Healthy Travel Even if you’re jetting to a sunny climate on your dream vacation, travel can be stressful. Any change in routine, scenery, eating habits, or time zones can take its toll on your well-being. Here are some things you can do to minimize travel stress. * Begin to prepare for your trip well in […]
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Nutrition The term “dietary supplement” can be used for anything taken orally to enhance your usual food intake. Dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbal products. People take supplements because they are not sure they get enough nutrients in the foods they eat and/or they want to treat or prevent an illness. General
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Stress Management Stress in small doses can help you develop coping skills for life challenges. Too much stress can make the heart work harder, raise blood cholesterol, trigger headaches, and increase the risk of depression, heart disease and other serious health problems. To help manage stress, follow the tips below. Action Steps:Loosen tense muscles with
Fitness How do you measure the success of your fitness program? By how much weight you lose? How many inches you trim off your waistline or hips? How well you sleep at night? How energetic you feel? These are all worthwhile criteria. Another way to evaluate your fitness level-and assess your progress-is to keep track
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Stress Management Stress resistance begins at home. What better way to help your family withstand the rapid change, constant disruptions, and various surprises life dishes out than to establish a stable “base of operations” at home. Psychologists and other mental health professionals have found that families who work and play together as a cohesive unit
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Substance Use & Abuse Sloshing down three martinis at a business lunch went out with wide ties and bell-bottom pants. As one investment banker quipped, “No one’s going to trust you to handle their money, services, or products if you get smashed over lunch.” Keep in mind that business is business. Others’ impressions of you
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Weight Control Walk off extra weight and improve health problems. Walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a higher level of fitness and health. Walking also has many health benefits. It can help lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of or manage type 2 diabetes, control weight, improve mood, and increase
Nutrition 4 Servings, about 1 piece (3 oz.) each Ingredients: 1 pound cod (or other fish) fillet 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. spicy seasoning, salt-free Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a casserole dish with cooking oil spray. 2. Wash and dry fish. Place in dish. Mix oil and seasoning. Drizzle over fish.
Systematic Stress Management Program Step 5: Thinking Differently Section Introduction Match the Self-Talk to the Theory Catch Questionable Comparisons Thought Habits Become Language Patterns How to Dispute a Belief Thought Control Techniques The Power of Creative Imagination Steps for Developing the Most Effective Creative Imagery General Stress Management Guidelines The point of this quote is
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Stress Management Most people expect too much of themselves. Attempts to accomplish too much in a short period of time causes lots of unnecessary stress. The result is something doctors call hurry sickness, a constant state of rushing around trying to meet an endless line-up of self-imposed deadlines. Stress is the inevitable by-product of this
