Does everything you hear about sound stressful? Sometimes this can just feel too overwhelming so here are ten ideas to incorporate into your days and give you a bit of a boost.
1/ Be active - exercise won't make your stress disappear, but it will reduce some of the emotional intensity that you're feeling,
How are you managing working from home? It’s been a year now and many of us have had to adapt with living spaces becoming temporary offices, some well set up and others less than ideal. Lack of space, sharing working space with other household occupants or family members plus other challenges may have led to working on beds, sofas or having lap tops perched on chairs. Potentially feeling uncomfortable.
Springtime and if you have a garden, allotment, patio or plants on your balcony suddenly there seems loads to do. Physically and emotionally it’s a fantastic boost and looking at the results can be really satisfying however it's easy to lose track of time and overdo the gardening and ouch you have wobbly legs and a stiff lower back. Take it slowly and carefully for pain free gardening
I once overheard a conversation on a train where someone was recommending massage to a friend as she was so stressed, the friends response was how can a massage take away my stress. Very true it can't but it can help manage what you may be experiencing. Many different things can cause stress, physical such as fear of something dangerous to emotional such as worry over your family or job.
Can I still receive a massage if I have cancer? The good news is yes you can, some people worry that massage could cause cancer cells to spread to other parts of their body. This myth has been the cause of upset and stress with people being refused treatments that would have been greatly appreciated. Research has shown that cancer develops and spreads because of changes to a cell’s DNA.
A tension headache or tension-type headaches is the most common type of primary headache. Tension-type headaches account for up to 78% of all headaches and approximately 3% of the population has chronic tension-type headaches, chronic meaning long term, this can have a considerable impact on your daily life. The pain is often described as a constant pressure,
How we sit and stand can make a difference to how we feel both physically and mentally. After a hard day it's easy to slouch in front of the TV, laptop, or hunch over our phones, perhaps slipping into habits that put strain on our body. Our bodies are great at adapting but these repetitive patterns can eventually lead to tension with chest muscles tightening and those of the upper back over stretching.
Human touch is the first language we learn as a means of emotional expression. Touch can be of different types, caring, friendly, supportive, encouraging, suggestive, provocative, offensive or dominant. Recently researchers have begun to focus on this subtle kind of wordless communication, whether an exuberant high five, a warm hand on the shoulder or a creepy touch on the arm.
