Could you use some stress management tools to handle what stresses life throws at you? You know that stress can come from all angles including work, school, relationships, social gatherings, family, peers and even from yourself. Stress can be good in small amounts but dangerous to your health in large amounts.

You can encounter physical, emotional or mental stress. To deal with all the stress that happens to you shouldn’t you be armed with the very best tools possible in order to deal with all the stress?

You can manage stress by gathering together some not so …

Stress can be defined as a response of the body to demands placed on it and can be either positive or negative.

Some stress is necessary for optimal functioning. It’s what enables us to give interesting presentations, makes sporting events fun to watch, serves as a protection in dangerous situations, and motivation and energy in challenging ones. People perceive demands differently and what can be motivating for one may be distressing to another.

When the body faces a stressful event, your central nervous system gets ready for action. Certain areas of your brain activate hormones which in …

By Selena Fox, Circle Magazine

Healing is a journey from illenss to wellness. Helaing is rebalancing and renewing. Healing is transformational and multidimensional.

The multidimensionality of healing is also known as holistic. Holsitic healing recognizes that restoring well being includes more than treating phsyical disease. When there is physical illness, other dimensions of self and life also are impacted, inclduing mood, thinking, activity, and soul.

As a preistess, psychotherapist, and counselor, I serve as both a catalyst and a guide in doing healing wiork with others. Drawing from my background in Wiccan spirituality and Paganism, and my Psychology …

Many individuals experience what can be termed as, “extreme stress”. Situations that can create extreme stress include family responsibilities (single parent, caring for a disabled family member etc.,), work obligations, responsibilities to spouse, significant other, children as well as health concerns, financial concerns, local and global crime, and the loss through death, or moving of a family member or close friend.

There are also certain categories of individuals more prone to extreme stress such as health care workers, firemen, police officers, those living on the east or west coasts, low-income individuals, those of middle age, those …

Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter manufactured and found in the brain. Along with other neurotransmitters, serotonin helps to support emotional wellness and sleep patterns as well as energy levels, sex drive and appetite.

Serotonin also promotes healthy concentration, a positive mental attitude, memory and mental alertness. Other neurotransmitters such as dopamine, as well as certain hormones like cortisol are also involved in maintaining balanced mood and feelings of confidence and well-being.

While your feelings are not all about brain chemicals, the …

Stress, it is a word that many of us know all too well. Stress is never fun and it is never easy to deal with. When you feel stress, it can ruin your day whether it is just a fleeting feeling of stress or a major life change. You can do something about the stress you are feeling, many times a natural remedy for stress will help, but the first thing is that you must know what is causing your stress.

If you ask twenty people what causes them the most stress, you are likely to …

Any form of physical exercise can be a great way to reduce stress. By regularly going to a gym, for a run or competing in a team sport, an outlet is created that gives you the opportunity to focus on an enjoyable activity and literally forget about the day to day events that may contribute to stress in your life.

By doing physical exercise the body will inevitably get fitter and stronger. A fit person is less likely to get sick and tired especially during stressful periods. As a person becomes fitter, their self esteem and …

We all know that excessive stress can negatively impact our health. However, we may not always make the connection to stress when we begin to experience unusual symptoms. If you’re under a lot of stress, chances are you are not getting enough sleep to begin with, let alone any of quality.

IBS is challenging and painful condition that can last for years and cause a reduced quality of life. The good news is that relief is possible. Primarily by taking an integrated approach to treatment – focusing on the whole person, not just the symptoms of the disease- individuals can make effective lifestyle, diet, and supplement changes that can have profound effects toward alleviating IBS.

What is IBS?

The most challenging aspect of IBS is that it can’t be definitively diagnosed using a biological or chemical test. Rather, it is a collection of varying symptoms. The …

Although we may not realize it, a little stress can be good for us – in moderation. That said, ongoing stress can wreak havoc in the delicate systems within our body. Underlying stress can lead to a variety of physical symptoms – from skin breakouts and rashes to headaches, tension in the muscles and weak points in our immune systems, which can lead to us feeling run down and under the weather.