How often do we associate stress with the Holidays? About having to spend time around family? About the heavy work load that accompanies a large holiday meal? If we reach into the stress and ask ourselves the hard question: “What is the real stress; the real problem?”, what we discover might surprise us. In most…
Recent off the chart high stress and strain in my personal life spurred me to watch my mind body response. I was curious about what it actually required for me to remain, calm, clear headed, focused, action oriented, positive, and to maintain a genuine happy mood — not a fake forced self talk of “all…
One of the joys of meditation manifests in powerful emotional strength. In our busy modern world and lives where few situations offer emotional solace, meditation reaches out and meets us where we are. It only needs a few minutes of our time. Nice. Research has shown that emotional meditation:Reduces stress response, reduces anxiety, improves mood,…
This month I decided to observe stress because I’ve noticed it creeping into my life on an almost daily basis whenever I go down to our parking garage. AND, frankly, why not? Every deep, dark corner within me is coming to light these days – LOL – so why not stress, too?! Our parking garage…
