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Emotional & Mental Health

10 Stress-Busting Strategies To Relieve High Stress

By Johanna Leave a Comment

Stress is hard on both the mind and body. Unfortunately, we all have days considerably more challenging and stressful than others.

But too many high-stress days can take its toll. And what’s worse, you could even become so used to being in this “high state of alert” that you start to feel like it’s normal.

Don’t let this happen to you!

And that’s why it’s essential you develop strategies that help you relieve stress and strengthen your self-soothing abilities.

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Filed Under: Emotional & Mental Health Tagged With: Exercise, Healthy Eating

Eating disorders rise as baby boomers crawl toward menopause

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

By Stephanie Schupska University of Georgia
As female baby boomers crawl toward menopause and retirement, eating disorders among this age group have started to rise.

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc., reports that some speculate the eating disorder increase in this group, born from 1946 until 1964, is because they’ve consistently considered image to be of major importance.

Connie Crawley, a University of Georgia Cooperative Extension expert, agrees. “Women of all ages are very conscious of their bodies and sometimes have a very negative opinion of their bodies,” she said. “Now that the baby boomers are aging, their body changes are really kind of hitting them harder than probably the previous generation. So now there are women who are becoming much more concerned about the normal changes in body fat distribution that come with age.”

Crawley is a UGA Extension nutrition and health specialist and a registered dietitian. She says many people focus on the physical symptoms of an eating disorder, but “the self-esteem issues, the coping skills, dealing with all the changes as one gets older,” are the real issues.

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Filed Under: Emotional & Mental Health, General Health, Obesity

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

Recent research is showing that those wonderful heart healthy omega 3 fatty acids that are found in fish, may indeed be helpful to our brains – especially in the areas of depression, schizophrenia, substance abuse and attention deficit.

While at this point, I would not recommend using Omega 3’s alone for your depression, it certainly cannot do you harm and will definitely  help our hearts.

(Research was perfromed at the University of Pittsburgh)

https://healthyagingforwomen.com/general-health/101/

Filed Under: Emotional & Mental Health, General Health

StressLess Holiday!

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

OlderWiserWomen presents:
How to Have a Clutter-Free, Stress-less Holiday Season with
Julie Bestry, Professional Organizer

Julie will offer tips for organizing your holidays to maximize serenity and minimize stress, including:

  • selecting clutter-free holidays gifts that make the process easier and more fun for the giver and the recipient
  • simplifying holiday planning and rituals to focus on what really matters
  • saving your sanity by creating a simple system to get everything essential done and still have time to reflect on the meaning and joys of the season

Date: December 8, 2005
Time: 3pm Pacific/4pm Mountain/5pm Central/6pm Eastern
Cost: Zero
Replay: Yes, will be sent to those who have registered

Invite your friends to sign up too!

Register for this lively hour call long by sending a blank email to HolidayClass@OlderWiserWomen.com . You will receive an email back with date, time, phone number and your access code.

Looking forward to hearing you on the call!

Barbara C. Phillips, MN, NP
www.OlderWiserWomen.com
www.ActingYourAge.com

Filed Under: Emotional & Mental Health, Staying Healthy

Practice Safe Stress

By Barbara Phillips, NP Leave a Comment

This is just another reason you will want to attend the free teleseminar on December 8th! Keep your eyes here for sign up information.

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SUNDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — The demands of the season are upon you. And all that socializing, present shopping, decorating and feast preparations can turn this time of year into a stress fest that can affect your health.
“If you are not careful, the holidays take an emotional toll on the body, ranging from increased blood pressure to weakening your immune system,” said Gina Kearney, a holistic nurse practitioner and site manager at the Integrative Care Center, affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Though it’s been widely known that stress can boost a person’s heart rate and reduce the ability to fight colds, a new study says that even cholesterol levels can be affected.

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Filed Under: Emotional & Mental Health

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