Stress. It’s a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a way of life. by Eileen Sheehan
Stress is something that we face and deal with on a daily basis, but never so much as during the holiday season. It can rear its ugly head in a myriad of ways. One of the biggest mistakes that a person can make is to downplay stress and the effect it can have on your emotional and physical well-being. First, it’s important to understand and identify the stress. allow it to be. It’s all about perception. This is very true when it comes to emotional stress, but what about physical stress? That’s a little different. If you eat the wrong foods, don’t exercise or exercise too much, live in a polluted environment, drink polluted water, etc., staying calm and telling yourself that these things won’t put stress on your body simply won’t work. So, what to do? There’s the stress of missing loved ones or of being alone. Or, the stress of gift giving and receiving. How about the stress of working the holiday festivities into your already busy schedule? The expectations that others place on you during the holiday season as far as making time to see them, do for them, buy for them, etc. can be exhausting. Add this seasonal stress to daily living stress and you can get an idea of how serious this can really be.
Simple. Be informed and take action. Certain foods not only cleanse your body of environmental pollutants, but they can help calm and relax your body. I will give you a few examples in this article, but a complete list can be found in my self-help book titled, “Human, Help Thyself; Natural Solutions for Stress of Body, Mind, and Spirit”.
Not only is it exciting to realize that there are natural things to do to ease the stress from your body and that you don’t need to run to the pharmacist for something As a certified hypnotherapist, one of the first things that was taught to me was the chemically made, but its even more fact that something is only stressful if you exciting to discover that most of these - 14 -
