Listening to Music Can Boost Your Immune Function A 2006 Journal of Advanced Nursing study showed that listening to music one hour a day for a week reduced symptoms of depression by 25%. Music, especially classical music, can also serve as a powerful stress-relief tool. Listening to Pachelbel’s famous Canon in D major while preparing…
Did you know that we start out our life as 99% water, before we are born? By adulthood, we are 70% water and when we die, we are probably 50% water. As Masaru Emoto writes, “We exist mostly as water.” This relates closely with the broader principles outlined in our leadership resilience hub. Every cell…
Believe it or not , there are several foods which can help you manage your stress , cut your cortisol levels and even handle depression. • Eat walnuts to treat depression. Harvard Science Review published a study by McClean Behavioral Genetics Laboratory citing that walnuts are powerful antidepressants! If you don’t like walnuts, try molasses…
I received this poignant story via email today- I don’t know the author but it is inspiring. Let me know if it touches your heart, too. A young man learns what’s most important in life from the guy next door. It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career,…
Make time with friends a priority. Several years ago Ladies Home Journal reported many women were lonely. In 2007, more than 27 million Americans lived completely alone. 20% of people feel so cut off from others that loneliness is a major source of unhappiness.1 The danger of the Internet is isolation. Relationships with people online…
Practiced for over 5000 years, yoga is a profound and popular form of exercise, with nearly 11 million Americans practicing it. It’s taught around the world in many different forms. Recent studies at the University of NC Hospitals and Duke University show yoga reduces stress and also provide significant improvements for those with illnesses such…
Did you know just inhaling certain fragrances can relieve stress? It’s true. One of the most interesting findings when I was researching my new book Stress Express! was the impact of scent. Fragrance is powerful. Realtors know this well. They often put drops of cinnamon oil on lightbulbs when showing a house, or bake cookies…
Are You Getting Enough Sleep? Most Americans are not. In fact, 40% of the US population is sleep-deprived. According to the World Health Organization, less than 7 hours a night is considered a carcinogen, cancer-causing agent. If you get less than 7 hours, you are: •3 times more likely to catch the cold or…
One third of Americans say they are living with extreme stress.1 Career Builder.com says that 78% of all American workers feel burned out (not just stressed.) Nearly 80% of all doctor visits are stress-related and 43% of all adults have ill health because of stress. Stress is linked to the six major causes of death:…
Most of you know I have just written a new book Stress Express! 15 Instant Stress Relievers!(http://www.stressexpressbook.com) After researching burnout for over a decade, partly due to having experienced a great deal of stress personally, I have found several stress management techniques that really make a difference in terms of decreasing anxiety, preventing burnout and…