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Releasing Pain in Your Body By Getting in Touch with Buried Emotions
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Releasing Pain in Your Body By Getting in Touch with Buried Emotions

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Releasing Pain in Your Body By Getting in Touch with Buried Emotions

By adminla|2017-05-22T22:25:43+00:00June 6th, 2016|stress|

Chronic pain is the most common debilitating experience for a quarter of all American’s under 60 years of age, and costs $635 billion a year to health care services. Opioids caused 18,893 overdose deaths in the United States in 2014, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Andrew Ahn, chief scientific officer of pain research at Lilly, said opioids are effective against acute pain, but have limited and decreasing effectiveness against chronic pain. An article in the Journal of Neuroscience, 2105, reports that strong opiates like morphine offer little relief because they don’t release the rewarding dopamine neurotransmitters that would ease chronic pain. The Journal Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2007 indicates that pain disrupts the process whereby you consolidate your learning into long-term memory storage. So when you can’t form a memory of a good feeling or experience during relaxation, meditation, yoga or other non-invasive practices, your chronic pain quite literally, drives you to distractio

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7 Ways Journaling Can Help You De-Stress and Live Up to Your Potential
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7 Ways Journaling Can Help You De-Stress and Live Up to Your Potential

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7 Ways Journaling Can Help You De-Stress and Live Up to Your Potential

By adminla|2018-12-29T19:23:05+00:00September 11th, 2015|stress|

Have you ever been told to keep a journal and felt your heart sink to your boots? Is the idea of journaling stressful in itself? Perhaps you don't want to dwell on what's going on inside you because its messy Maybe you want to feel strong and the best way of doing it is to ignore bad feelings and hope they will just go away. You may be veery good at keeping your anger, stress, resentment, revengeful thoughts and feelings under cover, but they have a way of coming out in full force when you are least expecting it. Out of the blue a small irritation turns into a melt down and you don't understand how this could have happened. Your store of anger and stressful experiences found a tiny window when you got irritated and used that moment to escape, embarrasing you in the process.

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How Pregnant Mothers Can Avoid Passing on Stress to Their Unborn Child
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How Pregnant Mothers Can Avoid Passing on Stress to Their Unborn Child

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How Pregnant Mothers Can Avoid Passing on Stress to Their Unborn Child

By adminla|2017-09-13T21:15:05+00:00July 23rd, 2015|stress|

Getting the news that she was finally pregnant, should have been immensely relieving to 25-year-old Kerri, but she was as stressed if not more than before. Previously she had been stressed about having her second child before she was 35 years old, but now she was stressed about not having enough energy for her lively first born, 4 year-old Eric. She fretted over giving him less attention and potentially creating a long term problem. Recalling her own childhood Kerri remembered being the oldest in her family, and with each new baby that came along, she was pushed further and further into the background, being forced to take on parenting tasks. Her father worked long hours and was also in competition for the scant energy his wife may have for him when he was home. Kerri had vowed to herself that her children weren’t going to suffer like that, and she was going to make sure her husband Ari would never feel he had to battle to get quality adult time with her.

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Fastest Way to Recovering From an Anger-stress Induced Depression
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Fastest Way to Recovering From an Anger-stress Induced Depression

Depression Counseling

Fastest Way to Recovering From an Anger-stress Induced Depression

By adminla|2017-05-22T22:20:16+00:00June 22nd, 2015|Depression Counseling|

Thirty-five-year-old plumber Tyler got angry with Gemma, his thirty-seven-year-old partner for inviting his brother over for the weekend pot-luck event. She knew that he didn’t get on with Roy but she kept trying to get them together. Tyler didn’t speak to Gemma unless it was absolutely necessary. He was civil in front of family and friends, but the stress was killing him. He was too tired to fight!

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Two Ways to Overcome the Anger When Your Partner Insists on Seeing You in a Negative Light
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Two Ways to Overcome the Anger When Your Partner Insists on Seeing You in a Negative Light

Couples Counseling

Two Ways to Overcome the Anger When Your Partner Insists on Seeing You in a Negative Light

By adminla|2017-05-22T22:19:08+00:00May 6th, 2015|Couples Counseling|

Do you feel frustrated and angry when other people like you, and see your worth, BUT your partner thinks you are a waste of space and is always complaining about you? Why be pushed and pulled, when you know who you really are and like it? All you get is insomnia, anxiety, pain and suffering. Maybe you have a wish that one day your partner will stop being blind and see what a treasure you are, and be eternally grateful! You know that it is unlikely, and that you can hope and wait for ever, OR you can take steps to fulfill that wish yourself. This video tells you how to do that by following 2 steps, on a consistent basis. Do it for yourself or work with me individually so that you can end your suffering.

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Six Ways to Avoid Anger, Stress and Depression That Ruin Your Relationships
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Six Ways to Avoid Anger, Stress and Depression That Ruin Your Relationships

Couples Counseling

Six Ways to Avoid Anger, Stress and Depression That Ruin Your Relationships

By adminla|2017-05-10T00:02:02+00:00February 24th, 2015|Couples Counseling|

Working as a risk management specialist for a large medical group was getting 36-year-old Juliette down. She was exhausted and had no energy left for her husband, 38-year-old Elliot and their 5 and 6 year old children Aden and Mara. She hated having to work, but was the only breadwinner. The pressure on Juliette made her depressed. All she wanted to do was to sleep. She left the chores to her Elliot who attended to them with pride, seeing them as his contribution to the family. Even when she was awake, Juliette felt fatigued and disinterested in playing with her kids. She preferred to look on as Elliot engaged them in cycling, swimming and ball games. She was easily upset when things didn’t go right with the family, and felt useless as a mother, sister and wife. Depression had taken hold, and Juliette was steeped in a lack of self-worth. Her anger at having to be the breadwinner was buried in the depression, as was her disappointment and resentment towards her husband for not taking on that role.

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How to Deal With The Anger and Stress Caused By Interfering Mother-in-Laws
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How to Deal With The Anger and Stress Caused By Interfering Mother-in-Laws

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How to Deal With The Anger and Stress Caused By Interfering Mother-in-Laws

By adminla|2017-09-13T21:00:12+00:00November 4th, 2014|Family Counseing, stress|

Angela and Josh a newly married couple were at logger heads about Angela's mother telling him how to treat and take care of her daughter. She kept calling and texting him about Angela's food needs, her anxieties, her need to get pregnant and the need for child to be a son. Josh tried to talk to Angela about his distaste for being told how to be a good husband by his mother-in-law, but Angela secretly smiled. She was thrilled that her mother was on Josh's back to do the 'right thing' by her, because she was too scared to do it herself. She loved that her mother was her champion, and whipping up her husband to do the same. What Angela didn't appreciate was that Josh was feeling emasculated and furious. He was angry about the temerity of his mother-in-law to tell him what to do, as if he knew nothing of his wife's needs. He was fuming that he wasn't given a chance to find his feet in his new role as a husband., But most of all he was livid that his wife enjoyed seening him as a puppet controlled by her mother.

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Pull out the Roots of Your Anger and Stress by Exercising amid Nature
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Pull out the Roots of Your Anger and Stress by Exercising amid Nature

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Pull out the Roots of Your Anger and Stress by Exercising amid Nature

By adminla|2017-09-11T18:58:45+00:00October 21st, 2014|stress|

Anger and hatred often go together when you don't get cared for in the way you want and expect. If your expectations and hopes are dashed over and over again, the anger and loathing get bigger and more ferocious. But you are probably too scared to let it out. You feel love and hate for the person at the same time. These two contrary feelings put you in a bind. You can't walk away, and you can't express your rage. You fear that if the one you are upset with will crumble. Then you won't have anyone to be be attached to, and being alone is more frightening. You imagine that the person you are mad at doesn't care about you - in fact they hate you and are just one step away from walking out on you! So you keep it all in, seething inside with no room for anything else. All that scary anger makes your body release stress hormones to cope with the intense anger that threatens your heart, blood pressure, digestive system and mental well-being.

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Six Ways to Defuse Your Anger When Your Children Fight
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Six Ways to Defuse Your Anger When Your Children Fight

Parenting Counseling

Six Ways to Defuse Your Anger When Your Children Fight

By adminla|2017-09-11T17:06:45+00:00September 10th, 2014|Parenting Counseling|

It's frustrating when your kids are constantly bickering and you have to be referee. choosing one side or the other often makes you feel bad,and guilty later on. You wish your kids could get on with one another and let you attend to all the other things on your plate. But they don't! They are not invested in harmony or collaboration. They want ownership and control over what they feel is 'right.' So they fight and argue. They battle till they draw blood. And that's when you lose it! One of your children gets hurt, is sobbing uncontrollably and you are now furious at having to take time out to care for the hurt child, chastise the other and somehow bring order to chaos. Your anger probably comes from being forced to intervene. Your expectations of peaceful play were shattered and now you have to take charge and undo the mess.

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Stress From Guilt Worsens Allergies and Prevents Enjoyment of Life
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Stress From Guilt Worsens Allergies and Prevents Enjoyment of Life

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Stress From Guilt Worsens Allergies and Prevents Enjoyment of Life

By adminla|2017-09-14T20:35:06+00:00April 7th, 2014|stress|

Unable to have what she looked forward to, Maureen became anxious and stressed. Her allergies got worse and she had to stuff herself with Benadryl just to make it through the day. She worked hard for her money and now that she didn’t have dependent children or a boyfriend, she felt entitled to use it on herself. But she was either too busy or too sick to take advantage of her good position in life. After noticing that she continually missed out on her dreams, Maureen got angry and felt deprived. She felt as if life was taunting her with goodies and then snatching them away at the very moment she reached out for them.

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