Category Archives: Stress
My Emotions
It is a simple fact that we must eat to live—but we should not be living to eat. Food fills an important need when it satisfies actual physical hunger and refuels our bodies to keep them healthy and strong. However, … Continue reading
Helpfully Responding to Stress
Most of us have been stressed out more than a time or twenty throughout our lives. We have come to identify various stressors and what our most common responses to stress are. There are too many categories into which most … Continue reading
Real People… Release Stress
The formal definition of “stress” is a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, which disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism. A less formal definition is the importance we attach … Continue reading
Real People… Don’t Choke… Breathe
There you are, the game is on the line, and you have the opportunity to win for your team. Suddenly, you become nervous about being nervous, anxious about being anxious. You are at the free throw line with the ball … Continue reading
Real People – Real Life … React or Respond
As many of you know, I love the game of football and have since I was a teenager. All the hoopla, hype, and excitement of the Super Bowl is over, and the season just concluded. Sometimes, in spite of our … Continue reading
Still on The Road…Appreciating the Horizon
One of the biggest challenges many of us face is the tendency to become overextended. We sometimes schedule so many things that that they collide and conflict with each other. In fact, we may find that we are unable to … Continue reading
