How do you minimize holiday stress? When you review your holiday preparations to-do list, do you get excited or do you get overwhelmed? Download: Holiday Memories: The Stress-Free Way Year after year, statistics and surveys show that the holiday season is not enjoyable for many adults. The American Psychological Association found that 38% of people say their stress level increases during the holidays. During the holidays up to 69% of people are stressed by the time needed to prepare, 69% are stressed...

15SHARESShareTweet Mindfulness and optimal health go hand in hand because mindfulness is a stress management technique that has been shown to improve emotion regulation and ameliorate a variety of medical conditions (Marchand, 2012). Read on to discover the skills associated with mindfulness, the benefits of mindfulness, and two ways you can cultivate mindfulness. How stressed are you? Take the stress level survey! Table of Contents Toggle What is Mindfulness?What...

15SHARESShareTweet How do you rebound from setbacks? Setbacks are stressful and chronic stress can lead to poor health outcomes. So, on the journey to optimal health, it’s essential to have a variety of resilience strategies you can use to restore balance. Read on to discover 10 resilience strategies you can use to optimize stress and avoid burnout. How stressed are you? Take the stress level survey! 10 Resilience Strategies Practice deep breathing. Breathing...

20SHARESShareTweet On your journey to optimal health, self-compassion is essential. Do you suffer from a harsh inner-critic? When you criticize yourself, you’re tapping into the body’s threat-defense system. Feeling threatened puts stress on the mind and body, which is bad for emotional and physical well-being. With self-criticism, you are both the attacker and the attacked. When the stress response (fight–flight–freeze) is triggered by a threat to your...