Alternative Health Hints
Sleep and Stress
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Sleep and Insomnia
Sleep and Insomnia. How to get a good night's sleep, herbal remedies for sleep, routines and practices to help you sleep, the physical stress of insomnia.

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Remaining Calm, Grounded and Balanced
Articles and information on remaining calm, grounded and balanced.

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Stress Management
Stress management is important in maintaining the physical and emotional health that insure a decent quality of life. Stress management is an important consideration to insure a healthy lifestyle.

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Emotions and Health
Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health Care
Maintaining emotional health is a way to also support your physical health ... and an artistic, creative to dimension to life, including music and art appreciation can help. Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health Care
Emotions and Health
Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health Care

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Overcoming Fear
Fear is a major problem in life. It causes depression, blights happiness and interferes with creativity.

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Depression
Depression -- this is a psychological condition with many causes and a powerful impact on many phases of life. Articles on depression.

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Stress in Your Life
Audio presentation on dealing with stress in your life.

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Adequate Self-Care Is NOT a Suggestion
It's the Law!!
Having a stressful, busy life ... or working your way through one of life's inevitable crises ... means you have to take extra-special care of yourself. It's the only way to insure that you can stay focused, on-course, and functioning when life gets really tough.
It's way too easy to let this common sense advice slide though, because most people (especially women) are used to taking care of their business interests, the other people who are depending on them, and meeting their other commitments come what may ... and too often the time and energy for all this is arranged at the expense of the resources we need for ourselves.

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Take Up a New Hobby -- Deep Relaxation

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Fatigue

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Valerian
Is it ... or is it not ... worth much?
Valerian has a long history in the lore of folk medicine as a remedy for insomnia, digestive upsets, tension headaches, anxiety and heart palpitations. No one is yet sure why it works -- when it works, which I'll talk about in a moment. Nor do they agree on its active ingredients. It may, in fact, work through a combination of factors. It's been used for centuries and it's widely available in pharmacies and health food stores.
So, yes, Valerian is the stand-by herbal sleep aid from way back, and while it still makes all the lists of natural sleep remedies, as far as I'm concerned, you can keep it. It doesn't work for me. From what I've read it evidently "doesn't work for everyone" -- so it comes with a big disclaimer right there. Maybe it will work for you ... and maybe not.
Valerian
Is it ... or is it not ... worth much?

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Set the Mood for Sleep
You Sleep Best in the Right Climate
You need the right environment to sleep. This is just common sense that maybe ought to go without saying, but you'd be surprised how many times I've heard someone complain about sleepless nights -- and a quick look around shows some of these obvious conditions haven't been met. So, let's go through the basic facts about the right atmosphere for sleep, just in case something here has also escaped your notice. When it comes to getting a decent night's sleep, as you'll see, little things mean a lot.

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Stress
Daily Self-Care Habits to Manage Stress
Today we have more stress in our lives than ever before - good stress, bad stress, red stress, blue stress (my little ode to Dr. Seuss). No matter what kind of stress it is, a real crisis or an imagined one, stress is incredibly harmful to our body, mind and soul.
Stress
Daily Self-Care Habits to Manage Stress

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Feeling Tense? -- How to Reduce Stress and Anxiety Through Breath Work
The fact that change and unexpected events are a part of life means that everyone will experience stress. Stress is synonymous with change. Even positive changes are stress provoking.
Fortunately, stress is natural, and is an important part of dealing with life's many challenges. It prepares our body and signals us to take action.

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7 Simple Relaxation Methods
That Can Make a Difference Today
Feeling stressed out is no fun, but thanks to today's hectic lifestyles, more and more people are suffering the mental and physical consequences of stress. While it may not be possible to just chuck in your high-pressure job and get away from it all, there are simple things that most people can do on a daily basis to keep stress under control and avoid its negative impact. This article takes a look at a few of these.

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Headache Remedies
Gentle Exercises For Pain Relief
When headaches are caused by muscle tension and stress, you can often get relief through gentle, relaxing exercises for the face, head, neck, and breath. Read on to learn these simple techniques for taming headaches and tension.
Because stress and tension often contribute to headaches, relaxation techniques can also help relieve the pain. Breath-work is one of the best overall relaxation techniques. Below is a breathing exercise that will allow you to turn off your stress response, relax, and reduce pain.

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If You Feel Better, -- Your Brain Performs Better
It has been said that through meditation, you are able to calm not only your body but your mind as well. It may sound too difficult to try, however, there are ways to make meditation as simple as possible.
This article for those who are hesitant to meditate because of the perception that meditation is a difficult process. It may be true that in order to perfect your meditation skills you need to practice it for years, however, you can still begin with the simplest relaxation techniques. This will surely make you feel better, your brain relaxed a little and your whole being is rejuvenated.

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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.

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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.

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Stress
It's All in Our Minds
There are a lot of people world-wide trying to deal with the stress issue. On one side of the coin, there seems to be a plague of stress around the globe, with a significant number of people suffering, feeling depressed, anxious and full of worry.
Stress
It's All in Our Minds

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