Last week we looked at short term “eu” stress and long term “dis” stress and how it impacts our body. This week, I’m going to share with you my top 5 stress-busting solutions. 1) Respect your body. This comes from listening within. What that means is to listen to the feedback through your senses. Close your eyes and do a “check-in”. What are you feeling? Exhausted, needing a stretch, or perhaps some time grounding yourself in nature? Ultimately, you know. The key is quieting the active mind chatter in order to tune in to you. Respecting your body also includes mastery of being the “observer … [Read more...]
The Impact of Short and Long Term Stress
Yes it's the "S" word again. How can you move bad stress and change it into good stress? By changing your perspective. Coined by Hans Selye, bad stress is often known as "Di-stress" as in distress while positive stress is known as "Eu-stress". There are both short and long term consequences and while we may engage in some things that may be good for us, if overdone, they can move from eustress into distress. Short term stress pops up as an event, crisis, or threat. Even with unexpected change; a job, relationship, or health; our body is programmed to default react in a protective way. We … [Read more...]