In the mid 20th century physiologist Hans Selye marked our response to the challenges of life with a simple word: stress. Now, 50 years later, there is a conversation you hear so often, it is almost a chorus: You ask a friend: “How are you?” And she replies: “I’m OK, but I feeling a little stressed. ”
In the 21st century, stress has become synonymous with life. Stress is associated with almost every aspect of our lives, personal and professional alike. Stress does however become a danger when it goes unnoticed, is poorly managed or becomes suppressed for long periods of time.
For most women, stress is ranked at the top of the list of everyday problems.
What is the natural stress response?
Whenever we see, we are physically or psychologically threatened an integrated alarm system in the brain triggers the adrenal glands to release complex hormonal cascade over 30 stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, giving us added strength and speed we need to deal with threatening situations. This response is known as the “fight or flight” reaction or response to stress.
Stress is not always bad. In small doses, it can help you work under pressure and motivate you to do your best.
The problems start when you are constantly in emergency mode, and you are unable to cope and the stress in your life, your mind, body and overall health to pay the price.
If you often feel exhausted and overwhelmed, it is time to take steps to put your life in balance.
What can you do about stress?
The good news is that you can learn how to manage stress.
For the stress under control Take Action:
“Finding out what causes stress in your life.” Recognize your own stress symptoms. “Find your habitual way of reacting to stress.” Seeking new ways to reduce the amount of stress in your life. “More healthy more effective ways to relieve stress.
Managing stress is about to change. Change can feel daunting. I encourage everyone to consider working with a coach stress management in order to achieve the Prevett constant stress, reduction and relief results.
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010Anxiety and Stress Symptoms – Could it Be Over Money and Finance?
Friday, March 5th, 2010Anxiety and stress symptoms over Money and finance can at times be overwhelming — especially those who don’t have a fixed income, e.g. self employed, but also for many who do. Stress and anxiety levels over money can easily escalate to cause most of the usual symptoms of anxiety prevalent in other recognised forms of anxiety disorder. It has both surprised and perplexed me that money as an issue in itself is not recognised as a major factor in stress and anxiety. Neither is it given due consideration along with other forms of anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, anxiety over phobias, post traumatic stress disorder, et cetera.
From personal experience, there was an almost two year period in which my life was plagued with symptoms of anxiety due to the anxiety and stress symptoms I was experiencing over money issues. If I had needed to approach the UK National Health organisation for help, I would have been offered only basic assistance directing me toward debt counselling agencies, to which and I had already gone myself. There is no specific counselling available that gets below the surface to reach those issues really being faced with anxiety and stress symptoms related to money.
Fortunately, with my life coaching experience I was able to get to the root for myself, and even wrote an ebook that I now distribute to help other sufferers.
When considering the lack of specific help regarding anxiety and stress through public healthcare channels, it crossed my mind that anyone working in that sector would not personally relate to having ‘no fixed income’, therefore could find difficulty empathising. On further reflection, I don’t think this is the root of the problem. Having spoken to one or two counsellors, I realised they actually have their own issues around money, are also inclined toward stress and anxiety, but seemed hesitant to talk about it.
I wonder is it possible that many more people than we realise actually have misgivings about money and avoid talking about it? Is it also possible that many of us fear that impending sense of ‘not having enough’, (which fear is at the root of all anxiety and stress symptoms – money or otherwise), and tend to run from it? Food for thought!
Stress Relief and Games – Getting Over Stress the Fun Way
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Basically what we aim to achieve is to make the average person get involved in other activities in alleviating stress. And a major way that has been proved to be helpful is getting involved in games. Stress relief games are aimed at helping the individual in letting go of all the tension, stress and anxiety they accumulate through out and during the day’s activities.
Modern research has also proved that using this approach has helped a lot of people undergoing stress. There are many types of games and activities one could engage in depending on the taste and style of the person in question. These games have been found to yield results faster than modern medicine and herbs, because not only are you relieving yourself of stress you are also taking time to relax and have fun because that’s just the whole concept.
Statistically, millions of dollars are spent in America due to individuals been stressed up at work as a result of reduced productivity, miscellaneous, worker excusing themselves from work etc. and this happens to every working had in an administration, from the simple lowly clerk to the administrator in an office. That’s where the games come in. the help in easing the stress and tension at the work place, in the home, schools etc they help a lot because the help to move your mind and focus your attention from that which is happening or that which is occurring to a place where u are much relaxed. These games have many advantages but a few as listed above.
The good thing is they work even better than exercises which you may not always have the time to go into, but a game at hand keeps the stress at bay.
There are various games which one could engage in, you could begin your day with a lifting song, you don’t necessary have to mouth the words, but sing a song that eases your muscles, relaxes the mind, that’s a good way to jump start your day. Also you could have a portable palmtop which contains some games which when things are a bit heated up at work or at home, you could, just divert your attention with. You could also, try counting everything you see on your way to work, these eases and works your mental faculty, hence easing and releasing you of stress. Also getting involved in online games, this is another way to ease stress; you could play them online or get them downloaded for convenience.
You don’t need a particular method or way of having fun while trying to overcome stress, whatever soothes or appeals to you is ok. The most important is to derive satisfaction in whatever you indulge in, and see how you could heave a huge sigh of relief in seeing all your stress go away. You do not need anyone to tell you that getting involved in games is a sure way of getting over such stress relief.
Stress relief’s help with managing stress, providing stress products and games. So go out there, relieve yourself of stress and still have fun while you are still alive.
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Stressing Over Bank Stress Tests
Monday, February 1st, 2010The anguish and peril of bank stress tests. What once seemed like such a good idea, like maybe the bailouts, has turned into a public relations nightmare. When and how can the stress test results, which have already been delayed by weeks, be released so as to not cause more alarm and concern. Is that even possible given the reality of the financial markets today?
The U.S. Treasury and financial regulators are clashing with each other over how to disclose results from the stress tests of 19 U.S. banks, with some officials concerned at potential damage to weaker institutions. The ones that are more healthy than others want to give the bailout money back. For some reason banks took money thinking there would be no strings attached.
Are you serious? 
With a May 4 deadline approaching, there is no set plan for how much information to release, how to categorize the results or who should make the announcements, people familiar with the matter said. While the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and other regulators want few details about the assessments to be publicized, the Treasury is pushing for broader disclosure. Timothy Geithner sure doesn’t want to do it.
No one really wants to be the messenger!
The disarray highlights what threatens to be a lose-lose situation for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: If all the banks pass, the tests’ credibility will be questioned, and if some banks get failing grades and are forced to accept more government capital and oversight, they may be punished by investors and customers. May be punished? Bailouts seemed like such a great idea once upon a time. And the stress tests seemed logical three months ago. But who would have thought that there might have been some downsides to all this bailout money?
“There are plenty of ways to go wrong here,” said Wayne Abernathy, executive vice president of the American Bankers Association in Washington. “It might have sounded good at the time, but now looking back, it has far more risk than benefit.”
The banks haven’t been consulted on how the information will be released and have raised the issue with the Treasury, three industry officials said. Why would anyone think that the Fed needs to or even wants to consult with the banks. It’s all about control which is why the more healthy banks now want to give back the money. The government has come up with three basic principles before “allowing” banks to pay back the money!
There’s even strings attached to paying back the money!
First to “make sure the system is stable”. Second, not create “incentives for more de-leveraging which would deepen the recession”. Third, to make sure the system had enough capital to “provide credit to support the recovery”. In other words, once the government has their fingers in your business, they are in control and they will decide what you can and cannot do.
May 4th cometh!
