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  • Guided Meditation

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    “Simple Relaxation – A Guided Meditation,” from QuietMindCafe.com:

  • Smoking and Stress

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    The Claim: Smoking Relieves Stress Studies have found…that in reality, lighting up has the opposite effect, causing long-term stress levels to rise, not fall. For those dependent on smoking, the only stress it relieves is the withdrawal between cigarettes. (New York Times)

  • Stress and Health

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    Brain pathways linking social stress and inflammation identified Everyone experiences social stress, whether it is nervousness over a job interview, difficulty meeting people at parties, or angst over giving a speech. In a new report, UCLA researchers have discovered that how your brain responds to social stressors can influence the body’s immune system in ways…

  • Conservation of Stress

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    Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) blogs about stress. My theory is that stress is a universal constant. If you have less of it at any given moment, then other people must be taking on more to balance things out. For example, let’s say you go on vacation. While you’re on the beach, your coworkers are…

  • Anxiety in the Gulf

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    Survey Finds Broad Anxiety Among Gulf Residents “There’s been a very overt effort by BP and the Coast Guard to project a sense that the crisis is over, but this is far from the case,” said Dr. Irwin Redlener, the director of the center and president of the Children’s Health Fund, a sponsor of the…

  • If you go into the woods today…

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    Stressed Out? Visit a Forest. New research in psychological science supports what many of us have known for a long time — that being outdoors, enjoying nature, is beneficial for mental health and psychological development. (PsychCentral)