Health and Today’s Busy Woman By Dr. Vanessa Williams-Cook Adapted from: Putting Stress in Its Place from Rebirth Magazine and It’s Time to Declutter from Beautycents 2017
Today’s women are faced numerous challenges be it in world every 2 seconds. According to the American health, career, family, ministry, you name it, there’s a Psychological Association in 2012 Women continue to challenge for it. One of the number one factors we report higher stress levels than men (5.3 vs. 4.6 on a face is stress. Then I read an article about decluttering 10-point scale where 1 is “little or no stress” and 10 is our lives for the new season we are walking into. “a great deal of stress”). Both genders agree, however, When it comes to health and wellness for today’s ca- that 3.6 is a healthy level of stress, pushing women reer woman these are two of the most crucial factors. nearly two points beyond the level of stress they beDecluttering our lives and putting stress in its place will lieve to be healthy. More women report experiencing increase heart health, and mental health, making for extreme stress than men. Twenty-three percent of less chaos in the home, in the spirit, in the workplace, women report their stress level at an 8, 9 or 10 on a 10 and in the mind. According to Ayo Thomas, Founder of WOE (Women Own Excellence) Magazine, “to declutter means to remove unnecessary items from an untidy and overcrowded place. This process may include renegoti-
-point scale, compared to 16 percent of men. What’s more, women are more likely than men to say their stress is on the rise. More women say their stress lev-
els have increased in the past five years (43 percent vs. 33 percent of men) and in the past year alone (38 per-
ating terms of relationships, letting go of baggage or cent vs. 32 percent of men. How you handle stress makes a significant difference in how you feel. It might eliminating negative people from your life.” This is one of the first steps in removing toxicity from your even help your blood pressure, blood sugar level, and life. She also writes that “When your mind or personal
the rest of you. Use these calming strategies to stop
life is full of clutter, you can expect stress to be some- stress ASAP. where creeping around the corner looking for an opportunity to take you out.” This includes the list of things to do, people to see, places to go, toxic relationships, and daily busyness which makes way for the enemy to creep in and overwhelm us.
So here you can see that clutter and stress are sisters.
Where there is one, the other is also. I have put together some tips that will help you in your journey for optimum health, stress free living, and steps to bring you closer to your divinely ordained success. As we
Make no mistake about it. Stress is real. Research strive to maintain and move forward through dimenshows that 110,000,000 (110 million) people die annu- sional transformation it is imperative that we employ ally due to stress. That is 7 people all around the
