Articles Index
Understanding and Using The Law of Attraction In Your Life
The Law of Attraction is working in your life whether you're aware of it or not. This article explains the Law of Attraction so you can understand what you'r attracting into your life and why. Read a brief history, different theories on why it works, and some evidence that it does work, and find resources for getting what you want in life by using the Law of Attraction.
Relaxation Tips for Stress Relief
Relaxation is sometimes seen as a luxury, but in fact, regular relaxation and stress management are important for physical and emotional health. Learn more about why relaxation is important, and find tips for relaxation in daily life.
What Is Stress?
Because the term is thrown around so much, many people don't understand what stress is and is not. Learn the basics answers to the question, "What is stress?", and find stress management strategies that work!
Authentic Happiness - Finding Real Happiness In Your Life
While there’s more to happiness than just the absence of stress, there are relationships between stress relieving activities and happiness. The following is a list of the 16 different features that promote happiness, with resources from this site and others that can help you incorporate these features into your life, helping you find authentic happiness and relieving stress at the same time!
Positive Psychology – Using Positive Psychology for Stress Management
Positive Psychology is an important new area of psychology that can help with stress management and other important areas of emotional health. Learn more about Positive Psychology and how it can help you.
Common Marriage Problems and Solutions
Many couples face marriage problems that they work through. Such challenges don’t naturally lead to divorce, but can even strengthen a relationship, depending on how they are handled. The following are some of the most popular sources of and solutions to marital stress and marriage problems.
Chronic Job Stress is a Risk Factor for Heart Disease
Recent studies have found a link between chronic job stress and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health factors that increase the risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other health conditions. Learn what you can do to reduce work-related stress and stay healthier.
Socioeconomic Status and Stress - How Your Socioeconomic Status Can Cause Stress
Many people expect that socioeconomic status and job stress levels are related: those with higher-powered jobs must experience additional job-related stress, right? The opposite is actually true! Learn how socioeconomic status affects stress levels, to what degree, and how everyone can decrease their stress levels and improve health
Stress and Emotional Eating: What Causes Emotional Eating?
Emotional eating has many causes. Learn about the main reasons — besides hunger — that stressed people eat, and find resources to stop emotional eating.
How Stress Can Lead to Low Libido
Stress can lead to low libido in several ways. Read more about the link between stress and low libido and find ways to reduce your stress and increase your sex drive.
How To Minimize Summer Stress
Summer can present many opportunities for fun, but summer stress is also extremely common and can take a significant toll. The following strategies can be especially timely during the summer season.
How To Reduce The Stress of Traveling With Kids
Whether you’re trying to coax an antsy toddler to stay sitting (and quiet!) or answering the endlessly asked question, ‘How much longer now?’, travel with kids can be stressful! The following tips can help you reduce the stress of travel when you have children in tow.
Surgery Stress Relief Techniques
Having surgery can bring a lot of stress. Aside from worrying about potential complications, even minor surgery (if there is such a thing) involves risk and requires recovery time. Here's how to relieve some of the stress from surgery, and speed healing, too!
Cognitive Therapy for Surgery Success
Cognitive therapy has been shown to be helpful in managing the stress that people experience when undergoing surgery. Stressed about an upcoming procedure (or know someone who is)? Here are some cognitive therapy tips that can help.
Strategies for Family Health
Family health is important--and increasingly hard to obtain these days. With busy schedules and childhood diseases on the rise, it's important to maintain healthy habits to maintain a healthy family. Here are some top strategies for family health.
The Importance of Vacations, for Stress Relief, Productivity and Health
We tend to take too few vacations. And when we do take vacations, too many of us bring work with us these days! Learn the importance of vacations for stress relief, health, and productivity, and learn how you can reduce stress and stave off burnout by planning a vacation that suits your needs, from a stress management perspective.
Playcation Strategies for Stress Relief
If you can't afford a vacation, a play-cation may be an even better idea than a stay-cation. Learn more about playcations, why they can be helpful for stress relief, and how to take a playcation in your hometown.
Laughing More and Having Fun
Having fun is an important part of stress management. Because studies show such wonderful health and stress relief benefits to laughter and even the anticipation of laughter, having fun should be a priority in the life of anyone who wants more health and happiness and less stress. Here are some strategies for having more fun in your life.
Elizabeth Edwards and Resilience
Elizabeth Edwards showed great resilience in the face of some major crises. From forgiveness, acceptance, and a certain type of denial, she uses some effective coping strategies to stay resilient. Here are her main strengths, in my opinion, and some lessons in resilience from which we can all learn.
Happiness Shortcuts
When we're stressed, happiness sometimes seems hard to attain. However, happiness doesn't need to be something you work for in the future--there are quick ways to experience happiness right now! Here are some 'shortcuts' to happiness.
Stress and Health
Stress health and well-being are all connected. Learn about the different types of stress and how they can affect your body and health, plus find resources on stress health, how to reduce the level of stress in your life and manage the stress you experience.
Using Anger Management for Stress Relief
Uncontrolled anger causes many problems in regards to relationships, individual health and happiness. These anger management tips can help you prevent unnecessary anger, and manage your anger in a healthy way.
Doctor-Patient Stress Relief
The doctor-patient relationship is a very important one. Dealing with health issues, whether major or routine, can be stressful, and the relationship you have with your doctor can exacerbate or minimize some of that stress. The doctor-patient relationship, and doctor-patient communication, can impact how you feel about yourself during a vulnerable time, and can affect your health in several ways as well. Read more about that here.
Why Do Stressors Affect People Differently?
When two people face the same situation, one may experience the effects of stress greatly while the other may barely notice, or feel excited by the experience. Why does stress affect us all differently? Learn about the differential effects of stress.
Healthy Lifestyle Habits for Stress Relief
Healthy lifestyle habits can be an excellent way to relieve stress. Not only do those living a balanced, healthy lifestyle tend to experience less stress, but the healthy habits that they maintain often lead to lowered reactivity toward stress and a less-intense stress response! Try these healthy lifestyle habits that can lead to greater health and less stress.