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  • Stress Less, Live More

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    Book of the day:  Stress Less, Live More by Richard Blonna.  The book explores how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help reduce stress by getting you focused away from your anxiety and on your life as you want to live it.  Bullet pointed highlights: Learn to mindfully accept what can’t be changed Find peace and…

  • Work Stress

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    Stressful job?  Mental health days are a solution for many. One in five workers will take time off from work because of stress, and 93 percent of these employees report lying — most of them reluctantly — to bosses about the reasons for staying home…the top five cover-ups used for stress absences include the following:…

  • Therapy for Stress and Anxiety in L.A.

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    Connect with a therapist experienced in working with anxiety and stress.  Psychotherapy can be extremely effective in reducing anxiety, stress, and worry.  Offices in Los Feliz and Beverly Hills–easily reached from throughout Los Angeles.  Call Anxiety Treatment L.A. at (323) 739-4322 for a free phone consultation and to book an appointment.

  • Teen Stress and Adult Mood

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    Study:  The potential lifelong impact of teen stress. Stress may be more hazardous to our mental health than previously believed, according to new research from Concordia University. A series of studies from the institution have found there may be a link between the recent rise in depression rates and the increase of daily stress.

  • Perception of Time Affects Stress

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    How you perceive time can affect your level of stress, a study says. “I actually didn’t find one single room in my school that didn’t have a clock. In India, clocks are not of such importance,” she noted, adding that cultural differences and attitudes toward time affect the way people manage time and deal with…

  • 8 Tips for Reducing Anxiety

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    Anxiety reduction tips from Matthew Edlund on the Huffington Post.  Number one is nice and simple: Start with deep breathing. Stand up straight and breathe in to the count of four, out to the count of eight. Repeat for five breaths.

  • Fight, Flight, Freeze

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    What an experiment with voles tells us about stress and anxiety (PsychCentral). “It’s not a question of being more or less afraid,” says Prof. Eilam. “Under threat, members of a social group will adopt a common behavioral code, regardless of their individual tendency towards anxiety.”

  • Women’s Anxiety Increasing?

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    Why are anxiety disorders among women on the rise? One general practitioner—not a psychiatrist—estimates that one in five of the patients she sees now is there for anxiety issues, making it one of the most common reasons young women show up in her exam room. Megan Catalano, 34, of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is living…

  • Anxiety Rising

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    Anxiety is on the rise (in Australia): “In Scandinavian countries, the whole fabric of society – the welfare nets and public institutions – are much more geared towards keeping an adequate standard of living for all citizens, so that anxiety isn’t as high.”

  • Stress and Asthma

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    Stress begets asthma, sure.  But this research shows a mother’s stress increases her childrens’ asthma. Mothers’ tendencies to reject, dominate, overprotect and indulge their children were assessed by questionnaire, as were their specific kinds of chronic stress and coping styles.  Overinterference stemming from excessive protectiveness was found to be associated with worsening asthma of older…