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Yoga and Stress Relief For Busy Women – Five Fun Ways to Relax
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Are you stressed and fed up with the constant demands from your family? How often during your day do you hear the words, “Mom, can I…..” or “Mom, do you know where my…. is?” Have you lost count of the amount of times you have argued with your partner/children about whose turn it is to load the dishwasher or to wash-up and put the dishes away?
Have you ever thought, “I wonder what it would be like to close shop for a day, to sit back and just relax? To have someone else cook, clean and shop for you – just for a few days while you spend some time alone, maybe with your girlfriends to rest, get your strength and energy back?”
As a busy working mom, it is hard for you to find time to care for yourself. Family commitments and social obligations tend to be your first priority. Making time for you – to have a spot of “Me-Time” seems like a luxury. Read More→
What’s In Your Coping Toolbox?
Posted by: | CommentsLife consistently presents us with challenges and changes and at times this can lead to us feeling stressed. Planning how to manage and cope in various life situations, and finding out which coping skills work best for you, is the key to succeeding with stress rather then experiencing distress. When clients come to see me for NLP and CBT therapy in Hemel Hempstead, Edinburgh, it is a big part of therapy that they develop and become confident in employing coping skills. This article contains ideas for coping with stress and also acute emotional crises. Read More→
We all know how to deal with stress, right? Get rid of what’s stressing you. And if we can’t get rid of it, at least reduce the number or severity of the assorted stressors in our lives. But how do we do that?
That’s where we get stuck. Sure, we all would like to be less stressed, but where do we start? How do we reduce the number of stressors in our lives? After all, it usually feels like everything on our plate is non-negotiable.
But that’s the thing: we cannot do everything. Never have. Never will. It’s not possible.
So here are four ways to reduce the number — and size — of the items on your plate: Read More→
