The Stress of the New Normal
The current COVID-19 pandemic has had us all adapt to a “new normal”. Changing old routines can create stressors; although we have no control over how long this situation will last, there are things we can control. • With all the changes we face, it becomes more important than...
Stress and Disease: It’s Personal
Stress comes from the outside (events, accidents, etc). But it’s effect is on your inside (cortisol, getting sick, and on and on). However, an event can be stressful or not, depending on whether the person lets it get to them. Granted, keeping external events, stupid drivers, and rampant hormonal...
How to Feel Better in Two Minutes
When I say “Feel Better in Two Minutes”, I don’t want you to think this is a power pill or insta-cure, because kinds of magic pills are dumb, and that’s not what I’m talking about. Here’s the dealThere are simple remedies to the chronic aches we all face every day,...
Forest Bathing: The Best Immunity Boosting Pill?
It’s called, going outside or — in Japan — “forest bathing”. Read the research here. A recent study on 280 healthy people in Japan compared the stress hormones, pulse rate, AND blood pressure in 2 conditions: 1. when walking through a forest or wooded area for a few hours...
Stress’s Brain Drain
You are stressed. So what else is new. And you may think that, well, whatever, I’ll relax when I’m dead (or retired, whichever comes first). I’ve got way to much work to accomplish to let concerns over stress slow me down. And that’s the problem. Stress does slow you...