Stress Archives - Margit Cox Henderson, Ph.D.

Solve the Body First: Simple Strategies to Thrive Under Pressure

Coping Skills, Stress, workplace wellness

1 year ago

Most people think of stress as coming from their challenging circumstances, but the truth is that stress arises in the body. When a stressful situation captures our attention, we throw…

Anger is contagious. So is serenity.

Awareness, Stress

2 years ago

We tend to think of our feelings as our own—personal and privately held within us. But the truth is that emotions spread through our interactions with other people at home,…

Quick Resiliency Resets for Burnout Relief

Coping Skills, Stress

2 years ago

Are you ready for a break? I recently recorded this podcast for a new app called 5 Minutes for Me. I love how this program offers care that we can…

Finding Life’s New Rhythm

Coping Skills, Resiliency, Stress

3 years ago

Think of your favorite song—what is the rhythm? How does the beat structure the music? Where are flourishes that sustain your attention? Like music, life has a rhythm too with…

Flying Blind: Decision Making in Uncertain Times

Coping Skills, gratitude, Resiliency, Stress

3 years ago

Hindsight will be 2020. Years from now we will fully understand how the coronavirus spread, how to treat COVID-19 and how to protect ourselves from it. Years from now the…

Seeking Calm in the Storm

Awareness, Coping Skills, mindfulness, Stress

3 years ago

The shocking onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic crash has left us all reeling. We’re unable to imagine what might come next or how this will eventually be…

Coping with Helplessness

Awareness, Coping Skills, Resiliency, Stress

3 years ago

The coronavirus has upended the world as we know it. COVID-19 is spreading rapidly, already straining our medical system. The resulting fiscal crisis blind-sided the global economy. Whatever your financial…

Creature Comforts: The Health Benefits of Pets

aging well, Coping Skills, Stress

4 years ago

It was “total pandemonium” when Dr. Bill Thomas released one hundred parakeets into the beauty salon of the nursing home because his order of birdcages was delayed. But he was…

Your Happiness Playlist

Coping Skills, Music, Stress

4 years ago

Experience embodied delight through music. Sounds are vibrations hitting your eardrums, but the rest of your body is resonating too. Imagine yourself as a guitar or piano – music vibrates…

Hope: the Ultimate Superfood

aging well, Coping Skills, gratitude, longevity, Resiliency, Stress

5 years ago

You already know that it’s important to eat your leafy veggies and blueberries, rich in antioxidants. But did you know that hope is the ultimate superfood? A superfood is defined…

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