Tag: cortisol

Whether you’re a pro-athlete or you haven’t run, hit or touched a ball since your high school days, you have no idea how your abilities can dramatically improve overnight—literally! From buzzing around as a parent to getting more out of your regular workouts, getting good sleep can be all the difference you need to improve your days.

Most people don’t realize how significant a role sleep plays in daytime performance. Research regarding sleep and athletics is gaining more attention than ever and many new findings are coming to light.

When you first met your sweetheart, chances are that sexual attraction was part of the draw. Sexuality is a wonderful part of our humanness, yet its importance in the success of a relationship is often overlooked or simply avoided. In the months and years leading up to marriage, a couple’s sex life can be hot and steamy, adding a heady level of passion to the relationship. After the honeymoon, couples often find that their sex life diminishes as the rigors of daily schedules take their toll. Once children are added to the mix, a couple’s sex life can diminish into nothingness with the added duties and strains of the childrearing years.

Dealing with stress on a daily basis is inevitable when kids, jobs, traffic, bills and a number of other factors come into play. While a little bit of stress keeps us aware, alive and productive, too much prolonged exposure can have serious effects on our physical and mental well-being. Taking some time to unwind and relax, and teaching your kids to do the same, gives the body time to heal between stressful episodes.

Paying attention to what you eat is also important in helping to manage the negative effects of too much stress.

Most stress relief techniques are completely useless.

Believe me, I’ve tried them all. I tried yoga, anti-stress software, breathing exercises, aromatherapy and classes before discovering body language. This is a completely new way to approach stress—and I want to teach it to you.

Mastering your body language is the most effective, science-based stress reducing technique—and you already have all the tools you need to use it.

Our bodies respond to our thoughts and feelings. When we’re feeling down our bodies become tired and sometimes even sick. When we feel positive, our bodies are healthier; we become uplifted, more energized and enthusiastic about life. If you have a hectic lifestyle or occupation, here are life-changing tips that can help you feel less stressed, more energized and rejuvenated.

The Stress, Weight Gain & Brain Fog Connection

Touch has been shown to have long-lasting health benefits which are good for the brain and bonding. In fact, a study was done long ago that proved that if we are not touched as infants we can fail to survive. Touch is such an important part of every relationship we are in, whether it is that of a partner, a parent, a friend or a co-worker. Touch is an essential part of communication and connection.

Here are 7 amazing benefits to being a snuggle bug:

Female stress hormones rise ominously when men don’t pitch-in around the house. Male stress hormones rise when they do! According to a study conducted between 2004 and 2006 at the Center for the Everyday Lives of Families at the University of California, Los Angeles, measured cortisol levels are the best lie detector tests concerning shared household tasks when both sexes work outside the house. Apparently, women live on Venus and men need to get off Uranus!