Articles
News, views, information and advice on busting stress and living a less-stressed life.
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Make ‘Firebreaks’
I meet many people who are frantically busy. They wear their diaries and Filofaxes as badges of honour, proud to be indispensable and wanted by everyone.
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Don’t assume you are the cause of other people’s bad temper
Recently, I was driving along a quiet country lane on a fine day, and was in a good mood. An old friend drove past me at some speed. I just had time to acknowledge him before he was out of sight, but to my slight irritation…
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Become a team player
Many of us have to tread a fine path when dealing with work colleagues. Ideally, we would all work at the same pace and with the same intensity. At the end of each day everyone would go home happy…
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Stress Causes Memory Loss (and other stress-related news)
Scientists have discovered that if they play very irritating hissing noises to mice, the mice are then likely to forget where they can swim to safety while struggling to stay afloat in buckets of water …
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Stressbusting Books: What to read now
Stressbusting offers this brief guide to what to read and listen to on the topics of stress and stress-relief — just in time for the gift-giving season.
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Stress: Signs and Symptoms
What do we mean by stress? What are the tell-tale signs? And how do you know when you need further help? Dr Roger Henderson, a GP and expert on stress, has the answers.
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The Seven Habits of Highly Stressed People and Highly Stressed Relationships - and what you can do about them
We all need supportive relationships to get through challenging times, but sometimes the people we love the most can cause us the highest levels of stress. If your partner, family or children are getting you down, why not check through our list of stress-inducing habits and see if any of them sound familiar?
