Stress
The Importance of Trust
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Trust is fundamental to life. If you cannot trust in anything, life becomes intolerable
You can’t have relationships without trust, let alone good ones. Intimacy depends on it. I suspect more marriages are wrecked by lack of trust than by [...]
Don’t Take it So Personally
Letting your emotions rule is a sure recipe for increased stress
Why should getting too emotionally involved in what you say or do be a problem? Taking things that people say too personally will cause you stress when others disagree with you. It will feel as if they are attacking you, not what you are talking [...]
How to really help yourself
You are the best person to know how to organize your life. No one else will be able to help you as well as you can help yourself.
Don’t be swayed by other’s ideas
There are many books and programs on the market with titles which have the words Self Help in the title. These books and [...]
Enough With The Worrying!
Start taking responsibility for your own problems
Have you noticed the most typical sound in our society? It’s not muzak, or TV commercials, or the latest pop blockbuster. It’s people talking about their problems.
“Oh…my life is so difficult (I’m scared I’m going to lose my job, won’t be able to keep up my mortgage payments, won’t [...]
Are your standards too high for normal mortals?
Have you ever been with a group where things didn’t go quite as you expected. You turn up at a luncheon with your best pal, only to find you’ve been assigned seating miles apart; and when you complain, and sit with your friend, you’re treated like a pariah because you’ve messed up the arrangements? Or [...]
To see how to enjoy life, start by watching a cat
More easy recipes for beating stress
Cats are masters of focus, conservation of energy, and making sure they enjoy life whenever they can. We could learn a lot from them about how to cope with increasingly stressful lives.
Don’t waste energy
Be active and quick when it’s needed. The rest of the time, chill out.
All cats, from the [...]
Overcome stress the easy way
A first handful of ideas to help you live your life with less stress and greater enjoyment.
1. Always move on.
“Move on.” These two simple words will save you more stress than any others I know.
Don’t dwell on your mistakes or other people’s successes. Don’t wonder “what if.” It will drive you insane. The past is [...]
A few ideas to start off a new year
Here are some ideas from various sites on how to make life better, taken from blogs I’ve kept my eye on during the last few months.
1. How to minimize stress and be more content with your life.
Includes suggestions to focus less on results, take things less seriously, stop comparing yourself with others, and focusing [...]
A handful of relaxation techniques
Finding a way to slow down when you need it most
Everyone faces times when things seem overwhelming and you long to be able to relax and rebuild your strength. Here are some ideas to help you do this:
Focus firmly on the present. Most worries and fears are about the future. The more you think [...]
Hot Buttons
Everyone has Hot Buttons. They’re your tender spots; the places where you’re most sensitive; the points where you get irritated, or hurt, or angry, and have to respond. The trick to preventing them from messing up your day is awareness: the more aware you are of what rattles the bars of your cage, the [...]
