• How Dr. David Hunnicutt, President of WELCOA, left me speechless. (Or, why I wrote a book about Stress.)

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    I first met David Hunnicutt, the President of WELCOA at the American Journal of Health Promotion Conference in Hilton Head South Carolina. Dr. Hunnicutt was giving the keynote address and I was really impressed by it. I happened to bump into him the next day, and I introduced myself, told him a little about what I did, and I told him how much I liked his speech. A year later when I ran into him again at another conference, he surprised me by saying that he remembered meeting me the year before and that he planned on stopping by my booth the next day.

  • Are You Stress Sensitive?

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    Do you ever wonder if stress affects you more than the average person? Are you easily annoyed or frustrated by minor inconveniences?

  • Ten Things That Will Help You Manage The Stress Of A Hurricane

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog Ten Things That Will Help You Manage The Stress Of A Hurricane Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Monday , October 29th , 2012 Tweet Having lived through many hurricanes and recently through Hurricane Irene , I can tell you that the stress we are all feeling right now is different from the stress we might experience in a traffic jam , at work or in school . This is a kind of low-level stress that builds slowly and doesn't dissipate easily . Different from acute stress the more common variety which comes on fast and dissipates quickly , this stress slowly raises your blood pressure and heart rate and gradually increases muscle

  • Tend and Befriend Meets Fight or Flight

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    When I was growing up my parents constantly stressed the importance of going to college. That idea was pretty much drilled into my head from the day I started kindergarten. "You're not going to get into a good college with grades like that, Jimmy!" My mother would always say, even on some of my earliest report cards. So you can imagine the stress I put them under when, approximately eleven years later, it looked like I wasn't even going to graduate from high school.

  • Ten Things You Can Do To Manage Stress After A Major Storm Or Hurricane

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog Ten Things You Can Do To Manage Stress After A Major Storm Or Hurricane Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Monday , November 19th , 2012 Tweet During the storm or hurricane , your body naturally reacts to the sound of the high winds with a tremendous amount of fear and trepidation . Your amygdala is the part of the brain that watches out for your safety . It's always on the lookout for anything that's remotely threatening : even a loud noise that sounds like a tree falling nearby will start your amygdala firing . So , you can imagine what's going to happen when the trees REALLY DO start to fall . Army recruits and emergency

  • How to Use Your Whole Brain: Changing Your Behavior

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    If you've ever tried to limit your calorie intake you know how challenging it can be to give up your favorite desert or fattening treat. Sometimes we just want what we want and there is no stopping us. The unconscious mind often secretly drives these seemingly "uncontrollable" desires. This leaves your conscious mind wondering: why am I so weak?

  • Ten Tips for Stress Free Travel

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog Ten Tips for Stress Free Travel Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Friday , July 1st , 2011 Tweet Last summer , my niece invited us to her wedding in the tiny town of Bradninch , England which is about three hours south of London in the county of Devon . I decided to turn this wedding invitation into an epic 17-day family vacation with stops in Rome , Florence , Venice , Paris , London and of course , Bradninch . It was an amazing vacation , but a real logistical challenge which included one 12-hour period where we woke up in a Paris hotel , took a high-speed train that morning from Paris to London , met up with my 21 year old son

  • How To Use Your Whole Brain: Redefining The Notion Of Who YOU Are

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    I learned something very interesting about the difference between my conscious mind and my unconscious mind while taking my 16-year old daughter to her first driver's education class. In order to sign her in and pay for the course, I needed to show her learner's permit, which my daughter had handed me moments before. When I saw her a few minutes later, naturally she asked for it back. I looked in my pockets and then in my wallet and it wasn't there. I asked the person at the registration desk and she didn't have it either.

  • Cultivating Gratitude And Being Thankful

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    I went to yoga class on Thanksgiving morning, and when it was over a woman next to me announced with a smile: "Now I can go home and face my in-laws." There's always a bit of a release at the end of a good yoga class where you just kind of let go of whatever it is you are holding on to. The same thing happened to me in a yoga class I took the day before hurricane Sandy rolled through Connecticut. I remember walking into that class feeling anxious and tense and walking out feeling much more at peace and at ease.

  • Yoga and Chronic Pain

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    When I miss yoga for more than a week, a long running bout with chronic pain (which may have to do with an old case of Lyme disease) rears its ugly head. When this chronic pain first hits me I feel a low level ache that runs up and down the backs of my legs. Sometimes, if I let things go long enough, it radiates out into other areas of my body, like my hips. It's hard to describe exactly, except to say, that if I bend down with my legs straight and try to touch my toes the pain is often excruciating.

  • Stress, Multitasking and Attention Span

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    I've never been a fan of multitasking from a stress management perspective and as the result of reading an interesting article in Scientific American Mind Magazine on multitasking a few weeks ago, I've decided that my feeling about multitasking have been confirmed. "Effective multitasking is a myth. So, too, is the idea that members of the 'multitasking generation,' who grew up with video games, smart phones and e-readers, can somehow concentrate on several things at once. In fact, research indicates that frequent multitaskers are often the worst at it."

  • You Teach What You Most Need To Learn

    Updated: 2012-12-31 19:24:15
    Home Products Stress Tips Webinars Blog Blog Home Past Entries Authors Stop Stress This Minute From Jim Porter and WELCOA Learn More StressStop Blog You Teach What You Most Need To Learn Jim Porter M.A.L.S . President , StressStop.com Monday , June 18th , 2012 Tweet When I first got into the stress management business over twenty five years ago , I was stress sensitive see my previous blog entitled : Are You Stress Sensitive and I didn't even know it . Over the first ten years in this business I would occasionally suffer from stress-related health problems and not even fully appreciate the irony , or even care . And that's one of the enduring mysteries of stress : why we don't always see how stress affects us Why we don't see how grumpy we've become , or how easily upset we've become , or

  • Rage Eat

    Updated: 2012-12-27 08:00:00
    : look up any : word word of the day dictionary thesaurus names media store add edit blog random A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z new favorites tv most popular new world order gay marriage tosser You Taco Bell the clap JALOUSE Sam alphabetical Rage Crew Rage Crit rage-cup raged Rag ed Rage'd Rage Dance rage date RagedBull rage delete Rage Dip Ragedorf ragedty ass rage dump Ragedy Rage Eat rageef bathoon Rage Ejaculate rageena falangee rage epic Rageezy Rageface Rage Face Rage Face Friday RageFactor Ragefag Ragefail Ragefap Rage Fap Rage Fart Rage Fatigue rage fault ragefest Rage Fest Ragefest Apocolypse ragefilled putter rage-fist Rage Fist Rageflail Rageflip rageformat 1. Rage Eat Verb . To eat furiously and profusely instead of actually dealing with issues . Normally

  • Six Reasons You Are Single On New Years’ Eve – Mallory Schlossberg

    Updated: 2012-12-27 03:51:15
    You’re probably wondering why you are alone on New Years’ Eve, and why when that ball drops you’ll be ogling all of the couples sucking face all over the bar (or you’ll be at home polishing off the bag of pita chips, which may be more of a winning situation). Take it from me – [...]The post Six Reasons You Are Single On New Years’ Eve – Mallory Schlossberg appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Biblical Shit

    Updated: 2012-12-25 08:00:00
    A shit so epic/huge/painful/life changing that the bible should be rewritten to incorporate it some how. That poop hurt so much that it felt like the second coming of Christ, I kid you not it was a BIBLICAL Shit!

  • Are The Mayans At Your Door?

    Updated: 2012-12-21 05:01:54
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart Sign: Mayans @ The Door Bobby: <<opening door holding Wii nunchuck and remote>> Caption: Mom! Two guys wanna talk to ya ’bout Armageddon. Mayan Apocalypse is Coming – Why You Should Care!  More like, it’s HERE!  What should you expect for December 21, 2012…end of the world?  is [...]

  • A Child’s Guide To Increasing The Likelihood of Getting What You Want For Christmas by Alexandra

    Updated: 2012-12-20 14:13:00
    1.   Don’t fight. 2.   If you do fight, fight in hissy whispering. 3.   Don’t sass 4.   If your mom asks you if you sassed back, say “No, ma’am, I was just clarifying.” 5.   Don’t hit. 6.   If you do hit, hide it like you were walking past your brother or sister and tripped. 7.  [...]The post A Child’s Guide To Increasing The Likelihood of Getting What You Want For Christmas by Alexandra appeared first on FunnynotSlutty.

  • Sandy Hook Elementary School – No Laughing Matter

    Updated: 2012-12-17 05:01:37
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart T.V news: How many have to die before they make mental health a top priority. Chato Stewart: <<on knees crying>> Caption: No, No, NO – Not Again! As we mourn the loss of this tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I can only pick up my pen and [...]

  • Mayan Apocalypse is Coming – Why You Should Care!

    Updated: 2012-12-14 05:01:36
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart Evangelist is Wearing Sign: Mayan apocalypse is Coming!! {The End Is Here} Salvation Army Bell Ringer: Pal, you’re too late…  they’re at the height of apathetic gifting. Caption: December 21, 2012: ARE You Ready? As we come ever closer to the END of the year, there is a [...]

  • A Quick Note About Taking Notes During a Conference

    Updated: 2012-12-14 04:05:00
    Internal Auditor Login A Quick Note About Taking Notes During a Conference No one really has time on a Friday . nbsp We are all striving for one thing get through the day and get to the weekend . nbsp Accordingly , whenever I actually post on a Friday , I'll make it a quick hit 200 words or less Try to find the notes you took from the last conference seminar luncheon you attended . nbsp Did you write anything down Did you reread it Can you even find it now Can you even remember any of the topics Best advice I ever heard and I know I've told you this one before , but don't stop me The only notes you take during any conference should be no more than will fit on the back of your name tag . nbsp What you write will be important . nbsp What you write will be something you remember . What you

  • Contest Giveaway: 10 Bottles of Digest Gold

    Updated: 2012-12-13 20:55:36
    With all the medications I take I would have tummy troubles. Even before that I could not eat many foods without dealing with some major heartburn, or bloating, indigestion, stinky gas (hey? what? gas isn’t stinky?), constipation, and yes, the dreaded diarrhea! It got so bad I was carrying around every sort of over- the- [...]

  • Don't Be a Bad Boss - Part 2

    Updated: 2012-12-13 03:46:00
    Internal Auditor Login Don't Be a Bad Boss Part 2 When I'm in charge How many times do you remember saying that in your career How often are you still saying it Yes , I'm talking to you CAE's , also . Any chance you remember what it was that set off that tirade Can you recall the affront to your sensibilities that elicited such a response Monday I mentioned an email I got from Harvard Business Review titled Management Dip of the Day : nbsp Don't Be a Bad Boss . rdquo After a few snide remarks about the obviousness of the title , I mentioned that it had some good points particularly about the kind of things that make bad bosses , the kind of things which we know are true but aren't that . obvious But it reminded me of one of the more fascinating reactions we seem to all have when we move

  • Projection Therapy – It Is All Your Fault! 12 12 12

    Updated: 2012-12-12 05:01:03
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart Peer Dressed like Charlie Brown: My therapist was big on ME reenacting “HIS”childhood counterpart. Peer looks Like Captain Hook:  Mine too, but you’re Lucky, MY Therapist was fixated on “HIS” peter Pan Fantasy. Caption: The not so rare Projection Therapy This is a VERY special day. It’s not [...]

  • Is Mental Health History Important?

    Updated: 2012-12-10 05:01:40
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart Title: Mental Health History:  Why is it the more you need help… Sign 1: Year 1 – 1 Diagnosis – 1 medication – but Insured Sign 2: Year 3 – 3 Diagnoses – 3 medications – COBRA Ins. Sign 3: Year 6 – 4 Diagnoses – 5 medications [...]

  • Don't Be a Bad Boss

    Updated: 2012-12-10 03:03:00
    Internal Auditor Login Don't Be a Bad Boss Over the years , based on the emails that clog my in box , I have apparently signed up for an enormous number of updates , tips , and newsletters . nbsp Among those is one from Harvard Business Review titled Management Tip of the Day I have no idea how I wound up on their . list Mind you , I like to think of myself as a big fan of the magazine . nbsp However , I'm really more of a pretend big fan . nbsp That is , there are some fantastic articles . nbsp But they are all really lo-o-o-ong . nbsp And , no matter how hard I try , I seem to have trouble getting all the way through them . nbsp I have subscribed to the magazine once or twice and picked it up at the airport a number of times . nbsp I love what I see , there are fascinating topics , the

  • First Reviewer on New Tour Weighs in on “The Color of Evil”

    Updated: 2012-12-07 06:01:02
    As mentioned in this space, “The Color of Evil” and/or “Hellfire & Damnation II” are going on a Virtual Tour effective December 10th (four days from this posting). The novel (first of four) “The Color of Evil” will be FREE December 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 as part of the tour. One of the [...]

  • A Quick Note on Cutting One's Ear Off to Spite One's Progress

    Updated: 2012-12-07 01:23:00
    Internal Auditor Login A Quick Note on Cutting One's Ear Off to Spite One's Progress No one really has time on a Friday . nbsp We are all striving for one thing get through the day and get to the weekend . nbsp Accordingly , whenever I actually post on a Friday , I'll make it a quick hit 200 words or less A gentleman I was speaking with the other day I'll use the word gentleman because , with the use of that phrase , he'll never recognize himself said something quite . profound How do I get Van Gogh in a paint-by-numbers world He was lamenting that his department's focus on adherence to standards and protocols and policies and procedures had resulted in the development of lemming-like followers within the auditing ranks individuals who , in spite of being able to follow rules , could not

  • NEW Link Between Anger and Anxiety

    Updated: 2012-12-06 05:01:18
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart Chato Stewart: I Found the connection between Anger and Anxiety!!!  They BOTH start with “AN”! That Makes mefearfully mad! Text: {Anger and Anxiety} Caption: The Link Between Anger and Anxiety Link Between Anger and Anxiety? I could not help thinking about this joke/cartoon when I was reading over [...]

  • International Symbol of Peace Updated

    Updated: 2012-12-05 22:46:17
    Mental Health Humor Cartoon by Chato Stewart In my last blog post “Share The International Symbol of Peace” a few people were confused with my red international symbol of peace design/ T-shirt.  A few people thought how could Target (their logo is a red bull’s-eye) bring peace on earth?  Well, the truth is I wasn’t [...]

  • 13 Questions with Skora Founder David Sypniewski

    Updated: 2012-12-05 16:00:21
    Skora has been called the Bentley and the Lexus of the barefoot running world. What makes its minimalist shoes so special? For that, we turn to the brand’s founder and CEO to discover the secret behind his success.

  • I hate myself

    Updated: 2012-12-04 19:15:07
    Those are the words my 8-year-old son wrote in tiny letters at the top of his writing paper  - I hate myself – words that are crushing to a mother who sees her entire world in his freckled face and blue eyes. I’m lucky that he wrote them, because as parents we aren’t often given ...

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