Relieving Stress – Are You Ready?

By · Monday, June 21st, 2010

Have you had enough of stress in your life?  How committed are you to wanting to do something about the stress you feel?  On the following scale from one to ten, with one meaning you have no commitment to relieving the stress you feel, and ten meaning you are totally committed, mentally place a hash mark on the line below to indicate your level of commitment to doing something about relieving or reducing the level of stress in your life.

Why do I ask this kind of question?  I ask it because reducing or relieving the stress you feel in your life is directly proportional to your commitment to doing something about it.  Reducing stress and the effects of stress depend mainly on your willingness to make changes in your life.

Isn’t that ironic?  Change in itself can trigger a stress response in you.  There are so many different things that can influence the stress you feel in your life.  You can begin with nutrition and diet, exercise, your knowledge of stress and its symptoms, identifying the things, people and situations that trigger a stress response from you, your knowledge and practice of coping skills,  knowledge of what is really important to you, the degree of control you have over your environment, your willingness to change, perseverance, etc.

These will be some of the topics that will appear in this blog.  Our commitment to you is to provide you with information, tips and techniques to support your efforts in bringing about effective changes in your behavior.

Stay tuned!  We are developing more products and services to offer you choices in helping you learn more about this thing called stress and what you can do about it. If you have any comments about this topic, feel free to click on the comments button.

Blessings,

Karen

 

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