Happy Holidays, Stress and Choices

December 19, 2011

I want to wish you a very happy holiday season, and for a quick look at stress and choices I will share with you my Christmases Past and Christmas Present. Christmas Past I grew up with all the Christmas traditions and when there were children in the family it was fun buying them gifts.  It [...]

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Change Your Life – Part 2

December 12, 2011

Here is another blog from Valerie Greetings! We left off where Bobbie gave Gary and me the set of DVDs and workbook they were packaging to make available to the world, (their Core Course) so that I could get out of my depression.  And so Gary could retire and have the business he always wanted [...]

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Change Your Life

December 5, 2011

Blog by Valerie Lower Unlimited Futures gently challenges us to create the life we want for ourselves. We have to believe, know what we want and focus, yes. But what my husband Gary and I found that makes UF different is that in order to create these wonderful things, we need to strengthen our bodies, [...]

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Stress Relating to Chemotherapy

November 28, 2011

In this blog Valerie is sharing with us her experience and stress with going through chemotherapy for her breast cancer.  Many of you may be able to relate to similar experiences, if not personally, maybe with someone close to you.  We hope Valerie’s series of blogs will help you relate, not only to the stress, [...]

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Stress and Cancer

November 21, 2011

Some time ago I told you about our former daughter-in-law who was recovering from breast cancer.  She has fully recovered and she is going to be writing the next few blogs to share some of her experiences with you. I hope these blogs are enlightening and helpful.  If you would like to talk with Valerie [...]

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The Effects of Stress

November 14, 2011

Let’s look at the effects of stress in several different areas of our lives.  First let’s look at how stress affects our choices and ability to learn. When the nervous system is overstressed the mind is not clear.  Our perception becomes fuzzy.  You have heard of fuzzy thinking referring to people making bad choices.  We [...]

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What Causes Stress?

November 7, 2011

Now that we know what stress is, let’s take a look at what causes it.  Most people in the world today have been overstressing themselves since childhood because we have not understood stress and how it works. Many times children are pushed to do more than they are capable of doing.  We do that to [...]

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What Is Stress

October 31, 2011

Dr. Hans Selye coined the word stress to describe the pressures we experience in our lives and the affect it has on our health and functioning. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Selye and visiting his lab where he kept all of the little white mice that he was experimenting with at McGill University [...]

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It’s Just a Matter of Choice

October 24, 2011

Yesterday, coming home from a great day out, we stopped by the grocery store to buy our groceries for the week and ran into our neighbors, a great couple that we really enjoy.  As we were sharing stories about our summers, the man looked at our grocery cart and remarked about all the healthy food [...]

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Symptoms of Stress

October 17, 2011

Are you overstressed?  Most people are. Take this simple test to see if you are experiencing symptoms of an over stressed nervous system. Check any of these symptoms that you are experiencing or have experienced in the last year. ____Accidents ____Anger/Hostility ____Anxiety ____Apathy ____Boredom ____Confusion ____Crying ____Depression ____Diminished Productivity ____Dissatisfaction with Life ____Excessive Sleeping ____Fear [...]

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