Tag: stress

The Enigma of Adrenal Fatigue and Chronic Stress

Do you have more stress than energy? Are you dragging all day, yet can’t fall asleep at night? Do you depend on stimulants to make it through life? Then you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue is a new name for a very old diagnosis. It’s the idea that too much stress and…


New Study Suggests Hypnotherapy Can Help Relieve IBS Symptoms

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), one of the most common chronic disorders, is estimated to affect at least one in ten people globally and as many as one in five Americans have symptoms of IBS. Emotional disturbance and stress caused by today’s fast-paced lifestyles have been linked to a wide range of digestive problems, including IBS,…


Stress Is Only Bad for You if You Believe it Is

Is stress a friend or foe? Most people believe that stress can harm health, increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other chronic diseases, and even shorten life expectancy. However, an important study has shattered this view. 2 Groups Under Equally High Stress Have Different Mortality Rates The study, published in the journal Health…


13 Recipes to Help Reduce Stress

At some point or other, I think we’ve all had that feeling of overwhelming stress – the one where your heart is pounding too fast too much, you can’t seem to think straight or breathe properly, and frankly, you just look knackered. But guys, chill. It’s been proven that stress and nutrition basically go hand in hand….


Study Finds Stress Accelerates Immune Aging, Increases Risk of Cancer and Infection

A study found that experiencing stress in the form of trauma, chronic stress, acute stress, and discrimination accelerated the aging of the immune system, leading to a weakened immune system that is more prone to infections and at a greater risk of developing cancer and other diseases. The researchers found that stress such as chronic…


Resentment Is a Toxin That Gives You Wrinkles and Makes You Age Faster

Everyone has more or less negative emotions, such as resentment and dissatisfaction. These emotions will usually pass after a while. However, if you often feel resentment, you should beware of the negative emotion’s ability to make you grow wrinkles early and age faster. Why is that? Have you ever noticed? When you are in a…


The Key to Defeating Procrastination-Induced Stress

Procrastination is a pervasive human problem. The more people I’ve talked to, the more I’ve realized that nearly every person struggles with it in certain areas or time periods of their life. There are very few exceptions. For me, it’s been a problem that I’ve struggled with since high school. Depending on how you look…


The Therapeutic Effects of Houseplants

Just after she had just had a baby, Jennifer Lauck received the gift of an orchid. She was secretly taken aback. “Look lady,” she wanted to tell her friend, “don’t give me an orchid right now.” As Lauck, a bestselling author based in Portland, Ore., described in “Show Me the Way,” her memoir about parenting,…


How to Make Stress a Good Thing, Instead of Something That Damages Your Health

Is stress a friend or foe? Most people believe that stress can harm health, increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and other chronic diseases, and even shorten life expectancy. However, an important study has shattered this view. Two Groups Under Equally High Stress Have Different Mortality Rates The study, published in the journal Health…


Anxiety: An Unexpected Driver of Self Destruction

The inevitable suffering of human life takes on a vastly different meaning in a culture that values pleasure and convenience above all else. In some spiritual traditions, the suffering of life is a necessary prerequisite for spiritual elevation; in others, our suffering is necessary to repay our past sins or karma. When the suffering of…