Quite a number of books have been written about overcoming the habit of procrastination and the stress that results from having neglected tasks accumulating on your to-do list — a to-do list whose very creation itself is probably another victim of procrastination. Surely the irony of a book written for habitual procrastinators is not lost [...]

When most people hear talk of meditation, they envision pot-smoking hippies with long dreadlocks, chanting Buddhists with saffron robes, or soul-searching New Agers with muddle-headed notions about reality. Anyone who wishes to promote the therapeutic and scientific benefits of regular meditation sessions faces an uphill battle against a pervasive view of meditation that has pretty [...]

Psychotherapists have many tools at their disposal for helping clients overcome stress and related issues. One of these tools is called rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT), which used to be known as rational-emotive therapy (RET). This system of therapy was pioneered by Dr. Albert Ellis decades ago, and today its principles and techniques are employed in [...]

There is an inextricable link between feelings of stress and feelings of being unable to cope with the hardships of life. After all, if you had a dependable set of coping mechanisms at hand, you would unlikely feel the levels of stress to which you are probably accustomed in your everyday life.

Getting enough quality sleep is one of the best weapons in the stress-relief arsenal. There are numerous strategies for ensuring that you sleep like a log each night, and this article discusses a number of them. First and foremost, regular exercise is conducive to good sleep, among many other health benefits. A thirty-minute walk or [...]

Sometimes when the pressure becomes too much, it helps to transfer your internal stress to an external object. No, this does not mean slashing a tire or kicking a dog, though given what follows, those actions may seem rather tame in comparison! We will take a look at ten ways you can relieve yourself through [...]

One prominent item on the A-list of computer-related stressors is finding yourself in a sticky situation with other Net users. Heated arguments seem to start much easier online than offline, no doubt because of the relative anonymity of the Internet. Unless you are lucky enough to have a job that involves only a two-way conversation [...]

Organizing your computer system for the work you do can help you reach peak performance levels. Bookmarking frequently visited Web sites into neat categories is worth the time it takes to do. Keeping your email inbox and other folders as empty as possible is another useful productivity technique. Reply to all emails as soon as [...]

Sitting in front of the computer for extended hours can easily lead to muscular cramps and soreness. An excellent way to relieve your muscles of excess tension is to put together a mini yoga routine that you can use when you feel the need to loosen your muscles. Or if yoga is not your thing, [...]

An increasing number of people are quitting the office job and discovering the joys of being your own boss in your own time in your own home with your own lunch breaks. Whether these people are entrepreneurs building an e-commerce Web site, investors pitting their financial acumen against various short-term trading and day-trading opportunities, freelancers [...]

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