning and setting goals is truth. The truth is what sets you free. Everything you do in life should uphold the truth. If you are not sure, research to learn the truth. You can take many steps to reduce stress.

To improve your life and reduce stress you may want to consider education. If you lack skills, experience or education you will benefit from returning to school.

You want to avoid setting traps for your memory and intelligence, since the emotions play unhealthy games if you allow it. What I mean is you want to avoid telling yourself I cannot do it. Life is too hard. Life is easier if you learn to think positive.

How you can improve, your personal life is up to you. You will need to consult with your inner counselor to learn what you need, what you are lacking and the steps you can take to improve your personal life. If you are unsure, seek feedback. Feedback is the key that leads you to success.

Improve your life and reduce stress. (Instant Self Development and Healing)