Tag: Stress

Don’t Sleep on Sleep

Sleep is one of those things in life that we all need yet most of us don’t get enough of. We are generally aware of the importance of sleep in the recovery of our bodies and minds and know we should be better about getting more sleep, but rarely do.

May 5, 2019

Study: A Quarter of College Students Stressed Over 2016 Presidential Election

A new study from San Francisco State University (SFSU) revealed that 25 percent of college students have experienced a significant amount of stress over the 2016 presidential election and related events. Researchers from SFSU distributed a questionnaire to 769 college students taking an introductory psychology course two to three months after the election, according to […]

October 25, 2018

Study: One in Three College Freshmen Reports Mental Health Disorder

More than one-third of first-year university students in eight industrialized countries around the globe report symptoms consistent with a diagnosable mental health disorder, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Lead author Dr. Randy P. Auerbach of Columbia University and his co-authors analyzed data from the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health International […]

September 12, 2018

Education’s Challenge: Culture of Criticism or Compassion?

When I read recently in Stanford Magazine that the Stanford Graduate School of Business had a course on compassion and that it regularly carried a waiting list, I was intrigued. My interest was mostly due to the uniquely personal challenges I continue to face as I practice my own commitment to greater compassion for myself and others.

May 30, 2018

Stress and Overtraining Can Derail Your Workouts

Overtraining is rooted in stress and can sabotage your workouts. To avoid overtraining and get the most out of your workout, you must balance the stress of working out with the other stress in your life.

April 19, 2018

#SpringRelease Clears Clutter, Eases Stress

At any moment in time, the state of our mental health depends on any number of simple and complicated internal and external factors. Stress is a major source of and contributor to that state of mental health. Whether mental or physical, clutter creates stress. Here’s a fun, rewarding way to declutter.

March 15, 2018

Understanding and Quickly Recovering from Stress

Stress, especially constant stress, is the most underrated source of disease conditions, especially chronic disease. It is underrated because it is so difficult to measure and demonstrate. It is difficult to measure and demonstrate because it occurs so differently per individual and per situation.

March 1, 2018

Freshman Year Doesn’t Have to be Stressful

I don’t think that I had any bouts with stress while I was in college. Of course, the word “stress” wasn’t hot during the 1960s.

October 18, 2016

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