It’s a fact that stress is part of our every day lives. Stress should be handled properly to avoid harm to one’s self. We should not allow stress to govern our choice to be happy and relaxed. Stress left unmanaged leads to harmful effects in our physical, mental and emotional aspects. A person who is [...]
Stress Can Be Good?
September 3, 2009 By
Normally we all automatically associate the word “stress” with “bad”. But in actuality, we all need stress to grow and become all that we can be. It’s that management of the fine line between “good” and “bad” that becomes the hard part. Good stress is also known as eustress. The prefix “eu” means “good”. (Contrast [...]
Stress and Weight
August 19, 2009 By
Reading the news today I saw a report of a new study linking stress and weight gain. The author of the study, Jason Block, M. D. , M. P. H. , a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at Harvard University, said “Today’s economy is stressing people out, and stress has been linked [...]
Activating Events – What?
July 8, 2009 By
I get a lot of dialog about my use of the term “activating events”. Of course, you can’t blame me for it. I wasn’t the first to use it. Albert Ellis, the psychologist, first coined the term to describe those events in our environment that cause us to stress out. But I agree, it does [...]
