Stress Articles

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• Social Support Is Critical for Depression Recovery
  Every human being wants to belong. This need is so strong that people will do nearly anything to feel ...
• It’s January: Have You Started Your Christmas Shopping?
  Believe it or not, I’ve already started Christmas shopping for next year. With a big family and ...
• Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World
  Jon Kabat-Zinn writes the foreword and does a lovely job of setting the stage for Mark Williams and Danny Penman’s Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World.  In the foreword, as ...
• 5 Damaging Myths About Postpartum Depression
  Postpartum depression (PPD) is one of the most common complications of childbirth, according to Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, director of the Perinatal Psychiatry Program at the UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders. PPD ...
• 32 of the Best Ways to Get Organized When You Have ADHD
  Organization is a common challenge for adults with ADHD. But it can be done! ...
• Anger Trigger Behaviors
  The vast majority of chains of angry behavior never proceed past the first link. For example, someone in the family will tease or insult ...
• The Mid-Life Crisis: An Opportunity in Disguise?
  In the movie City Slickers the character played by Billy Crystal hits his 39th birthday and finds himself in a ...
• Competing Family Loyalties in the Holiday Season
  The holidays are ripe for unearthing family dramas, often featuring a popular story line about competing loyalties. Though there are ...
• ‘Tis the Season to Regress
  What is it that makes perfectly reasonable adults start to act like teenagers as soon as they hit their parents’ front door? ...
• The Christmas “Not To-Do” List
  ‘Tis the season for list-making: Lists of gifts to buy. Lists of cards to send. Lists of people to see and things ...
• Find the Upside of the Down Times
  Some people have all the bad luck, and by any measure Rob Pennington, author of Find the Upside of the Down Times, has had more than his fair share. He was shot in the chest, ...
• Recognizing and Dealing with Stress
  Stress is often defined as a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset the balance of things ...
• Natural Remedies for Dealing with Stress
  Many Americans today are under huge amounts of stress. With the decline of the economy, many find themselves dealing with ...
• The Empty Chair at the Holiday Table
  Getting ready for the first Thanksgiving after David died was very, very hard. The loss of my husband’s brother ...
• When ADHD and Anxiety Occur Together
  It's not uncommon for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to struggle with anxiety, whether it’s several symptoms or a ...
• Accepting and Overcoming Anxiety
  So there you are in the middle of a business meeting, Wal-Mart, a shopping mall, your kids’ school play, and out of nowhere, ...
• 4 Tips To Change the Way You Deal with Stress
  Dr. James C. Dobson once said “there are very few certainties that touch us all in this ...
• 12 More Ways Successful Entrepreneurs Stay Productive and Overcome Pitfalls
  When you’re an entrepreneur, who inevitably wears many hats, managing your time can get tricky—especially when it’s ...
• You Should Be So Lucky: Dealing with Tragedy
  Katy was diagnosed with a meningioma, a rare operable brain tumor occurring in about 7 in 100,000 people. The ...
• How Couples Can Help Each Other De-stress and Improve Their Relationship
  “Stress impacts our love relationships more than we are aware of or acknowledge,” according to Judy ...
• Emotionally Focused Therapy: Bolstering Couples’ Emotional Bonds
  Western culture views independence as a virtue. We’ve been taught that a truly strong person doesn’t need anybody to survive ...
• The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt
  A shaky self-confidence or relentless self-doubt stops many people from pursuing their passions. A fear of failure gnaws at them, leaving them at a standstill and unsatisfied with their lives. If you know what I’m ...
• 7 Ways Successful Entrepreneurs Stay Productive and Overcome Pitfalls
  Last month, we spoke with five incredibly successful bloggers and entrepreneurs who shared their secrets to getting ...
• The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life Lessons from the Planet’s Most Successful Mammals
  Kelly Lambert, PhD is undoubtedly in the right field. She has a passion for the laboratory and a knack for applying its lessons to daily life. The Lab Rat Chronicles: A Neuroscientist Reveals Life ...
• Predicting Happiness and Unhappiness: A Skill We Never Master
  Why do we have such a preoccupation with the future and the powerful range of feelings that ...