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Making New Friends with Less Stress: The Value of Acquaintances

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Dr. Dan Rosin, psychologist and author of the book, Finding Balance: 101 Concepts for Taking Better Care of Self


If you want more friends in your life, stop looking for them! Making new friends can be a real problem. I often have the question posed...

Categories: Relationships Personal

The Best Free Stuff: There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch

Monday, July 04, 2011

Stephanie Staples, founder of Your Life, Unlimited


I like free stuff! Do you?


Say you were particularly stressed one day and someone came over to you and said, “Hey, I have a bunch of really useful free stuff and I’d...

Categories: Healthy Hobbies and Tools, Motivational and Inspirational, Relationships Personal

Emotional Expression, Inhibition and Stress | Dr. Simon Casey

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Dr. Simon Casey, PSYCH-K facilitator, drug abuse counselor, speaker and author of Secrets to Emotional Wealth, shares about the relationship between inhibiting emotional expression and stress


Are you stressed? What are you doing about it?


We all experience stress in...

Categories: Family, Living in Balance, Relationships Personal

How the Practice of Kindness Treats Depression and Boosts Happiness

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Elizabeth Manuel, happiness expert and founder of MetaMind Consulting


I have been the recipient of kindness, a giver of kindness and a witness to kindness. Every memory of kindness evokes wonderful and positive feelings in my brain and body. It makes me smile and brings...

Categories: Personal Empowerment and Growth, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal

Workplace Stress Strategies

Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Therese Tappouni, stress management expert, counselor and author of The Promise: Revealing the Purpose of your Soul and other books.


Let me begin by saying that the word “workplace” could be replaced with the word “family” and the strategies would be nearly the same....

Categories: Family, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal, Workplace Stress Management

Long Lasting Love: Book Excerpt from Every Day Love by Judy Ford

Monday, April 18, 2011

Book excerpt from Every Day Love: The Delicate Art of Caring for Each Other by bestselling author Judy Ford


Sustaining Love Takes Sustained Efforts


If there was a silver lining to James losing his job in the economic...

Categories: Relationships Personal

April is National Stress Awareness Month: Win a Massage Near You

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Ultimate Stress Blog


Yes, April is National Stress Awareness Month in the United States. Here is your chance to win a gift certificate for a free massage in your area. Kim Pryor, author of The Indestructible Relationship, is holding a contest in honor of National Stress...

Categories: Relationships Personal

Learn How to Say "Yes" to Saying "No"

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Catherine Ewing LCSW MDiv, certified dream coach, psychotherapist and co-author of Incredible Life


How many times do you say “Yes” when you’d really rather say “ No” or maybe “I don’t know, let me think about it and get back to you?” Are you the first...

Categories: Living in Balance, Personal Empowerment and Growth, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal

Meditation and Sex: Improve Your Love Life | Dr. Dorree Lynn

Sunday, February 06, 2011

Dr. Dorree, Intimacy Expert and author of Sex for Grownups


As a Savvy Sexy Sage who's been a practicing psychologist for over 40 years and who has lived and studied in India, I believe in and have seen the benefits of meditation. In my view,...

Categories: Meditation/Yoga/Relaxation Techniques, Personal Empowerment and Growth, Relationships Personal

Why Are You Stressed Out? | Finding the Real You in 4 Steps

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Chachanna Simpson, author, speaker, coach and owner of Twentity.com Llc


Why are you stressed? We get stressed over a variety of issues: Money, relationships, body image, career and the list goes on. It’s a part of our lives but it’s not always a bad thing....

Categories: Family, Motivational and Inspirational, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal

Is Your Niceness Causing You Stress?

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., author of Nice Girls Finish Fat


For many of us, niceness got top billing in our socialization when we were growing up. Because of that, it’s hard now to grow out of being the king or queen of...

Categories: Living in Balance, Personal Empowerment and Growth, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal

Elder Care Stress: How to Care for Yourself and Care for Others

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Brian McGovern


Taking care of elderly friends and relatives can be one of the most rewarding and most stressful things you can do in life. Care giving requires an enormous amount of energy both physical and mental. If you're one of the millions who care...

Categories: Family, Living in Balance, Relationships Personal

Is It Shyness or Social Anxiety Disorder? | Try Social Fitness

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Dr. Frank Wood, Clinical Psychologist, Ultimate Stress Blog Columnist and Director of The Institute on Mindfulness


Struggling with anxiety … and I am just plain frustrated. My friends tell me that I am not alone … that they are there for me. But, regardless of...

Categories: Column: Dr. Frank Wood - Institute on Mindfulness, Illness and Wellness, Relationships Personal

Workplace Communication: Un-Sandwich Your Stress

Thursday, September 09, 2010
Dr. Marlene Caroselli, author of The Language of Leadership and other books

Whether it's a family setting, a community meeting, or a workplace interaction, each of us has had to deliver bad news from time to time. Such scenarios can be stressful for...

Categories: Family, Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal, Workplace Stress Management

Long Term Relationship Advice for Young People and Old

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Ultimate Stress Blog Columnist Don Lubov shares timeless advice on creating lasting, long term relationships.


Above all…Be kinder…Kinder and gentler. When you’re in agreement, then be in sync. When you disagree, then disagree.


No anger. No nastiness. No attacking. Don’t...

Categories: Column: Don Lubov - Enlightenment, Personal Empowerment and Growth, Relationships Personal

The Only One You Can Change is Sitting in Your Chair

Friday, August 27, 2010

Kathy Seifert, Ph.D., psychotherapist


Stress is caused by a stressor. A stressor can cause a challenge or a barrier to something you want. A loss or argument with a loved one can be a stressor, for example. Some stressors you can change, some you cannot....

Categories: Family, Relationships Personal

Stress No More | Darshan Shanti

Friday, August 27, 2010

Darshan G. Shanti, author of the bestselling The 24 Hour Champion


Stress is a killer! It makes you sick. It lowers your immune response. It steals your energy and it makes you chronically tired. It can cause depression, anxiety, self-doubt and feelings of helplessness. It...

Categories: Relationships Personal, Shifting Attitudes

Family Stress Management - Stress Reduction for the Whole Family

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dr. Christopher Willard (Psy. D), Psychologist at Tufts University and in Private Practice, Author of Childs Mind


Many of us adults have probably noticed that we spend more and more of our time rushing around from place to place and task to task. We are...

Categories: Family, Meditation/Yoga/Relaxation Techniques, Relationships Personal

Situational Stress - Improving Interpersonal Relationships

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Robert S. Jerome, Ph.D., certified anger management therapist


Stress is almost overwhelming our abilities to thrive. Stress manifests itself in nefarious ways, but mostly in our general health and our negative behavior. Simply put, stress is making us sick and unhappy – heart attacks and broken relationships...

Categories: Relationships Institutional, Relationships Personal, Shifting Attitudes

Are You the Stress in Your Relationship?

Monday, August 02, 2010

Sylvester Mobley - Relationship speaker and author of Learning From the Ones That Didn't Work.


Our intimate relationships can at times put a significant amount of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual pressure on us. The emotional stress we experience in our relationships can make us physically...

Categories: Relationships Personal, Shifting Attitudes

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