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How to Create a Kick-Ass Life: 15 Of My Favorite Timeless TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by nattu (license). Share || “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West I have blogged for almost 5 years now. Over that time I have shared many awesome and timeless quotes on life. Today I would like to share 15 of my own favorites, the ones I return to time and time again myself. So here are 15 of the most important thoughts on how to live a kick-ass life. I hope you’ll find something helpful in this article. 1. Woody Allen on showing up. “Eighty percent of success is showing up” One of the biggest and simplest things you can do to ensure more success in your life – whe...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - September 7, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: September 6, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! As for me, yesterday was a normal workday with business as usual. As I was typing away, I suddenly felt like the only person in the country working. I heard people laughing and could smell a waft of barbecue in the air. I was about to feel quite desperate for a vacation, when I decided what I really needed was a change in environment. I took a walk. I felt the breeze on my face. I saw the shadows from trees creating unique patterns on the sidewalk in front of me. I heard birds crying out in the distance, a man whistling from afar. In the absence of a plan or a busy schedule, I co...
Source: World of Psychology - September 6, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Absence Atmosphere Bad Day Barbecue Birds blogging Busy Schedule Courage Hammock Labor Day Labor Day Weekend Massage New Perspectives New Ways Private Practive relaxation Shapes Sidewalk Spa Toolbo Source Type: blogs

5 Secrets for a Happy RetirementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Available science and my own personal experience agree that there are five secrets to living a happy life in retirement. Here's my take on how to make the most of retirement with good health, good company, and more.Tags: relationships, relaxation, work-life
Source: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life - August 31, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr George Simon, PhD Tags: General relationships relaxation work-life Source Type: blogs

Get the Simplicity Monthly Membership Course for just $13.97 per monthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Just before the summer I launched a course on simplifying the major parts of life called Simplicity. The news is that you can now get my Simplicity Course as a monthly membership course. The six-module course is then split into four parts, and you get one new email each month with the download links for the written guides, the workbooks and the audio guides. Here’s what you’ll learn each month: Month #1: The Principles of Simplicity and Simple Productivity The first month you get two modules focused on the basics of simplifying your life and on simplifying your work and effectiveness. And on lowering your stress levels...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - August 30, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

The Athletic Heart: How It FunctionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It may seem a little formal to say this, but I would like to start by stating my goals for today’s post: Introduce the concept of the athletic heart; Touch upon the notion of sudden death of the athlete; Explain what an ECG really is, and how it may help diagnose heart disease; Review a recent study about the common ECG variant seen in athletes…Early repolarization. Intro: The adaptations of the human heart never cease to amaze me. Physical training transforms our hearts into high performance engines. Repeated sessions of interval training, combined with longer aerobic efforts, and sprinkled with adequate rest maximi...
Source: Better Health - August 24, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Mandrola, M.D. Tags: Health Tips Aerobic Exercise Athletes Athletic Heart Duration of contraction and relaxation Early Repolarization ECG Electrodes Hypertrophy QRS Rate Rhythm Sudden Death Source Type: blogs

4 Common Roadblocks on the Path to Optimism, and How to Overcome ThemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Shermeee (license). Share || “For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else”Winston Churchill If you are reading this then there is good chance that you agree with me that optimism is pretty awesome. But it is not always easy to adopt a more optimistic attitude and there are roadblocks. So today I’d like to share a few of them that I have bumped into and how I have overcome them. You are swimming in a sea of negativity. If you are trying to change your attitude then it’s not very helpful to live in a world where forces try to drag you back to your old mindset each day....
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - August 24, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

5 Powerful Steps That Will Help You to Overcome Your WorriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/circo_de_invierno/ / CC BY 2.0 Share || “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Swedish Proverb “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” E. Joseph Cossman ”People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.” George Bernard Shaw You are going about your regular day in your usual fashion. Then a thought or a feeling strikes you. It multiplies and start circling around and around in your head. Becoming louder and louder as it saps your strength and makes you feel weaker...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - August 9, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Personal Development relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

What’s Better Than an Excited Customer?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Think the way to sell more is to have a frenetic pitchman whip customers into a buying frenzy? Actually, relaxed customers are bigger spenders. A new study that will appear in the Journal of Marketing Research found that relaxed subjects would pay about 15% more for a variety of goods and services than less-relaxed subjects. [...] Comments[...] via The Relaxation Effect: Relaxed Customers Buy More | ... by Relaxed Customers Buy More « Reading Business NewsI agree, Wes, in some cases stress may speed up purchases and ... by Roger DooleyThis is interesting research! They say the customers give ... by Wes ManRelat...
Source: Neuromarketing - August 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience Research columbia university pain of paying relaxation sales value Source Type: blogs

More Managing Migraines without MedicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Anyone familiar with migraine will know the first signs of an impending attack. What might be a little less familiar is the precursor to the “first signs”, and what may also be unfamiliar is the thoughts that accompany those first symptoms. Today I want to talk about ways to manage this phase of a migraine – without medication. As an aside, some people have suggested that there are ways to completely get rid of migraine, often suggesting that one of the problems could be around the numerous nerves that innervate the face, neck and scalp. One of the common suggestions is to have chiropractic or osteopathic...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - August 1, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Pain conditions Professional topics Therapeutic approaches biopsychosocial healthcare Occupational therapy pain management physiotherapy Psychology relaxation Resilience self ma Source Type: blogs

The Benefits of Sleep and How You Can Get MoreEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Have you even wondered why you just simply can’t lose weight no matter how hard you try? Or, maybe, why you feel so cranky and unproductive throughout the day? These could all be symptoms of a lack of sleep. We sleep for a reason, not because we can but because we must. Our bodies were designed to work hard all day and then recoup and recharge overnight while we sleep. In this new age, everybody is always on the go, trying to catch up with a fast-paced society that is solely interested in profit-making. All of us want to have major success and to be at the top of our game but, I’m sure, not at the cost of our h...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 29, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Joel Mark Tags: productivity tips self improvement deep sleep how to feel better how to get more sleep how to relax pickthebrain relaxation sleep better Source Type: blogs

Managing Migraines without MedicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ahhh, migraine – psychedelia without the high… nausea without the alcohol… The diagnostic criteria: A) At least 5 attacks fulfilling B-D; B) lasting untreated 4-74 hours; C) two of the following: unilateral, pulsating, moderate or severe pain intensity, worsening with physical activity; D) one of the following: nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia or phonophobia; E) not attributed to another disorder. (International Classification of headache disorders, 2004) (go here for one of the most comprehensive sites on migraine) The main treatment for migraine is to use medication – best evidence to date sugg...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 25, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills relaxation Biofeedback Clinical reasoning Cognitive skills Pain conditions Coping strategies Professional topics biopsychosocial pain management Assessment treatment Occupational therapy physiotherapy Source Type: blogs

How to Release the Pressure and Relaxify Your Summer: 6 Simple TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by visualpanic (license). Share || “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Sydney J. Harris Maybe you are on vacation right now and are trying to relax and release the pressure and tension from a year of school or work. And maybe you are soon going back again. So what can you do to increase your sense of centeredness and relaxation not only during these remaining weeks of summer but also during this fall? Well, here are six tips that have worked well for me. I hope you’ll find something useful. Spend your time online in a very focused way. One change I usually do during the summer is ...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - July 25, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others (and Stop Feeling Lousy About Yourself and Your Life)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiovenni/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Share || “If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.” Max Ehrman One very common and destructive daily habit is to constantly compare your life and yourself to other people and their lives. You compare cars, houses, jobs, shoes, money, relationships, social popularity and so on. And at the end of the day you pummel your self esteem to the ground and you create a lot of negative feelings within. And perhaps also outside of yourself. So what can you do? How can yo...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - July 20, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness People Skills Personal Development relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

“Hard Work Never Killed Anyone” – Really?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’d bet that, as a kid, you heard the phrase “Hard work never killed anyone.” I can see why parents and teachers say it. After all, kids are prone to whining – about homework, chores, or anything that’s not exactly a lot of fun. As adults, we’re sometimes averse to hard work too. Maybe we procrastinate, or we slack off. Often, though, we work too hard. We put in long hours to impress our bosses, or simply to make a bit more money. The thing is, Mom wasn’t telling the truth. Hard work can kill. Think about: Stress-related illnesses, like migraines, high blood pressure and even heart attacks Poor lifestyle cho...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - July 15, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Ali Luke Tags: self improvement hard work how to get things done need a break pickthebrain relaxation working hard working smart Source Type: blogs

5 Life Transforming Truths For Doing Absolutely NothingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I had a conversation with one of my daughters yesterday. She had recently moved from a conventional office setting to a home office environment and was feeling somewhat guilty for waiting to simply get up and leave that environment to at times do nothing. Her self worth is currently inextricably attached to the amount of work she perceives that she needs to do on a daily basis. At times we can be our worst taskmasters. As her father and business coach I shared the following – ‘Man or woman looks out of window thinking great thought. That is great work. That is how great businesses, books, and blogs are first germinated...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 24, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Peter Sinclair Tags: self improvement clutter de-clutter how to be productive how to relax how to unwind pickthebrain productivity tips relaxation Source Type: blogs

Your Winter- Cycles of Growth Require Rest as Much as ActionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Even as we approach the vibrant summer months, and the days grow long and bright here in California, I’ve been thinking about winter. I grew up in France which has long, gray, snowy months sometimes starting as early as October. Now that I live in Los Angeles and bask in the sunshine nearly every day, I sometimes get pangs of nostalgia for those cold, meditative days of being snuggled up inside and watching the bare tree branches wave against the sky. I snap out of those pretty quickly and run outside and smell flowers or chase butterflies. Even if it’s January. Yes, the weather here is dreamalicious. But I think there...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 23, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Sophie Chiche Tags: productivity tips self improvement cycle of life how to be productive how to relax pickthebrain rest and relaxation Source Type: blogs

Want A Deep Sleep? Forget A Tempur-Pedic Mattress, Buy A Hammock, Study SaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If the idea of gently swinging on a hammock induces an immediate state of relaxation, then continue reading. Research conducted at the University of Geneva that was published in the journal Current Biology used an “experimental hammock” to observe the sleep patterns of its 12 volunteers. Apparently they observed a faster transition to sleep in each and every subject when the hammock was “rocking.” According to Dr. Michel Muhlethaler, who co-led the research: “…swaying from side to side specifically increased the duration of deep non-dreaming sleep, where eyes are still which normally accounts for about half of ...
Source: Healthbolt - June 22, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Elaine Kunda Tags: FEEL sleep deprivation relaxation Source Type: blogs

21 Small Habits That Will Help You to Live a Simpler LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Sanna R (license). Share || “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”Leonardo da Vinci “The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” Ludwig Wittgenstein I love simplifying my life. It makes me more effective and life less stressful. It makes me calmer and happier. But where do you start? Or continue if you are already on your way? In this article I’ll share 21 small habits that help me to live a simpler life. I hope you’ll find something helpful here and that you get started with one of these suggestions today and continue doing it un...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - June 8, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

3 Small Habits That Will Help You to Move Out of Your Comfort ZoneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Share || “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” Brian Tracy I believe that one of the biggest reasons why people get stuck in reading and discussing things instead of taking action to change their lives for the better is simply that it is uncomfortable. But to make real changes in your life you have to step outside your comfort zone. At least for a little while. And regularly. In this article I’ll share three habits that have helped me to make it easier to step out the comfort zone. Develop a habit of mixing things up. This i...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - May 17, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

5 Practical Steps to Help You Minimize Fear and Open Up Your Life TodayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Ben Fredericson (xjrlokix) (license). Share || “When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson What is holding you back from trying new things and improving your life in big or small ways in your daily life? When you boil it down it is most often not about anything outside of you. Or that is at least not the biggest reason why you feel paralyzed. It’s the fear that gets to you. It holds you back from t...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - May 6, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Health People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Get Simplicity Now – 25% Off for The Next 7 DaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I am very excited to share with you my brand new course simply called Simplicity. In this six module course I will via digital guides in PDF format, many audio guides and workbooks share how I have simplified my own life while at the same time improved it over the past 5 years. This course has come about partly because of the results of a survey that over 1200 of you participated in and because of what I see in my inbox and in the world around me every week . It is very apparent that that there is a deep need and desire for simplicity today. Many feel: Stressed and overwhelmed with commitments, work and life. They...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - May 4, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Get Simplicity NowEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I am very excited to share with you my brand new course simply called Simplicity. In this six module course I will via digital guides in PDF format, many audio guides and workbooks share how I have simplified my own life while at the same time improved it over the past 5 years. This course has come about partly because of the results of a survey that over 1200 of you participated in and because of what I see in my inbox and in the world around me every week . It is very apparent that that there is a deep need and desire for simplicity today. Many feel: Stressed and overwhelmed with commitments, work and life. They...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - May 4, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness People Skills Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Three Simple Steps to Chilling Out When You Are Having a Negative or Overwhelming DayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by: notsogoodphotography (license). Share || “If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn’t ask me, I’d still have to say it.” George F. Burns “Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.” John W. Gardner Lately I have been very busy with working hard on the final part of my new course, Simplicity. When you are busy like that at school or at work or just in life in general it’s very easy to fro...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - April 29, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Health Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Win a Heavenly Acupressure Mat Worth $50 (Today Only)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Consider today’s new 40 Days of Giveaways your own personal relaxation station. If you’re late to this spring fling: Blisstree is rewarding you for giving up your vices in favor of healthier habits. Each weekday from now until May 3, we’ll give away a different prize to one reader just for becoming our Facebook fan. And today’s prize is all about relaxation, restoration, and rejuvenation. We’re giving away one (1) Heavenly Acupressure Mat (worth $50) to one reader who simply “Likes” Blisstree on Facebook. Time to say see ya to stress. Heavenly Acupressure Mats are an easy and affordable way to enjoy the b...
Source: Healthbolt - April 26, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christine Egan Tags: FEEL acupuncture alternative medicine Blisstree giveaway Facebook giveaway mental health practicing yoga prizes and giveaways relaxation therapy Source Type: blogs

A Timeless Guide to Simplifying Your LifeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/notsogoodphotography/ / CC BY 2.0 Share || “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci “Our life is frittered away by detail… Simplify, simplify.” Henry Thoreau One of the most important things I have done to improve my life over the last few years is to focus on letting go of many things and to simplify. Simplifying one’s life is as I have understood via emails and surveys also one of the most common aspirations of readers of this website. So for the past few months I have been working hard on a course called Simplicity. This is by far my most in-dept...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - April 21, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Win a $50 Heavenly Acupressure Mat In Our 40 Days of GiveawaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ready to relax? Well, we’ve got a new 40 Days of Giveaways prize to help you do just that. If you’re late to this spring fling: Blisstree is using the season of Lent to reward you for giving up your vices in favor of healthier habits. Each weekday from now until May 3, we’ll give away a different prize to one reader just for becoming our Facebook fan. And today’s prize is all about relaxation, restoration, and rejuvenation. We’re giving away one (1) Heavenly Acupressure Mat (worth $50) to one reader who simply “Likes” Blisstree on Facebook. Time to seriously say see you later to stress. Heavenly Acupressu...
Source: Healthbolt - April 20, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christine Egan Tags: FEEL acupuncture anxiety disorders depression massage therapy mental health practicing yoga relaxation stress-relief Source Type: blogs

How to Lift the Stress Out of Your MorningEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfgangstaudt/ / CC BY 2.0 Share || “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…” Ralph Waldo Emerson Another morning. Another day begins. You get up too early, stumble into the shower and in somewhat of a haze try to get things together and get work or school on time. But by applying a few simple tips you can make not only the morning but the whole day more relaxed and smooth. Plan the night before. Choose the 2-...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - April 8, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Health Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

One Powerful Tip For When You Feel Like Giving Up on Your New HabitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by tbondolfi (license). Share || “First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” Charles C. Noble “Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as are bad habits.” Robert Puller Changing a habit can be hard. To make the habit stick you have to keep going until it becomes not something you do through willpower but something you feel drawn to doing. This can take 30 days or more of taking action each day. But we all have bad days. What do you do on such a day when you just feel like giving up on creating this new habit? Here’s what I do. I say to myself: Just for today! It is important to make...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - April 1, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

The Extremely Simple Guide to Handling the Overwhelm in 3 Quick StepsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Evil Erin (license). Share || Life is often filled to the brim. There are many things to do and if you’re like me I’m sure you feel overwhelmed and stressed out sometimes. What to do then? Here’s what I do and the three simple steps I follow to go from a stressed and overwhelmed headspace to one with clarity, calmness and a sense of direction within minutes. 1. I reconnect with the present moment. When you feel overwhelmed you are stuck in your mind, you are stuck on all the things you have done and all the things you have to do today and perhaps even this week and month. No wonder you feel overwhelmed a...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - March 29, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Making self-help more helpfulEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, Varley, Webb and Sheeran contacted (via email) the students and staff at a university in the UK.  People who were already being treated for anxiety were excluded, and the remaining participants (251 of them) were randomised into three groups.  All of them completed baseline Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS, developed by Zigmond and Snaith, 1983) and the state version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, and Jacobs, 1983). One group received no input, while the other two groups were asked to go to a web page where they downloaded a self-help booklet.  ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - March 20, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Clinical reasoning Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive skills Coping Skills Coping strategies Occupational therapy Pain Pain conditions Physiotherapy Professional topics Psychology relaxation Research activity Chronic pain Source Type: blogs

How to Spread Positivity in Your World TodayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insomnia90/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Share || “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi “Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see only ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our own. The whole world and its condition has its counter parts within us all. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will change.” Kirsten Zambucka Improving your attitude and living a more positive life overall can take a lot of time and effort. But...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - March 16, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Health People Skills Personal Development relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

How to Cut Down on the Time You Spend on EmailEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Tim Morgan (license). Share One good way to reduce the stress in your daily life and save time for something more enjoyable and/or more important is to cut down on the time you spend on email. Here is how I have done that over the past year or so. Effective spamfilters. My regular email service provider here in Sweden did some changes. This meant that I got a lot more spam every day. So I switched to using Gmail instead and these days I receive extremely few spam emails. This does not only save me from a lot of deleting but also makes it easier to quickly get an overview of new emails. Shorter replies. In many cas...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - March 9, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Happiness Health Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: March 4, 2011Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Life is a work in progress. When I think about who I was 10 years ago, that girl was barely distinguishable from who stands before me today. Ever read an old journal and feel astonished by who you were? I feel the same way. I was lost, confused and did not know who I was or who I wanted to be. I was a slave to my emotions and my experiences. I let others create the road in front of me and define my worth. While I have grown a lot since then, I am still a work in progress. I don’t know where you are on your journey, but if you are struggling to get to where you want to be in your life, I hope a few of these top posts ...
Source: World of Psychology - March 4, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs 10 Years Amp anxiety Body Image Issues Competency Creative Mind Creativity Dealing With Depression Emotions Experiences Failure Journey Meditation Motivation Psychotherapy relaxation Self Identity Slee Source Type: blogs

Friday in ChristchurchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite the devastation, there are some wonderful sights in Christchurch right now.  This one (above) made me smile today. And this one was taken in Nelson after we had turned back to return to Christchurch last week.  Cheerful things, sunflowers, and glorious colour on a rather gloomy and very grim day. Filed under: Coping strategies, Relaxation, Resilience/Health, Wellness Tagged: christchurch, coping, flowers, hope, Nelson, photographs, Resilience, wellbeing
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - March 3, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Coping strategies relaxation Resilience/Health Wellness christchurch flowers hope Nelson photographs wellbeing Source Type: blogs

5 Reasons to Slow Down Your Life Today, and How to Do ItEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by ePi.Longo (license). Share || “The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.” Jim Goodwin “For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” Lily Tomlin “Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going to fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” Eddie Cantor The world is moving at breakneck speed. Information is overflowing 24 hours a day. At work or in school we are busy, busy, busy. Lunch is wolfed down. When we get home there is still so much to do, so much we want before finally falling into the bed. Sometimes this works fine. Somet...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - February 17, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Habits Happiness Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Retail Therapy: 7 Meditation and Relaxation Products to Help You Achieve EnlightenmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By now we’ve all been introduced to the benefits of relaxation and the possibility that simple meditation can quite possibly alter our gray matter. Some also say it lowers blood pressure, improves attention span, and boosts our ability to empathize. We don’t need scientific proof to believe in the power of focus and relaxation, so we hunted down some tools to help us get down with our dharma. (After all, who ever said the path to enlightenment doesn’t require a few Amex payable weapons?). From $12.95 to $345, these seven relaxation products have mostly left us with a new appreciation for plain old yoga ma...
Source: Healthbolt - February 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Blisstree Staff Tags: FEEL achieve enlightenment how to achieve enlightenment meditation mindfulness relaxation retail therapy stress management stress-relief Source Type: blogs

Friday MeditationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As you know, Friday is about getting ready for the weekend.  Today I decided not to pass on some of the horrendous puns shared with me by one of my esteemed colleagues (although I may drop just one in because I can!).  Instead I thought this poem is a chance to consider being ‘in the now’, something clinicians working in pain management really need. Salutation To The Dawn Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendor of achievement, For yesterday is but a dream And to...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - February 10, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Coping strategies Motivation relaxation Resilience/Health Wellness acceptance mindfulness Pain pain management Source Type: blogs

7 Habits That Simplify and Relaxify My WorkdayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/notsogoodphotography/ / CC BY 2.0 Share || “Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.”Katherine F. Gerould “Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”Albert Einstein “First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”John C. Noble Over the last five years I have changed a lot about how I work, how much I get done and how well I do those things. Today I get a lot of things done but that does not mean that my day is more stressful. In fact it is often ...
Source: The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness - February 10, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Career & Work Habits Personal Development Productivity relaxation Success Source Type: blogs

Never Speak Ill of Binaural Beats in My House, Woman!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have been intrigued about binaural beats for some time now without ever really diving headlong into them. I think if I’m being honest, I saw them as the lazy persons meditation, or maybe even meditation without the spiritual element. Also, when they first hit the scene commercially speaking, they were ridiculously expensive and I know people that have spent literally thousands of dollars on programs from companies such as Holosync. Having said that, people who I like, trust, and respect have been raving about their benefits for some while now and urging me to check them out.  So when Carl approached my about writing a...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - January 24, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Guest Posts binaural beats cretivity meditation relaxation stress Source Type: blogs

Friday Funnies!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After a strenuous week (well, OK, maybe two days is not quite a week) – here’s SuperTherapist and featuring for the first time, Puddy, her cat! Why is it that cat’s always get the last word? Filed under: Humour, Wellness Tagged: coping strategies, Friday funnies, funny, Humour, Pain, relaxation
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 6, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Humour Wellness coping strategies Friday funnies funny Pain relaxation Source Type: blogs

Sleep – Posts from 2010Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sleep is so important for wellbeing (ask any young parent!), and yet many people with chronic pain have really poor and unrefreshing sleep, and very poor sleep habits.  Some pain conditions show changes to the quality of the sleep stages (such as fibromyalgia for example), to the point where these changes can almost be diagnostic, while many people with chronic pain also have low mood in which sleep disruption is a common feature. I’ve written about sleep several times over the past year, and today I provide links to some of these posts for your education and enjoyment. Sleep problems in chronic pain and what helps ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 5, 2011 Category: Occupational Therapists Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Coping strategies relaxation CBT Chronic pain Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Health insomnia pain management self management sleep Therapeutic approaches treatment Source Type: blogs

A Biofeedback Pen For Managing StressEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Miguel Bruns Alonso, a graduate student at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, has developed a pen that detects how much twitching and twirling it’s being put through. People under stress tend to move and shake a pen more than someone who is calm. In order to try to get a therapeutic effect out of the pen, Bruns built in counter motion feedback that makes the pen a bit more difficult to move around. Though initial experiments have shown a marginal benefit, further studies and development may prove the benefit of the technology. From TU Delft: Bruns, who studies industrial design, carried out various ex...
Source: Better Health - December 27, 2010 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Medgadget Tags: Better Health Network News Research Biofeedback Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Delft University of Technology Electromagnets Managing Stress Medgadget Miguel Bruns Alonso Pen Psychiatry and Psychology relaxation Techniques Short-Te Source Type: blogs

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