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Astrology, Tarot, and Self Improvement for the New Age.

Stress Management

A Tool for the Spirit

Journaling is a remarkable device for easing worry and obsession, for identifying hopes and fears and for allowing your creative self to expand, increasing your level of energy and confidence. It harnesses the power to tap into successively deeper layers of your subconscious mind while it zaps the nervous, passive energy that ties your stomach in knots and leads to more guilt and worry.

Journals are tools to help you discover the wisdom you already possess. Sometimes, this wisdom will surprise you. Other times, it will challenge you. Always, it will come directly from you, empowering you to trust yourself and to take action by giving you the deep-seated knowledge that you know more than you think you do.

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Holiday Help For Emotional Eaters

Weight is just that, weight. It is an inadvertent way to keep you on the ground. You are grounded when you have clarity. You are in control, and your creative mind is working to its full potential. With grounding comes enhanced intuition, you may be surprised just what flows forth when you are secure in your own self-being. Grounding offers complete confidence in your abilities and who you are. It gives you the ability to STAY motivated.

The best way I describe not being grounded, in relation to food, are my bouts with binge eating and bulimia. I never focused on what I was eating. It was more about what I would eat next. One thing after another was consumed before I had time to even think about what I was swallowing. During those times, there never was an "Earth to Catherine" moment.

Holiday Help For Emotional Eaters

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Managing Conflict, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Working with Emotions, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Food -- for Mind, Body and Spirit, Self-Improvement for Virgo, Healthy Mind, Healthy Body, Taking Care of Your Physical Body, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Holidays, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Self-Control, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, New Age Blogs, The Health Blog, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Emotions and Health, Stress Management, Diet and Weight Control, Words of Wisdom, Managing Life Effectively, Taking Care of Yourself

How To Nourish The Sandwich That Is You

The "Sandwich Generation" is a term that has now made it into the dictionary. It fits an increasing number of Boomer women whose reality includes being squeezed between the demands of growing children and the needs of aging parents.

A study by AARP and the National Alliance for Care-giving identified over 44 million Americans who are caring for ill adult family members, 60% of them women. According to the National Center on Health Statistics, about 80% of women in their 40's have children for whom they are still somewhat responsible. Given these numbers, many of you may well be asking yourself, how can I balance caring for my parents, my children and myself? Here are some tips to help you sustain and nourish yourself.

How To Nourish The Sandwich That Is You

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Self-Acceptance, Self-Improvement for Taurus, Deciding What's Important, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Family Relationships, Self-Improvement for Virgo, Coping with Your Inner Critic, Handling Life's Practical Chores, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Setting Priorities, Growing Older, Concerns about Aging, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, New Age Blogs, The Health Blog, Family Matters, Being a Caregiver, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management, Heath Maintenance through Sensible Living, Mysticism, Conscious Living, Words of Wisdom, Managing Life Effectively, Taking Care of Yourself

The Tyranny of "What If ..."

A number of years ago I had a client who came to me in a really bad stressed out condition. He came for one session, and then the next thing I knew I was told he had had a nervous breakdown.

When I visited him in the hospital, I was quite surprised to see that his face had a certain radiance to it. I asked how he was doing, half expecting to hear a litany of bad news.

The Tyranny of "What If ..."

Go to: Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Self-Improvement for Virgo, Coping with Your Inner Critic, Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Coping with Crisis, Coping with Burnout, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Meeting Life's Lessons, Changing Your Mind and Perspectives, New Age Blogs, The Real Life Lines Blog, Alternative Health, Stress Management, Overcoming Fear, Real Life Stories, Spiritual Lessons from Real Life, Words of Wisdom, Managing Life Effectively, Creating Inner Peace

How to Manage a Transition Successfully

I work with clients in transition. Some of the transitions are chosen, such as retirement. Others are involuntary transitions such as losing a job or being forced to change careers because of a disability.

We all have a different "set point" for our ability to handle changes. It has to do with our natural temperaments, and also the way change and ambiguity were handled when we were children. Why "ambiguity?" Because more than anything else, transitions involve the unknown.

How to Manage a Transition Successfully

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Taking Risks, Taking Action, Facing Fear, Self-Improvement for Gemini, Collecting Facts -- Handling Knowledge, Using Your Mind Effectively, Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Making Changes, Trauma and Transition, Coping with Crisis, Dealing with Adversity, Rebuilding, New Age Blogs, The Self Improvement Blog, Alternative Health, Stress Management, The Reading Room, Articles by Susan Dunn, Words of Wisdom, Managing Life Effectively

Ten Ways to Beat the Heat

It's the dog days of summer (in the northern hemisphere) when the temperature goes up (and has been up for a while) and tempers can flare. Learning to manage anger is an emotional intelligence competency and a process of personal awareness and growth.

Ten Ways to Beat the Heat

Go to: Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Coping with Crisis, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management

Enjoy the Holidays!
5 Practices to Less Stress and More Joy

It bothers me that most conversations I have at this time of year contain some level of stress and anxiety about the upcoming holiday season. I'm not immune myself - every year I swing on a pendulum between being caught up in a frenzy of materialism or feeling the urge to back away and becoming cynical about the entire season. What is up with that? Shouldn't this time of year be about peace, joy and celebration?

It's understandably complex; the holiday season taps into all of our personal and collective beliefs and values, from our deepest feelings about creation to how our families function to how we live in community. Throw a substantial dose of shameless consumerism into the mix and it's no wonder people both love and dread December.

Enjoy the Holidays!
5 Practices to Less Stress and More Joy

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Improve Life, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Holidays, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management, The Reading Room, Articles by Helaine Iris, Words of Wisdom, Managing Life Effectively, Taking Care of Yourself

How to Recover From a Bad Day

Bad days are a part of life. We all have them. No matter how many yoga classes you attend or how smoothly your life runs, you'll run up against one sooner or later. The secret to thriving is learning how to move forward in spite of bad days, not aiming to never have one (although minimizing their frequency is a good thing).

Here are some tips for dusting yourself off and getting back on track after a bad day happens.

How to Recover From a Bad Day

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Zen Gardening ... Key Elements

There are two main elements to creating the perfect zen garden. Of which are rocks and sand. The rocks represent mountains and grounding, while the sand helps to represent flowing water. However, this sand shouldn't be just any ordinary beach or garden variety sand. Instead you should purchase enough crushed granite sand to fill your space. Whether it be outside or in. Of which can be found in three different shades white, gray, or beige.

You should try to avoid using light tinted granite sand in sunny areas, as it will produce glare and cut back on the zen-like feeling you wish to achieve. Instead use these lighter colors in shady areas or within your office or other indoor gardens. While you don't need a container for an out-door zen garden, you can find many different platforms for an office-sized zen garden. Whether it be online at websites such as this one, or at a local Feng Shui shop.

Zen Gardening ... Key Elements

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Secrets to Living Longer
by Living Stress-Free

You can tell immediately how stress affects you. The headaches. The cranky attitude. The increased drinking. The eating comfort food. And you know the long term health effects of stress: high blood pressure, stroke, chronic pain, death. But did you know that stress is shortening your life in other ways?

Secrets to Living Longer
by Living Stress-Free

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Self Care on the Fly
Or 7 Strategies to Resolve
Work/Life Imbalance - NOW

Stress is high, your energy is low. Sound familiar? This is the common experience of most small business owners I know. Owning a business can be like running a marathon. You know you're in it for the long haul, there's not much time to catch your breath, yet you push on. You can easily see how this scenario can lead quickly to an out of balance life.

Self Care on the FlyOr 7 Strategies to Resolve Work/Life Imbalance -- NOW

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Turn Overwhelm Around With These 10 Tips

Overwhelm is one of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs experience on a daily basis. The definition of overwhelm, according to The Brainy Dictionary is, "To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to engulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly." Whew...sound familiar? I've been there, too, so I understand -it's not a fun place to be.

Turn Overwhelm Around With These 10 Tips

Go to: Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Setting Priorities, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management, The Reading Room, Articles by Helaine Iris

Six Tips For Spending the Holidays With Your In-laws

The way I see it, there are two groups of people: those who love the holidays because they love spending time with family, and those who dread the holidays because their family-or spouse's family-is difficult to be around. I wrote this article for those of you in the second category.

Remember when you promised "for better or for worse"? If your in-laws are controlling and self-centered, then spending time with them is probably part of the "worse." Because spending time with your spouse's parents is part of the marriage commitment, you might as well learn how to make the best of it. Here are six tips for having a better holiday experience.

Six Tips For Spending the Holidays With Your In-laws

Go to: Self-Improvement for Cancer, Family Relationships, Self-Improvement for Libra, Coping with Difficult People, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Holidays, Family Matters, Relationships with In-laws, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management

Battle With Burn-Out

Letting yourself reach the point where you are burnt out, worn down and used up is a threat to your dreams, goals and your life's happiness. The physical manifestation of burnout, or an overload of stress, is your body's natural response to the pressures you are placed under and that place it under during the course of your day. Worse yet when you place yourself in a stressful situation in your mind through worry and fret, your body reacts as if physically placed in that situation. Your body's natural defenses go into action.

Battle With Burn-Out

Go to: Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Coping with Burnout, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Setting Priorities, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management, Depression

Tips For a Relaxing Holiday Season

The Holiday Season is meant to be a joyful time of year, but it can be extremely stressful for many people. You can potentially be a lot happier and enjoy a relaxing Holiday with some simple planning, lack of excess and the proper focus/perspective. Stress taxes your immune system and is detrimental to your health. For this reason, it is extremely important to adopt a more realistic and balanced approach to the Holidays.

Tips For a Relaxing Holiday Season

Go to: Self-Improvement for Virgo, Handling Life's Practical Chores, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Christmas, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management

Practical Stress Management
7 Spiritual Solutions

Stress is amazingly persistent, even seductive. We get used to feeling tight and tense. Though positive thinking has its place, unless it is backed up by practical spiritual wisdom it tends to get overwhelmed and fade away. Here are seven proven ways you can get a new handle on stress.

Practical Stress Management

Go to: Self-Improvement for Virgo, Handling Life's Practical Chores, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management

Get Meditation Benefits Fast
4 Easy Tips

Want to get the benefits of meditation fast? You can, and it can be simpler than you imagine. In this article we provide four tips which will help.

Firstly, let's look at what some common benefits of meditation are. They can include stress relief, enhanced memory, happiness, better sleep, and pain relief. If you're using pain relief and other medication, meditation may help you to reduce your dose, or even to forgo the medication entirely as your health improves -- but be advised by your doctor.

Get Meditation Benefits Fast

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Simple Meditation and Concentration Exercises

There is growing interest in Meditation and concentration exercises. Anybody can practise meditation; you don't need any specific training or education. In fact exercises require no intellectual understanding. It is often the simplicity of meditation that people find confusing! If possible find a group of people to meditate with, this will definitely help. However, if you want to start meditating on your own, these exercises will help.

Simple Meditation and Concentration Exercises

Go to: New Age Blogs, The Magical Mysteries Blog, Alternative Health, Stress Management, Mysticism, Meditation, Creative Visualization

Stress Management
Pressure-Proof Your Holidays

The holidays are fast approaching. Are you feeling stress and overwhelm, instead of joyful anticipation? With so many competing obligations and needs in our modern life, preparing for the holidays might feel like yet another daunting chore. I'll share 5 key strategies to help you pressure-proof your holidays, so you can enjoy instead of "endure" your holidays.

1. Focus on what's important

What does the holidays mean to you? Is it the special time with loved ones, gratitude, renewal, hope, cultural or family traditions, reconnecting with old friends, serving the community, religious meaning, etc.? Find out what's important to you, and set a clear intention to focus only on those things.

Stress Management
Pressure-Proof Your Holidays

Go to: Self-Improvement for Cancer, Improving Your Mood and Attitude, Self-Improvement for Virgo, Handling Life's Practical Chores, Self-Improvement for Sagittarius, Celebrations, Self-Improvement for Pisces, Self-Care, New Age Blogs, The Health Blog, Alternative Health, Sleep and Stress Management, Stress Management

Transitions without Trauma

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The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments
By
William Bridges Life is a series of transitions - some huge, some small; some chosen by us, and others forced upon us. We experience transitions in all areas of our lives including career, family, beliefs, relationships, physical and emotional states, etc. The process of going through a life transition is stressful at best and may even be traumatic. The challenges of the process can be opportunities to learn and grow. The following tips can help you move through the transitions of your life with strength, confidence and success.

1. Realize that change is constant.

You have successfully completed many transitions in your life thus far. Remember what strategies worked for you and adapt them to your current situation. Make a list of past successes and how you achieved them. Consider which of these strategies can help you in your current situation.

Transitions without Trauma

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Strategies for Success, Facing Fear, Self-Improvement for Scorpio, Trauma and Transition, New Age Blogs, The Self Improvement Blog, Alternative Health, Stress Management

What To Do If Your Boss Asks You
To Do Something Unethical or Illegal

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Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You
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Patricia Evans You're the new secretary and your boss asks you to become a Notary Public. He then walks back into his office and you can hear him on the phone talking about a contract he wants out of, and the fact that he's going to falsify a date and signature -- "No problem, my secretary will do it."

It happened to me, has it happened to you? Here are some steps you can take.

1. Think beforehand about what you would do if this happened so you can think rationally when and if it should occur.

Emotions will come into play when and if it does that may confuse the issue for you. Intimidation, fear of losing your job, confusion about just what is ethical and what isn't, fear of authority, anger if you refuse to do it, trying to rationalize to justify your boss as a good person, wishing to avoid conflict.

What To Do If Your Boss Asks You
To Do Something Unethical or Illegal

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Self-Assertion, Being Independent, Being Honest, Self-Improvement for Libra, Coping with Difficult People, Setting Boundaries, Alternative Health, Stress Management, Articles by Susan Dunn

Help Soldier Friends Reduce Stress

Intense training, rapid changes, and the hazards of combat generate high levels of stress. Leaving families and jobs behind compounds the problem. Combat stress is so great that, typically, one soldier is lost to stress for every one lost to enemy gunfire. Home front support is critical in helping soldiers overcome these stressors. Employers, supervisors, co-workers and friends can all help by relieving concerns about what's going on at home. Here are five easy ways to help reduce the stress and win the battle.

Help Soldier Friends Reduce Stress

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Improve Life, Self-Improvement for Libra, Relationships, Alternative Health, Stress Management

Dealing with Anger

Anger ... how we struggle with this primitive, upsetting emotion. Denied to women, it was at the same time the "all purpose" emotion for a generation of men -- the only legitimate way they could express any emotion, since tenderness, grief, shame and sympathy were women's territory.

Dealing with Anger

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Anger, Self-Assertion, Managing Conflict, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Working with Emotions, Self-Improvement for Libra, Relationships, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Self-Control, Alternative Health, Stress Management, Words of Wisdom, Advice for Living

Fair Fighting

Do you ever worry that if you argue too much with your spouse you'll end up getting a divorce? Some people believe that when two people are happy in their relationship, they should never argue. However, in real life, disagreement is inevitable at some point in any relationship. Excessive fighting can certainly take a toll on you and your relationships. Heated arguments with your partner in which there is a great deal of blame, criticism, or withdrawal are bad for your health.

Fair Fighting

Go to: Self-Improvement for Aries, Anger, Self-Assertion, Managing Conflict, Self-Improvement for Cancer, Working with Emotions, Self-Improvement for Libra, Relationships, Self-Improvement for Capricorn, Self-Control, Alternative Health, Stress Management, Words of Wisdom, Advice for Living

Emotions Caused by Music are Intelligent Emotions

Desperate because homeless people were camping out in a New York bus station, proprietors played opera music. It worked like a charm. It also worked when a California convenience store piped opera in their parking lot to drive drug-dealers away. I find this amazing since I just paid $200 to hear an opera.

Connect to your creative emotional center
through your appreciation of the arts
Emotions Caused by Music are Intelligent Emotions

EQ for Balance

Most of us these days are concerned about our wellness and we're doing what we can to alleviate stress and achieve a healthy balance in our lives. We think about what we eat, we exercise, and we try and manage our emotional states, eliminating what stress we can, and trying to cope better with the rest of it.

Underlying all our efforts is the fact that we depend upon our immune systems for our health. The rise of auto-immune deficiency diseases is making this more evident to us all the time. Our immune systems are our first, and last, line of defense against disease, and they are directly affected by our emotional states.

EQ for Balance

Anger And Your Driving

While there is no one standard definition for aggressive driving, many psychologists see anger as the root cause of the problem. Regardless of the provocation or the circumstances related to problems on the road, it is ultimately our emotional state, our stress levels and our thinking patterns that either cause us to drive aggressively or lead us to be the victims of others.

Anger And Your Driving

Are You Able To Say Both 'Yes!' And 'No!'?

When it is all said and done, when we delve deeply into our emotions, we almost always find that our strongest and most habitual response is covering up other feelings that we are not fully aware of. We feel hurt, disrespected, abandoned, or sad, and we cover over these feelings and lose touch with them, by expressing anger or resentment instead. When we find ways to tap into our deeper emotions we invariably find that we have been neglecting some form of pain or discomfort. When we neglect or simply don't notice our deeper emotional reactions, we lose the ability to express our full range of emotions. In the process we find that by consistently expressing only one segment of our entire emotional range, we limit our ability to be happy and feel at ease within ourselves and with those that we interact with.

Are You Able To Say Both 'Yes!' And 'No!'?

Go to: Sleep and Stress, Stress Management, Sleep and Stress, Emotions and Health, Emotions

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