Stress symptoms checklist Do you know when you feel stressed? Can you identify whereabouts in your body you feel your stress? Some people feel it in their chest first, or their neck and shoulders. Others get tightness in their head, which fast becomes a headache. Or another person may feel their heart start to palpitate resulting in a “buzzy” type of feeling. (A lady once came to see me because she thought she had MS – but it was stress! And her response was, “Well, I’m fed up with being stressed”!)Stress is the sensation our body has when it is aroused with adrenalin, produced by the adrenal glands on top of the kidneys, when your brain interprets that there is … [Read more...]

Learning how to manage types of difficult behavior from the people in your life makes a huge difference in how you feel about a person when you understand what drives their behavior. It is common to think that if someone doesn’t agree with us, they’re wrong. If they look or act or speak differently to us, then we have to be on guard in case they can’t be trusted.And if you are even a little bit “on edge” then being around that person can be stressful. The same thing happens when people are different to what you are used to or what you expect.Have your ever been hurt and bewildered by the way someone has treated you, or spoken to you?Perhaps they’ve snapped at you or … [Read more...]

Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (Adult ADD) is not a condition – It’s who you are! It was once thought that children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) grew out of it by adulthood, but research indicates this is not always the case. Some children with ADD will grow into adults with ADD, but with greater life experience and development of skills, adults often learn to mask ADD and manage in spite of it.Since this neuro-biological state did not have a name until about 20 years ago, any person older than 20 will not have been detected as having ADD, either by parents or teachers, nor received the special support or understanding that can make life a little … [Read more...]

Learning how to manage different personalities will help you communicate better which in turn helps you reduce your (and their) stress levels. Usually if someone doesn’t agree with us, we think they’re wrong. And typically that causes us to feel a bit stressed.You may not even be aware of this happening. But think about it. Don’t you feel calmer if the other person agrees with you, or goes along with your plan?Don’t you get worked up until the other person can see your point of view? Then you calm down.The same thing happens when people are different to what you are used to or what you expect. You will know that feeling of being a bit stressed when you arrive in a … [Read more...]