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Posts with tag breathe
Posted Aug 3rd 2007 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Stress Reduction
When you're knee deep in the mess of stress, anxiety, disappointment, panic, fear -- you name it -- isn't it nice to escape for a moment, to feel relief from the burden of heavy emotion? I think so. And I happen to know from personal experience a few techniques that have a calming effect on the most overworked of minds. I'll make it brief, because I know reading volumes of self-help advice is not what's on your worried mind.
- Listen to a favorite song, or any song. It will shift your focus and put your mind in the context of the song. You may even feel recharged and motivated.
- Write down your thoughts. Just write. Don't worry about grammar, spelling, or sentence formation. Just jot down what's on your mind. Transfer your emotion to paper -- or the computer screen -- and see how relieved you can feel.
Continue reading Listen, write, breathe, and talk your way out of stress
Posted May 9th 2006 12:18PM by Dalene Entenmann
Filed under: Lung Cancer, Prevention
According to a new research report, women can walk around with lung cancer for a longer time than men before diagnosis because women do not develop the obvious signs and symptoms of the disease.
Women with lung cancer can pass normal lung function tests where men with lung cancer will show diminished lung function normally associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. Traditionally, COPD is a first alert to physicians to run lung cancer tests. Researchers are suggesting that a different set of criteria needs to be considered for women, and that women should not be considered at less risk of having lung cancer simply because they do not present with the classic symptoms for the disease. The longer lung cancer has a chance to develop -- the later the diagnosis of lung cancer -- the less potential there is in surviving lung cancer. One of the reasons lung cancer is such a deadly disease is because few cases of lung cancer are diagnosed at an early stage.
There are all sorts of gifts for dad on Father's Day -- shirts and ties and books and coffee mugs and golf balls -- and many of us have already spent money on the stuff we can wrap up and deliver or mail off to dad on this special day. But some gifts -- the ones we can't wrap up -- have an appeal that is priceless because they focus on the moment, they build relationships, and they promote mental and physical health. And here are just seven simple but everlasting gifts to consider sharing with dad on this Father's Day.
