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Kick Your Anxiety to the Curb!
What Exactly is Anxiety? Let’s just admit it; most of us experience anxiety from time to time. It’s expressed through tension, uncertainty, and sometimes through fear. When it hits us, these worries can affect our sleep, our appetite and our ability to concentrate. Let’s talk a bit about it and about how to lose your anxiety. The reality is that anxiety and fear are important for your survival because they act to protect your body against stress or danger. They trigger the release of hormones like adrenalin and cortisol. As a result of the release of those stress hormones, you breathe more quickly which increases your energy and helps you…
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6 Simple Tricks for Dealing with Pressure
6 Simple Tricks for Dealing with Pressure Anyone feeling the pressure lately? Stress anyone? If you aren’t careful, pressure can sneak up and overwhelm you. Before you know it, you’re a mess. Sitting in your chair sweating, with your heart racing, dreading the thought of doing any work and facing today and tomorrow. Fortunately there are some things you can do to help manage pressure when you feel overwhelmed. With a little practice, you may even be able to turn nerve-wracking stress into pure motivation! Count Backwards It sounds simple, but counting backwards from 100 is a great way to distract yourself from pressure and reset yourself. This easy trick…
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Fuel Your Brain with Energy and Do Your Body a Favor Too!
What is your fitness philosophy? Are you aware that self development and self improvement really need to include exercise to fuel your brain with energy? Why do you train and exercise? What is it that you hope to achieve by being physically active? Many of us train because we want to look better. Some of us train because we want to be healthier and stave off disease. Others train because they want to perform better at a particular sport or activity they enjoy. I have a different reason for training: I train because I want to change the way I feel and because I want to change my mind set.…
