This week’s edition of the Harvard Medical School HEALTHbeat discusses how to reduce your stress to keep your blood pressure down. The article focuses on a non-drug approach. When it comes to preventing and treating high blood pressure, one often-overlooked...
The Christmas/New Year period is either an over-stress and/or dis-stress time for many people or a eustress stimulating and relaxing time for others… it’s either a time of ‘bad’ stress, or a time of ‘good’ stress. For me this...
This week one of our graduate Stress Management Facilitators Linn sent me an article from the December 26th 2017edition of Forbes magazine. She said, “you’ll love this John!” The reason she said,“you’ll love this John!” is that during her...
Recently I was having a laugh with a friend who shared with me that a Pinata bursting experience is a part of their family culture in celebrating birthdays. The Pinata is not just for the kids she shared with...
The word endorphin comes from the words “endogenous,” meaning from within the body, and “morphine,” which is an opiate pain reliever. Hence, endorphins were so named because they are natural pain relievers. These neurochemicals released by your body can...
Having spent a life time enjoying the joy of running or a good walking challenge, the eustress (good stress) that is generated is a major part of my daily personal stress management plan and personal well being program. The...
As a way of de-stressing, many people feel an intrinsic call to spend time in nature, and this makes good sense. Our brain and body are in the main hard-wired to connect with the laws of nature. The changing...
September 1st is Wattle Day in Australia and it ushers in the arrival of spring. In the sub-tropical state of Queensland where we live, it comes earlier. Wattle is a shade tree and our nations national floral emblem. Wattle,...
