Cortisol, like every other hormone in the body, has a specific purpose. Its main activity is to support us to respond in a positive way to a threat which may harm us. It instantly fires up the fright, fight,...
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The burden of managing your stress falls largely with you. However, experts agree that there are many tools, techniques and strategies that can help you from “catching” stress. Most are far easier than you may think. To live a...
For so many years the passion I have had as a practicing chiropractor, and then as a coach, mentor and consultant to chiropractors around the world, has meant that four to five hours sleep a night became the norm...
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...
Most of us don’t realise that that only 9% of the nerves in the human body are sensory nerves, i.e. they record pain and sensation that we feel. Many victims of deadly heart attacks have had no pain or...
Finally with school back in action the business world has also settled into its New Year swing. I was speaking at a corporate luncheon last week and was asked for my list of ‘De-Stress To Do’s in 2016’ to...
I have just arrived home after my seventy five minute seven kilometre plus walk up and over Brisbane’s Mount Coot-tha. There are many walking tracks in the Mount Coot-tha Bush Reserve. The tracks vary in difficulty, with most involving...
I recently heard a fascinating radio interview with Dr Melody Ding from Sydney University’s School of Public Health commenting on stressors in peoples’ lives. She was reporting on the findings of a long term 3 year study of middle-aged...