Category Archives: Stress

Mindset Matters in Defusing Chronic Stress

Mindset Matters in Defusing Chronic Stress
A person with a stress-is-enhancing mindset believes that stress can improve stress-related outcomes such as performance and productivity. On the other hand, a person with a stress-is-debilitating mindset believers that stress worsens stress-related outcomes.
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Write a Forgiveness Letter

Process the emotions of painful experiences Jettison grudges and reduce chronic stress If you harbor a grudge against someone, would you consider letting go of that grudge? Many people who harbor toxic, unprocessed feelings about another person have let go of those feelings by writing a forgiveness letter. Writing a forgiveness letter is one version…
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Stop Catastrophic Thinking

Stop Catastrophic Thinking
Stop Catastrophic Thinking, Reduce Stress When a problem arises, do you launch into catastrophic thinking? Thinking of all the awful things that could happen? If so, do you know that you can learn to stop catastrophic thinking? Here’s a fresh personal example. Two days ago, my iPhone 6 developed a huge problem. I couldn’t send…
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Get a Dog, Walk Your Dog, and Live Better

Get a Dog, Walk Your Dog, and Live Better
Fido Can Improve Your Health & Well-Being When my family adopted Amelia J Puppy Dog from the Boulder Humane Society in 2002, we had no idea how profoundly she would alter our lives for the better. Given that she was 9 months old when we got her, our new friend had lots of energy. In…
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