Turn Bad Stress into Good Stress

Playfulness

5 Keys To Hacking Your Stress by Scott Grossberg @sgrossberg The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. Sydney J. Harris You’ve been pushing and prodding and making your way in the world. Now . . . I just want you to take some time to relax. That’s right. Right here [...]

Living an Inspired Life

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My Secret I have been enjoying living for eighty five eventful, interesting and wonder filled years. Whenever I’m asked the question “What’s your secret” I reply without hesitation “A truly great appreciation for the gift of life!” How do you live a truly inspired life? The secret elements consists of five “well-balance” points: 1)  Gratitude [...]

The Many Definitions of Stress

Gratitude

Positive Stress Management and Gratitude by Chris G’Froerer There are many definitions of stress and many causes of it. The word stress has become the buzz word for our modern times, and though we all use the word stress, we are often referring to many different things such as a feeling, emotion, behaviour or our [...]

Trauma Anatomy

Anatomy of a Trauma

The Holographic Imprint of Injuries and Insults I believe that the brain receives a holographic imprint of a trauma event and that the simultaneous recording of that event is stored in the body’s tissue. When there is a stimulus that replicates any part of the original trauma event, the brain, functioning as a processor, activates [...]

Exercise Smart and Reduce Stress

Get Fit for Life

Your Health and Quality of Life Depend on It! No matter how well you eat or how much water you drink, no matter how many supplements you take, none of these things will take the place of exercise. You must do some type of exercise every day. For the greatest overall health benefits including stress [...]

Proactive and Preventative Care

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Thoughts, Feelings, Behaviors Affect Ability to Heal Do you have a high stress or physically challenging job? Do you have a sleepless baby, an asthmatic child, a troubled teenager, an anxious spouse, a troubled relationship, a demanding boss, or elderly parents? At a certain stage in our lives we all begin to question how destructive [...]

Increase Your Intelligence

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. You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential by Andrea Kuszewski “One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.” Albert Einstein While Einstein was not a neuroscientist, he sure knew what he was [...]

Historical Trauma Patterns

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Storing and Stacking Life Experiences We are not our traumas yet most people live their entire lives through insult and injury – through the filter of physical and emotional wounds – which, when left untreated, creates a continuing loop of dysfunction. It is my belief that everyone on the planet carries with them the psycho-emotional-spiritual [...]