By Evelyn Brooks 

If you find that the regular ways of de-stressing are not helping, this may be a clue that something important is lurking in your life, trying desperately to get your attention. Listen, and then you can mine the gifts of growth which Life wants to bring you. Stress relief is on the way…! 

Stress Relief Methods You May Have Already Tried (The Good, The Bad and The Fattening) 

Have you sought solace and stress relief in hot fudge sundaes, shopping and other guilty pleasures that provide momentary relief? 

Well…guess what? 

These solutions can actually increase stress because you feel bad about yourself for indulging i Read the Rest of This Article >>

By: Elizabeth Manuel

Are you your own worst enemy? Chances are, you’re harder on yourself than you would be on anyone else. This can definitely interfere with your positive attitude.

Thankfully, even a small change in attitude you can completely change your life.

Because our success or failure really begins (and ends) with how we feel about ourselves. What we believe about our capacity determines our results. Think big and you’ll get big, prosperous results. Think small and lacking and you’ll achieve just that. The choice is yours. That’s why having a positive attitude is so important. Happiness quotes can help as they help shape your beliefs in a more positive way.

And beliefs are simplychoices we Read the Rest of This Article >>

By Sandy Fowler

December is a season of love and light.

But, if your time isn’t managed effectively, it can also become a time filled with holiday stress…

And really, every holiday and every celebration at this time of year is based on similar principles, but those ideals can get lost in busy days and stressful nights.

I’ve been down that path myself. The first Christmas after I married was a doozy. Trying to re-create the Christmas of my youth, one that was packed with wonderful events, charitable giving and lots of socializing, along with the traditions of my husband and his family and adding in our new friends and commitments left me wrung out, exhausted and just plain crabby. That was the first time I really experienced what everyone refers to as holiday stress.

So, I Read the Rest of This Article >>

By Elizabeth Hanley 

Are you ‘struggling to survive’ or ‘living to thrive? Are problems making your days one stressful struggle after another? Would you like to be able to say “No Problem – I can handle this!” and feel that things will be okay? 

Then you need to learn how to deal with stress! 

I am Elizabeth Hanley a Research Librarian. There are so many great self-help books out there and as a Librarian I noticed people just aren’t reading them. So many people live – ‘struggling to survive’, because they don’t know where to find the ‘vital information’ they need. They s Read the Rest of This Article >>

By: The One World Initiative

Do you ever feel stressed out about life? Stressed out about all the things you ‘should be’ doing, the places you need to be, and the work you have ahead of you?

If you answered yes don’t worry, you’re not alone. Because SO MANY of us routinely take life way too seriously.

And no one is immune.

This sense of panic about “not being where you should be by now” or about being behind on work  or not having enough in life etc. affects everyone from millionaire entrepreneurs, to journalists, to small start-up owners, to students, and career-driven people ali Read the Rest of This Article >>