Determine which life events have occurred in your life over the past two years and add up your total stress score then follow the directions below. Events Scale of Impact: Death of a spouse 100 Divorce 73 Marital separation 65 Jail term 63 Death of close family member 63 Personal injury or illness 53 Marriage [...]

Leonard Buhler, who has 30 years of experience in the business world, teaches stress management seminars and shares a few valuable tips with us.

“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work” (Genesis 2:2). Stress is an every day fact of life for most of us.? But what should a Christian do when you’re stressed? Author Lindsey O’Connor described four kinds of rest: [...]

Stress is part of life. Caregiving, work and family demands, illness and financial pressures all can cause stress. So can special occasions like birthdays and holidays with their many demands and expectations. If you don’t control stress it can lead to health problems. Stress can disrupt not only your concentration but also your sleeping and [...]

Stress can be an overwhelmingly powerful emotion. Ask anyone who’s ever experienced an anxiety attack while standing in line at the grocery store and they can quickly attest to the powerful punch that stress packs.  Long-term neglect of a stressful lifestyle can contribute to premature aging and medical conditions, including hypertension, and digestive disorders. According [...]

Do you feel hopeless? Talk to us.  “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27) Are you aware that the word stressed spelt backwards spells desserts? It’s a shame [...]

Do you feel hopeless? Talk to us.  “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27) Are you aware that the word stressed spelt backwards spells desserts? It’s a shame [...]

Have you ever experienced that ‘vibrating’ feeling while stuck in traffic? Or, perhaps panic at work when your boss asks you to do ‘one more thing’ or moves up the deadline on a complicated project? Perhaps you’ve experienced anxiety when your children or spouse seem to be making unending demands on your time and energy? [...]

Stress is one of our society’s greatest dilemmas. We feel it every day… pressure, strain, tension, sometimes burnout. What is it that causes stress? What makes it so prominent today? How can we get out from under its heavy load? Stress is that feeling you experience when life is closing in on you with too [...]

Stress is our reaction to any stimulus (physical, mental, or emotional — internal or external), that tends to upset us. When the reactions are inappropriate, they can lead to health problems. The diseases most often connected to a stressful environment are heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer. Additionally, doctors are seeing increasing incidents of [...]