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Reduce Stress: Take Care of a Plant

When we’ve talked about greening up your house, we’ve mentioned cleaning, refurbishing, recycling, upcycling, starting a compost, and more, but we haven’t touched on a long-term way to go green while also reducing stress – taking care of a house plant! It looks great in your home, creates a freshness to any room, and is really good at giving you focus while also being low-maintenance. Even having a small house plant in your [...]

By |September 27th, 2012|Categories: Stress and Self Help, Stress Reduction|Tags: , |

Ways to Get the Satisfaction of a Massage While on a Budget

Sure, part of finding the satisfaction of enough is learning to let go of consumerism and reduce stress by not being tied to unattainable standards of “more, more, more.” But another part of finding the satisfaction of enough is just about finding ways to reduce stress while not spending money. For many, a massage is a great way to relieve stress but the cost of a professional masseuse or spa visit just isn’t [...]

By |September 25th, 2012|Categories: Stress and Self Help, Stress Reduction|Tags: , |

Tuning Out the Information Overload

When you’re searching for the satisfaction of enough, consumerism isn’t the only thing that you’ll need to learn to manage and control. Increasingly, consumption of information is just as overwhelming as the consumption of goods.  Recently, we saw an article that had a graphic that claimed that all of the information created in the past two years equals the amount of recorded information for all of human history. That may or may not [...]

Stress Relief Tips for Teens: Stress Isn’t Just an Adult Problem

Often times, we think of stress as an “adult” situation. That’s mostly because, as adults, it’s harder for us to imagine that there could be real stress associated with what many of us remember as our carefree and youthful days. But if you stop to think back, the teen years can be incredibly stressful. Educational requirements, learning to navigate social and emotional complexity and the uncertainty of the future can all make a [...]

By |September 17th, 2012|Categories: Stress and Self Help, Stress Reduction|Tags: , , , |

Bring on Football Season! Bring on Stress?

Fall is in the air and that can mean a few things.  The air becomes crisp and fresh, the kids are back to school and football season begins.  Everywhere from the grocery store to the gas stations, armchair quarterbacks are donning their football jerseys in support of their favorite teams. Yes, for diehard fans, football begins in the spring with training camp, but officially kicks off (get it?) in the fall.  I love [...]

By |September 14th, 2012|Categories: Stress and Self Help, Stress Reduction|Tags: , |
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