Stress Management Tips
When Your Wife Has Breast Cancer – How Husbands Can Help Sick Wives
If your wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may feel helpless as a husband. Have no fear, as there are ways husbands can help sick wives. These caregiving tips are from two men whose wives coped with breast cancer. Both men wrote books about their experience, and both offer valuable tips for being a good [...]
12Mar2010 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
Reducing Caregiver Stress – Tips for Taking Care of Elderly or Ill Parents
If you’re taking care of elderly parents or an ill loved one, you may feel stressed as a caregiver. These tips for reducing caregiver stress are from freelance writer, editor, teacher, former caregiver, and author of You Want Me To Do WHAT? – Journaling for Caregivers – B. Lynn Goodwin.
“Caregiver stress can be degrading and [...]
28Oct2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 8 comments | Continued
How to Hire a Caregiver – Tips for Family Members
If you have elderly or ill parents or family members, you may need to hire a caregiver for extra support (live in, or live out). These caregiving tips are from Bonnie Schroeder, Director of Caregiving at VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) Canada.
“I’ve found through my work with caregivers and providers that there is an assumption that [...]
26Oct2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 4 comments | Continued
Remedies for Jet Lag – Natural Ways to Stop Feeling Jet Lagged
Some jet lag remedies work like a charm, while other jet lag remedies aren’t even worth trying! Here are a few natural ways to stop feeling jet lagged when you travel through different times zones….
Remember that sometimes there’s just no remedy for jet lag. In fact, I’m in my hotel room in Vienna, Austria as I write this [...]
1Oct2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 3 comments | Continued
Telling Kids About Cancer – 6 Ways Make it Easier to Say “Mom Has Cancer”
Telling your kids that Mom or Dad has cancer is one of most difficult parts of being diagnosed with cancer. Here are six suggestions that might make it easier to say “Mom (or Dad) has cancer – and initiate important, deep discussions about the symptoms, treatments, and side effects of cancer.
“My cancer scare changed my life,” [...]
14Jun2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 9 comments | Continued
Signs of Emotional Problems, Plus 3 Steps to Emotional Freedom
Not all emotional problems are easy to recognize, especially since different people experience different emotional health issues in different ways! These signs of emotional or mental health issues include three steps to emotional freedom, plus links to Judith Orloff’s books on emotional healing.
“Feelings are like waves: we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to [...]
21May2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
Easy Office Workout Tips
These tips for staying fit at the office are from Jay Cardiello, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. His easy office workout tips will keep your blood flowing and muscles strong, even if you’re stuck at a desk all day!
“Sitting behind a desk all day is just as abusive to the body as playing a [...]
14May2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
6 Tips for Managing Stress for Moms
These tips on managing stress for moms are from Judith Orloff, MD, psychiatry professor and bestselling author of Emotional Freedom.
“It’s not surprising that mothers report higher levels of stress than any other age group,” says Dr Orloff. “Mothers by definition are caretakers. They take care of kids and partners, elderly parents, family pets, shopping and cooking, [...]
28Apr2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
How to Boost Your Immune System Naturally and Prevent Chronic Disease
These eight ways to prevent chronic disease - diabetes, obesity, cancer, cardiac disease, arthritis – will boost your immune system naturally. Dr Duke Johnson’s tips for staying healthy are based on the science of nutrigenomics and are effective even if a chronic disease runs in your family.
“A genetic predisposition doesn’t mean you have to get [a chronic] disease,” says Dr [...]
24Apr2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 0 comments | Continued
Got Money Stress? 5 Ways to Cope With Financial Problems
Stressing about your financial problems will only make your money woes worse! These five ways to cope with money stress are from psychologists and financial experts — and they’ll help whether you’re dealing credit card debt, possible mortgage or home foreclosure, job loss, or investment mistakes.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a [...]
20Apr2009 | Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen | 2 comments | Continued
