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Stress

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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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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Are You Overstressed?

October 10, 2011

Are you over stressed? Most people are.  Every time we make more demands on our minds and bodies than they can handle, the entire mind/body system becomes stressed. Many people have stressful childhoods and then going to school, studying, working and trying to have a social life is also stressful.  Then it’s time to prove [...]

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How Stress Affects Weight

August 15, 2011

We have just returned from a very nice vacation, where we spent a couple of days in Atlanta and the remainder of the week in Branson.  We enjoyed both places very much. In observing people while on our trip, I was amazed at how many people are severely over weight.  And it occurred to me [...]

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The Affects of Stress on Your Health

August 1, 2011

The vast majority of people in the world today are over stressed.  Are you one of them? Stress occurs when we are making more demands on our minds and bodies than they can comfortably handle.  There are numerous symptoms that alert us to the fact that we are over stressed. When we feel overwhelmed, irritable, [...]

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Stress and Your Nervous System

June 20, 2011

Are you aware of how stress affects your nervous system and what that means for your health and life experiences?  First, we need to understand that the nervous system is the communications system of the mind and body.  It carries all the messages from the mind to all the different parts of the body and [...]

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