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How to Relieve Stress And Anxiety Naturally (15 Reliable Tips)
Our fast-paced world today can offer a lot of great chances and opportunities. But, aside from that it could also give us stress, anxiety, and difficulties. When times get rough and we need to face the hard times, there’s no reason to sigh and entertain the negatives. You must learn how to divert yourself and ignore the things that will stress you out.
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Giving up Facebook leads to a drop in the stress-related hormone cortisol, study finds
Quitting Facebook for five days was associated with a drop in the stress hormone cortisol, according to a preliminary study published in the Journal of Social Psychology. “I have been a Facebook user for 10 years. I had talked to my co-authors about how I occasionally had to ‘quit’ Facebook from time to time because I found it overwhelming as the number of my friends grew,” said Eric Vanman, a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland and lead author of the study.
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7 Exercises You Should Never Do Again
Read on for our list of the worst exercises — the ones you should avoid at all costs. If you currently have them in your exercise routine, try our alternatives, which are far more effective and take your body to the next level.
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Open-Plan Offices Create Extra Stress for Women, Say Scientists
The corporate fishbowl forces women to be overly beauty-conscious and to suppress their natural emotions.
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Why You Can't Bring Yourself to Plan Things When Stressed
It’s the end of the week, and you are both mentally and physically exhausted. Your boss has “asked” you to work overtime on the weekend and your colleagues are shirking on their duties, only for you to come home to a nagging partner who is resentful of your busy work schedule. All of a sudden, you realize that that the big trip you and your partner are taking is only a month away, and you still haven’t done any of the planning you were put in charge of. The flights are not booked, you vaguely remember the specifics...
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The 10 Amazing Health Benefits Of Relaxation For Body And Mind
Boris Johnson has warned of a Brexit “meltdown” and branded the Treasury the “heart of remain” in unguarded comments at a private dinner. At the gathering of the Conservative Way Forward, a Thatcherite campaign group, he said exit talks were approaching a “moment of truth”. The foreign secretary said he believed Brexit will happen and would be “irreversible” but the “risk is that it will not be the one we want”.
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Brain matures faster due to childhood stress
Stress in early childhood leads to faster maturation of certain brain regions during adolescence. In contrast, stress experienced later in life leads to slower maturation of the adolescent brain. This is the outcome of a long-term study conducted in which 37 subjects have been monitored for almost 20 years.
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Why living among grass and trees could help stave off dementia
It’s well known that being outside among the grass and trees is good for the soul – now, it turns out, it could help stave off dementia. Spanish researchers have found that spending time in green spaces helps to keep the brain healthy, slowing down any decline in its cognitive ability. A new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, demonstrates that the loss of cognitive function that is expected as part of the ageing process is slightly slower in people who live in greener neighbourhoods.
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Is Stress Real, Or Are You Crazy And It's All In Your Head?
The Onion
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Why does our brain needs at least 8 hugs a day?
Hugging is a particularly intimate and intense way to express emotions. Through a hug we can convey joy or sorrow, we can say to a person that can count on us unconditionally and understand his state of mind without speaking. But the fact is that embraces not only help us connect with others and express what we feel, also have a very positve effect on the emotional balance and brain health.
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Autoimmune disease and stress: Is there a link?
A recent study suggests that people diagnosed with stress-related disorders may be more prone to autoimmune disease, but did not prove cause and effect.
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International business travel increases risk taking and puts strain on mental health, research from Kingston University and International SOS reveals
People who travel internationally as part of their work are more likely to engage in risky behaviour while away from home, according to a new study by Kingston University, Affinity Health at Work and International SOS Foundation. While 67 per cent of international business travellers surveyed reported being more engaged with their jobs due to travel, the research by occupational psychology expert Dr Rachel Lewis from Kingston Business School and Affinity...
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Response to daily stressors could affect brain health in older adults
Taking typical daily annoyances such as a long wait at the doctor’s office or a traffic jam on the freeway in stride may help preserve brain health in older adults, while emotional reactions could contribute to declines in cognition, a new study from Oregon State University has found.
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Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
Work four days a week, but get paid for five? It sounds too good to be true, but companies around the world that have cut their work week have found that it leads to higher productivity, more motivated staff and less burnout. “It is much healthier and we do a better job if we’re not working crazy hours,” said Jan Schulz-Hofen, founder of Berlin-based project management software company Planio, who introduced a four-day week to the company’s 10-member staff earlier this year.
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The Rise of Anxiety Baking
This year has been rough. Make some cookies.
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Worry is the most useless emotion – Signal v. Noise
Five ways I cope with worrying as a leader.
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Best Strains For Pain And Anxiety
When we tune in about the best strain for agony and tension or strains for nerve tormentor for sciatica, at that point one thing which rings a bell is an Anxiety issue. Uneasiness issue are mental settings, that makes individuals stressed over future occasions and fear current issues. This condition can be so steady as to keep individuals from completing their every day exercises and have a sound existence.
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Contentment
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. source: Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching image: Eddie’s Garden Ph…
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Speak Peace to Your Soul – God is in Control
By Elizabeth Pitman Peace resides when we fully recognize that God is in control. “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be tr…
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Decision-making styles and the stress of making the right choice
A recent study published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology looked at the potential distress caused by decision-making. What they found was making decisions only seems to be distressing when you’re overly concerned with making the right one. It’s a matter of the decision-making style that a person is predisposed to. The good news is, the research suggests a way you can modify your orientation towards decision making such that it isn’t always such a daunting task.
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