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Welcome. This is the first article in a new counselling series on stress which aims to give you simple ideas for managing stress. Today we are teaching the mindfulness based practice of cultivating gratitude. Each article contains an idea to manage stress, a short explanation why it is helpful in managing stress and an exercise …
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Hello readers. I hope you are having a good week. Today we are completing our exploration of stress and the body by looking at how stress affects our sexual organs. We will discover how stress can lower libido and increases risk of erectile/fertility problems and missed menstrual cycles. You will learn another important stress reducing …
Hello, I hope you are having a good week. For those who read last week’s article, I hope you have found the lying down breathing exercise helpful in reducing stress. Today we are continuing our exploration of stress and the body by looking at tension headaches, migraines, blurred vision and ringing ears. There is a …
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Hello, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today we are going to continue our exploration of stress and the body by looking at our blood pressure and the feeling that we are going to faint. I will also introduce you to another stress reducing exercise for you to try out over …
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Hello, I hope you are having a good week. Apologies for the absence of an article last week. In this week’s article we will be continuing our exploration of stress and the body by focusing on what happens to our limbs. After which I will introduce you to another stress reducing exercise to try out …
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Hello. I hope you are having a good week. Welcome to my second article on stress. Hopefully you found my previous article helpful in better understanding why the stress hormone is released in our bodies. Learning about stress is the first step in reducing stress. It is not as alarming when we know what is …
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Stress may be a word we all know and feel but how much do we really know about stress? You may know when you are stressed when you feel those unpleasant physical feelings within your body. You may be very aware of the feelings you have when you are stressed. Maybe you know you are …