Our body is multifaceted and changes in response to ongoing environmental and internal demands. People tend to look at Body (chemistry) — Food (nutritional components) –Emotions as a one way relationship. In fact, any one of these three components can be a starting point, an end point, or a link within a chain reaction involving the other two parts.

The diagram below picks the beginning-point “stress” and flows from there. It would have been just as valid to choose any other point of the …

We think of stress in basically two ways — the pressure we experience from external sources, and the internal experience that we feel when pressure is placed upon us. For our purposes in this series, we will be referring to stress as the way we experience pressure and how we respond to it.

Stress, as we experience it, is a common physiological reaction to pressure, strain, anxiety, constant worry and tension. Everyone experiences stress – it is part of our biology. The human nervous system is complex and many factors affect …

There’s a lot of hype about B vitamins in the media, especially vitamin B12, probably because of the high amounts of B vitamins in some energy drinks. So here’s your primer–let’s call it B Vitamins 101.
The B vitamins are water soluble. That means they’re not stored in the body but are used and then eliminated. The Bs are found mainly in brewer’s yeast, soy beans, organ meats, vegetables, some dairy products, fish, and poultry. The Bs could be called the absolute Bs because they’re …

Physical and Lifestyle Strategies

1. Find some good breathing and abdominal relaxation techniques, and practice them daily
2. Keep to a Low-stress diet
3. Regular exercise
4. Schedule downtime – have your own mental health days (put them in your calendar-every month)
5. Take mini-breaks during the day.Deliberate 5 to 10 minutes breaks where you consciously relax

Certain foods provide us with more energy-efficient fuel to sustain us over a longer period of time. Other foods give us a quick, healthy energy boost. Relaxation strategies help reduce our hyped up stress reactions to a level where we can think more clearly and use better judgment. Avoidance of destructive behaviors, toxic environments and negative people are other strategies that tend to build self-confidence by reducing the likelihood that we will engage in embarrassing or career-ending behaviors. Any new strategies you learn today that can give you a better chance to live a healthier life are the same strategies that you can use at home, in the workplace or wherever life takes you. – read on for full list