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Give The Best Gift Of All This Holiday Season

Mike Robbins | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Holidays, Motivational Speaker, Money, Honesty, Mike Robbins, Oprah, Presents, Authenticity, Anxiety, Appreciation, Gratitude, Self-Help, The Balanced Life, Living News
Mike Robbins

Instead of just giving "stuff" for the holidays this year, what if we gave the people in our life the most meaningful gift of all; our appreciation? Let the people around you know you appreciate them and why.

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7 Unitasking Tips: You Can Have It All

intent.com | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Mutitasking, Awareness, Attention, Unitasking, The Balanced Life, Career, Relationships, Work, Fun, Fatigue, Anxiety, Happiness, Organization, Productivity, Living News

We are hungrier and devouring more all the time. We have grown overweight and our children are following in our bigger shadows. We even multi-task our...

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How To Stay Grounded During The Holidays

Mike Robbins | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Holidays, Motivational Speaker, Honesty, Mike Robbins, Authenticity, Anxiety, Appreciation, Gratitude, Self-Help, The Balanced Life, Living News
Mike Robbins

This year, with all that's going on around us in the economy and the world, what if we each made a commitment to appreciate the holiday season and enjoy the whole experience?

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The Dangers Of Multitasking And How To Stop

intent.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Awareness, Mutitasking, Attention, Unitasking, Career, Relationships, Work, Anxiety, Fatigue, The Balanced Life, Productivity, Organization, Living News

It seems that we are all becoming terribly distracted. This partial attention is taking our time, productivity, balance, and I would argue, sanity....

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Response To Danger May Differ According To Sex

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Fight or Flight, Stress, Women, Mental Health, Danger, Health, Men, Psychology, Anxiety, Living News

Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to positive...

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How To Deal With Stress

Christine Hassler | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Holiday Shopping, The Balanced Life, 20-Somethings, Gen Y, Overwhelm, Anxiety, Advice, Living News
Christine Hassler

To me, stress is not something to "manage" since managing stress implies that it is still going to be there. Wouldn't you rather eliminate stress by learning how to respond to it in more life-enhancing ways?

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Elderly Urged To Look After Their Mental Health

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Elderly, Fear, Depression, Aging, Mental Health, Seasonal Changes, Health, Winter, Psychology, Older People, Anxiety, Happiness, Living News

As we are in the winter months older people in Ireland are being encouraged to look after their mental health and to seek help and support if they are...

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10 Things They Don't Tell You About Raising Children

Ruth Akers | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Relationships, Kids, Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Parenting, Babies, Anxiety, Raising Kids, Ruth Akers Pregnant, Living News
Ruth Akers

I've noticed, with friends bringing home new babies, that there's a whole list of things they don't tell you when they send you home from the hospital with a bouncing burping bawling bundle of joy.

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Your Holiday Relaxation Rescue Guide (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Relaxation, Holiday Season, Stress, Tara Stiles, Yoga, Chill Out, Anxiety, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Living News
Tara Stiles

Reserving time for ourselves around the holidays seems so far away from the reality of forced spending, emotional exhaustion, and general frustration.

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The Art of Slow: Just Say No!

divinecaroline.com | Christine Hohlbaum | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Just Say No, Overworked, Work Life Balance, Relationships, Slow Living, Unplug and Recharge, Commitment, Anxiety, The Balanced Life, Slow, Living News

Now, more than ever, we need to utilize the tiniest complete sentence the English language has to offer. Are you ready? Say it with me now: No!...

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5 Ways To Cope With Holiday Grief

intent.com | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Holidays, Depression, Dying, Grief, Thanksgiving, Death and Dying, Mourning, Coping, Losing-a-Loved-One, Loss, Holiday Season, Sadness, Anxiety, Gratitude, Death, Living News

Behind our holiday smiles and good wishes, many of us carry feelings of deep grief.� So how can we have a wonderful holiday if we are experiencing s...

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7 Reasons Crying Is Good for You

divinecaroline.com | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Relationships, Crying, Psychology, Germs, Wellness, Dehydration, Toxins, Stress, Emotions, Grief, Health, Tears, Clarity, Bacteria, Anxiety, Hydration, Sadness, Spirituality, Living News

Tears are just one of many miracles we taken them for granted every day. Here are seven ways tears heal us physiologically, psychologically, and spiri...

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Walking And Talking On Phone Dangerous For Seniors

LiveScience | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Elderly, Aging, Cells, Unitasking, Multitasking, Phones, Confusion, Distraction, Accidents, Cell Phones, Anxiety, Seniors, Living News

For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study...

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Meditation Has Physiological Benefits, Study Says

nytimes.com | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Stroke, Coronary Disease, Meditation, Stress Relief, Calm, Heart Disease, Blood Pressure, Peace, Anxiety, Spirituality, The Balanced Life, Heart Attack, Happiness, Wellness, Living News

Could the mental relaxation produced by transcendental meditation have physiological benefits? A study presented last week at the American Heart Assoc...

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How To Transform Your Fear

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Motivational Speaker, Emotions, Scared, Fear, Courage, Honesty, Transformation, Mike Robbins, Authenticity, Anxiety, Appreciation, Gratitude, Self-Help, The Inner Life, Living News
Mike Robbins

Many of us run away or hide from our fears because they seem scary, uncomfortable, or embarrassing. We also erroneously think we "shouldn't" have them or that we are somehow "wrong" for feeling scared.

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Put Your Manhood On The Tray

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Modern Manhood, Relationships, Men, Lasculinity, Good Men Project, Tom Matlack, Anxiety, Manhood, Mammogram, Living News
Tom Matlack

My wife's annual mammogram has always been a time of great anxiety. It's my least favorite week of the year. Not because she has cancer but because she just might.

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Arron Sears and the Chamber of Secrets

Laine Ewen | Posted 11.20.2009 | Sports

Read More: Arron Sears, Athletic Health, Player Health, Depression, Nfl, Football, Anxiety, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, National Football League, Sports News
Laine Ewen

Though it may be in Sears' best interest to work on his issues without the city of Tampa breathing down his neck, his role as a public figure makes the private situation hard to ignore.

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Do You Speak Or Eat Your Mind?

divinecaroline.com | Melissa McCreery | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotional Well-Being, Stress, Food Addiction, Comfort Eating, Emotions, Relationships, Women's Health, Health, Well-Being, Eating, Anxiety, Wellness, Living News

Women who feel strong and competent in other areas of their lives, feel so uncomfortable with anger and frustration that they turn to food to avoid it...

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Writing "Beyond Blue": Keeping My End of the Bargain

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Stigma, Suicide, Depression, Psychiatry, Writing, Authors, Anxiety, Mental Illness, Books, Mood Disorders, Beyond Blue, Therapy, Books News
Therese Borchard

Here I am. With my mission: to educate folks about mental illness and to offer support to those who, like myself, suffer from mood disorders.

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Counting My People

Helen Davey | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Psychotherapy, Human Existence, Therapy, Trauma, Anxiety, Dealing With Trauma, Self-Help, Books News
Helen Davey

An Autobiographical Book Review of Robert D. Stolorow's Trauma and Human Existence: Autobiographical, Psychoanalytic, and Philosophical Reflections.

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Slow Living: How To Gear Up

divinecaroline.com | Green Sherpa | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: In Praise of Slowness, Stress, Living, Unplug and Recharge, Multitasking, Unitasking, Anxiety, Slowing Down, Productivity, Living News

When you're busy fulfilling the urge to be everyone's everything all the time, there something incredibly restoring to closing the door, waving the wh...

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Fort Hood: When Stress Kills

Roberta Lee | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Psychiatry, Killing Spree, Stress Reduction, Majar Nadal Malik, American Muslims, Ptsd, Anxiety, The Balanced Life, Living News
Roberta Lee

It's beginning to look like our lives are more at stake than we care to acknowledge and if we don't do something different, well...any one of us could be dead sooner than we think.

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Relaxation: The Art of Doing Nothing (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Tension, Relaxation, Yoga, Ram Dass, The Dalai Lama, Tara Stiles, Calm, Inner Calm, Anxiety, Compassion, Living News
Tara Stiles

tension is like a clogged drain, keeping what we don't need from dropping away, standing in the way of our potential. We need to dig out all the sludge.

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Helping Children Grieve

Rose Winters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Death, Grief, Death & Dying, Death and Dying, Mourning, Losing-a-Loved-One, Parenting, Loss, Anxiety, Living News
Rose Winters

Losing a loved one is always hard. The emotional impact isn't lessened when loss happens to a child. Though the death of a parent is a traumatic event in a child's life, we feel at a loss how to help.

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Women: Sleep Might Improve Your Willpower

newsweek.com | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Food Addiction, Women, Cookies, Women's Health, Willpower, Well-Being, Health, Eating, Anxiety, Overeating, Wellness, Sleep, Living News

Your head says it's time to lose a few pounds, but your hand reaches for another cookie. Why is it that even when we want to be good, we end up being ...

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