Emotional Challenge Zones
We’ve all had the experience of losing our composure in the face of intense stress. Maybe you got defensive and lashed out at your partner during an argument. Or maybe…
Solve the Body First: Simple Strategies to Thrive Under Pressure
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…
Creature Comforts: The Health Benefits of Pets
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
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…
Increase Calm and Self-Control with this 5-minute Daily Practice
Where can you carve-out five minutes? How about before you get out of bed after your alarm goes off? Or maybe you can claim five minutes after your morning coffee,…
Resolve to Refresh
Have you ever returned from a vacation feeling depleted rather than replenished? Maybe you were jetlagged after an international adventure or drained from overextending yourself to host family or friends. As you…
Coping with Change
As the saying goes, change is the only constant. Given this truth, why is change so stressful? The brain has a function similar to a motion stabilizer on a video…
Quick Stress Relief Strategies
One of the most useful techniques to quickly calm yourself is to exhale deeply. This simple action can soothe the body’s alarm, the sympathetic nervous system, and activate the all-clear signal,…