A majority of people tend to believe that parts of life are naturally stressful. If truth be told, most of us have in actual fact been educated to believe that life on the whole is stressful. In order to enable us to deal with stress in an effective manner, it is first [...]
April 15th can be the most stressful day of the year for many Americans. The date when federal taxes are due can strike fear into the hearts of the most serious taxpayers. Writing that yearly check to Uncle Sam can be quite distressing, especially if we find we owe more than we thought we would.
What [...]
You need to take control over your stress in order to channel your energy into performing as you would like to and not as a result of an unidentified stress that has a foothold in your life, and for that you need a daily control of your stress, you need a diary.
Some of your [...]
The are a lot of things in life that will try to keep the average person down. We all are victims of obstacles that we must overcome in life. I was a victim for a long time until I overcame one of the worst things that can happen ever happen to a person, money problems. [...]
Why is it some people can succeed in such a period of time, while others work for decades and never even touch on that kind of results? What do they do that is so different from what you do?
* You Need A Mentor!
We can learn a lot from Olympic athletes. Here we have the true [...]
We all know that public speaking is one of the most feared endeavors for many, many people especially when we are not called on to do it very often. There are many ways to combat public speaking nerves but for some reason the very people who are the most scared do the least to get [...]
It is an important premise of cognitive psychology that the we get more of whatever we focus on. In fact where we place our awareness has an effect on our lives in a big way. If we choose to focus on pessimistic thinking or negative aspects of our lives then we will only increase these [...]
Nightmares - the kind that wake us with our heart beating wildly and our whole body tensed and ready to do battle with the baddies or run away - are often experienced as very frightening and worrisome.
Many want to forget their bad dreams as soon as possible. They don’t realize these could be missed [...]
Are you the type of person who looks after everyone else and puts your needs at the bottom of the list? How many times have you said “Oh, I don’t have time to do that for myself, I have too many other things to do?
Recently I overheard a conversation between a manager and [...]
Meditation has become more popular and more acceptable than ever before these days but despite more exposure in the media there still seem to be some mystery to some. In fact many people ask me, when they find out I meditate regularly, why do you do it?. So I decided to make a list of [...]
Positive thinking is a method utilized by many individuals the world over for lots of different reasons. It is a way of utilizing the mind to allow positive thoughts, dreams, ideas, goals and other notions to drift through your mind, allowing for a greater comprehension and acceptance of these things. By utilizing positive thinking, [...]
Feeling overwhelmed, overworked, overloaded and stressed are is all too commonplace nowadays. The problem is that these feelings are actually compromising our effectiveness, productivity and efficiency.
We get things done but at a cost to both the quality and quantity of work we produce and at a cost to our physical, mental and emotional health.
A [...]
As adults, we reach a point in our lives when we open up to change. A whole new awareness allows us to accept information that will help us to unlock our self improvement power. Until that change occurs, something we need to improve our lives could be staring us in the face, however, we will [...]
Everyone in this world wants to famous. By everybody I mean you too. Trust me you do not have to spend a penny or kill somebody to become famous. Do not be famous because you want to be, become famous for some good reasons. Do not do something that is harmful to you or others [...]
This article is mainly about how to control your stress. You will find a wonderful stress relieving technique below to help you manage or even eliminate stress.
One stress reducing method is to use your imagination to induce relaxation. The mind is a powerful tool and can easily induce relaxation. You can start this technique by [...]
Like everyone else interested in the law of attraction, I’ve done everything from cutting out tons of magazine pictures for dream boards, writing out goals every morning, reciting affirmations whenever I could remember to do so, and on and on.
I’ve seen some great results, especially after working with goals. For instance, one of my goals [...]
Those who pray hold a unique place in the world. Discover why to become a person of prayer - a pray-er and experience the power God will bring to your life.
1. Pray-ers are less likely to feel stressed-out. We believe life makes more sense and is easier to cope with because we know God [...]
There’s a lot of debate and theories about what it is stress and what it does to us. We all have an idea of what’s stress because we all experience it from time to time (some persons more often than they would like to experience it).
Hans Selye one of the fathers of stress research teached [...]
An important matter to consider in the realm of self assessment and evaluating ones self worth is the subject of success. In today’s world the flashy and often glitzy portrayal of what many consider to be success can leave an individual feeling frustrated and overwhelmed to say the least. The demands associated with attempting to [...]
Every air conditioner, oven, heater etc has a built in thermostat to keep the temperature within a constant range for optimum performance. Our brain has a very similar system called the psycho-cybernetic mechanism, and its job is to keep us operating within a certain behavioural range.
If we think of the air conditioner, the thermostat inside [...]
