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Could your Health Problems be Caused by Chronic Stress?
Middle-aged women could suffer from emotional wellness issues, and this could, in turn, affect their wellbeing in a more physical way, according to a new study.
Mental health, and stress in particular, can be linked to health…
How Does Chronic Stress Contribute to Your Wellbeing?
From the time you get up to the time you go to bed, some form of stress will have an impact on your wellness. However, it’s not just your emotional health that takes a hit from life’s daily worries; chronic stress contributes to all…
Feeling Ill? So is Your GP! Survey Finds Doctor Burnout
You may feel under the weather when you visit your family doctor – but spare a thought for their wellness. According to a new survey of doctors, GPs are facing an ‘unsustainable’ workload which is putting your wellbeing at risk. Almost half…
I Never Knew That: Five Major Ways that Stress Impacts You
You know that stress is bad for your mental health; it causes you to lose sleep, to eat more, to become anxious and depressed, but that’s it – right? Unfortunately, stress does a whole lot more damage to your wellness, and below are just…
How True is The Daily Telegraph Report on Stress?
Once again it seems that newspapers have been inaccurately reporting the results of scientific experiments to make them more ‘headline worthy’. The offending newspaper is the Daily Telegraph, which asserted an article titled: “Daily…
Will Job Strain Cause You to Have a Heart Attack?
If you’re under stress at work, you’re not only risking your emotional health, but your heart wellness too. This is according to new research, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which says that putting down the beer…
Give a Little Whistle, and Other Quick Ways to Reduce Stress
The stress of life can take its toll on your mental health and wellbeing, but, in the words of Jiminy Cricket, all you have to do is give a little whistle. Lauren Miller, a stress expert from Littleton, Colorado, explains, ‘It’s considered…
Could Talking About Your Feelings Improve Heart Health?
Do you ever feel your heart beat faster when you’re stressed or angry? It’s natural for a strong emotion to elicit a physiological response, but some new research is showing how connected emotional and cardiovascular health can be. A study…
Meditation, Intuitive Guidance & Counselling to Overcome Abuse
It is shocking how commonplace abuse is and once it has stopped or been stopped, how do we get over it and rebuild ourselves and our lives?
Abuse comes in many forms and at many different times in life. It can be so mild and so…
Panic Attacks: Who Suffers When Drivers Get Anxiety?
Panic attacks are basically feelings of intense anxiety or fear about something. In almost all cases, triggers of these attacks are unknown. However, they can start to occur as the result of a traumatic event such as any type of accident,…
Road Rage: When Stress Behind the Wheel Affects Your Health
Drivers who vent their frustration and stress by becoming aggressive and sometimes violent are deemed to be engaging in road rage. However, doctors have named this behavior intermittent explosive disorder. New studies have suggested that it…
Could Professional Help During Trauma Damage Mental Health?
When one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded left an estimated quarter of a million people dead across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand on Boxing Day 2004, aid agencies quickly arrived to look after the wellbeing of battered…
One in Eight University Students Have Suicidal Thoughts
In 2011, a report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists called for more investment in mental health support at universities, but it seems like we still have a long way to go for student wellness. According to a new poll by the National…
Are You Suffering From Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Plenty of people enjoy routine and like things to be done in a specific way. This does not represent any kind of emotional issue, but when that routine turns into ritual, that is when you should start to seriously consider the possibility…
What Every Student Ought to Know About Mental Health
A shocking new study into the mental and emotional health of students has revealed that as many as one in five students suffers from some form of psychological ill health, but most of them shun any university counselling they are offered.…
“Superwoman” Expectations Damages Female Mental Health
As a woman, juggling many roles is a stressful business, which may be why your mental wellbeing is more at risk that your male counterpart. This is according to Professor Daniel Freeman, of the University of Oxford, and co-author Jason…
Stress: How to Spot and Reduce the Signs and Symptoms
In small doses, stress can actually motivate you to do you best, but if you’re constantly running in emergency mode, your mental and physical wellness will pay the price. You need to guard your wellbeing against stress by recognising its…
Warning: Growing Debts Could Affect Your Mental Health
Being in debt can be a huge strain, not only on your finances, but on your mental and emotional health, and it can end up taking its toll on every area of your wellness and wellbeing.
Released during Mental Health Awareness Week, a new…
How to Have a Stress-Free End of Financial Year
The end of the financial year is emotional wellness-damaging time for managers, and their loved ones, but does it always have to be that way? Day-to-day operations are already demanding enough for business owners, so it’s tempting to leave…
Psychiatrists Say Mental Health is an Issue, Not an Illness
If your wellness is affected by a mental health problem, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, treating it in the same way as one would an illness is not helpful to your wellbeing. This is according to leading psychologists, who claim…
Changing Your Mindset: How to Reduce Excess Stress
Stress and worry are an inescapable part of life. When you care about things, you're going to worry about things – but does that mean that your wellbeing has to take a hit? Stress can take its toll on your physical and emotional wellness,…
How Does Poor Health Contribute to Loneliness?
A study suggests that older people living in England and suffering from poor health are more at risk of feeling lonely than those with excellent health. 59 percent of people over the age of 52 noted feelings of loneliness, in comparison to…
PTSD: an Inevitable Outcome of the Boston Marathon Bombings?
The Boston Marathon bombings killed three people, physically injured nearly 200 others, and traumatized thousands more. While the wellness of many was affected by physical injuries, the events of the 19th of April has caused immeasurable…
Do You Suffer From Anxiety?
Anxiety is a part of life today. It is not necessarily bad. In fact, it could be a warning signal. Without anxiety, we would not anticipate difficulties and be prepared for them. However, people who suffer from an anxiety disorder are…
Divorcing From Stress to Avoid Osteoporosis
Hearing about stress hardly ever seems to calm anyone down. It's the wearisome, unintended reverse-psychology that works just as effectively as the words “don't panic!” which, inevitably, you do. It can be something of a killjoy, but you…
Meditation Could Help You Become More Compassionate
Meditation has been used for centuries as a way of relaxing the body and mind, and relieving stress. It's often associated with yoga, due to the peaceful effects on the body and the importance placed on unifying the mind with the physical…
Dealing with Stress: 5 Tips to Handling the Pressure
Learning to deal with stress and managing stress levels is an important part of life. Family life and your career can often bring what seem likely overwhelming pressures to bear on mind and body.
So how do you cope with stress? Here are…
Memory Booster: Study Finds Benefit for Short-Term Stress
Stress can take its toll on your emotional wellbeing, not to mention your health, but your cognitive wellness will thank you for it. This is according to a new study, published in the online journal eLife, which says that stress,…
What Everyone Should Know About Emotional Freedom Technique
Those who practice complementary forms of wellness will be interested to learn about the Emotional Freedom Technique, which is believed to be of great benefit and to bring you wellbeing.
Sometimes shortened to EFT, the Emotional Freedom…
Why Should You Think About Mental Health?
You can’t open a webpage, read a newspaper or magazine without finding some news piece or latest research about physical health. Whether it’s a new way to increase fitness, boost your immune system or a healthy exercise and eating plan, no…