Posts Tagged ‘stress’

Are You Too Tense? Make a Worry Jar

Posted on May 8th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

If the reason you are tense is because you are worried, here’s a tried and true idea that you may need to revisit if you’ve tried it before, or test it out for yourself if you never have before. To make, use, and benefit from a “Worry Jar”… 1. You need to have a physical [...]

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Increasing, Maintaining, and Protecting Your Emotional Energy So You Can Lower Your Stress Level

Posted on May 4th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Doc Childre of HeartMath® said: Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs, the real fountain of youth we’ve been searching for. It enables us to drink from elixirs lock[ed within our cells, just waiting for us to discover them.  How [...]

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Decrease Clutter and Decrease Stress – Rinse and Repeat

Posted on April 19th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

There are thousands of people who will be reading this post. I know we have people reading who have one drawer (and only one drawer) that is a little over-stuffed and that clutter stresses them out. It may not be necessary for them to repeat this process. However!  For everyone else, you can identify with [...]

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Staying Positive Even When You Feel Stressed and Worried – How Much Influence Can You Have?

Posted on April 16th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Can you change some of the events that are currently stressing you out?  Are there others over which you really have no control or even any influence?   Hmmm…it might be time to consider what belongs in the various categories for you. To help you visualize the idea we’re talking about in this article, just draw a [...]

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Are You a Sheep? 8 Characteristics That Sheep (Not Leaders) Exhibit

Posted on March 12th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

As a leader, do you want to be considered a lion – or a sheep? I think I know the answer, but in case you need any additional encouragement, consider these characteristics of sheep: 1. Timid, fearful, easily panicked Hmm…are these words that you want to be used to describe you? Timidity in the face [...]

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7 Steps for Clearing Out Your Money Clutter – Dealing With Your Credit Cards

Posted on March 8th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Money clutter is something that not many people talk about. Business owners will admit to paper clutter, digital clutter, mental clutter, but they rarely talk about money clutter. It’s time that we did because it can at least as debilitating to your business as the other types of clutter (which you also need to deal [...]

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Creatively Generate Solutions to Troublesome Issues (Whether You Think You Are Creative or Not)

Posted on February 27th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Write down a problem that you have been trying to deal with (or that you’ve ignored) in your business. I’ll wait. OK. I’ll assume you have that written down. Now, change the wording of that problem into a question. I’ll wait. OK. I will assume that you now have a great question posed. You want [...]

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Decrease Clutter and Decrease Stress – Take Before and After Pictures

Posted on February 17th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

When you see that a magazine or a website has ‘before and after’ pictures, don’t you always want to check that out first?  We all love to see what someone looked like ‘before’ and what that person looks like ‘after.’  What about the sheer number of shows on TV that show what a house, room, [...]

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Decrease Clutter and Decrease Stress – VOW to Get Rid of a Certain Amount Or Percentage of ‘Stuff’

Posted on January 17th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Human beings love to achieve…to set goals and to reach those goals. It’s motivating. Use that to your advantage when you are cleaning, clearing, decluttering – and of course, destressing. Make a VOW to rid yourself of a certain amount, number, or percentage of your ‘stuff,’ whether your stuff is books, papers, files, cans, emails, [...]

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What Do You Need to Eliminate From Your Life? What About the Little Things That “Bug” You?

Posted on January 1st, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

It is not just the big things that need to be eliminated in order to reduce stress. You may need to get rid of those extra Cool Whip tubs that fall out of your cabinet every time you open the drawer. You will be surprised by what is on this list. How about starting to [...]

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