Speed Through Stress

The goal isn't no stress, but rather to recognize your stress quicker & move through it faster (in 5 steps in 15 seconds!). In addition to some of my own blog and video postings, this e-magazine contains a continually growing collection of articles that inspire me. I hope they do you as well.

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20 Places Where You Can Retire on $200,000 and Feel Rich
yahoo.com - Esther Trattner
With health care and other costs skyrocketing in the U.S., many soon-to-be retirees are considering what once might have been unthinkable: taking …
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Marriage
Marriage Counselors Are Sharing The Most Common Mistakes Couples Make And They Are So, So Real
BuzzFeed - Asia McLain
"Fighting to win instead of fighting to resolve."
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Work-life Balance
Time management is a waste of time. Focus on this instead
Ladders - Mayo Oshin
Time management systems promote a ridiculously high standard of time efficiency and perfection that is simply unrealistic for any human being. It is …
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Success
How to make your marriage awesome: 6 secrets from a top divorce lawyer
Ladders - Eric Barker
If you’ve thought long and hard about what marriage means, congratulations: You’re different from many. What roles will you play in this person’s …
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Public Relations
6 tips to help shy speakers make strong presentations
prdaily.com - Vlad
This article originally appeared on PR Daily in May of 2018. Public speaking can be terrifying, especially if you are a shy person. However, being that …
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Own The Stage: Writing A Killer Introduction By Answering A Question In Your Audience's Mind
Entrepreneur - Richard Dean
The trick is to answer a question that already exists in the mind of your audience. You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Barbara Minto, author and
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Wake up, people: You're fooling yourself about sleep, study says
CNN - By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
(CNN) — Hey, sleepyheads. What you believe about sleep may be nothing but a pipe dream. Many of us have notions about sleep that have little basis in fact and may even be harmful to our health, according
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My Main Takeaway From Visiting Patmos
gracederond.com
On a trip to Greece a few years ago, my husband and I island-hopped. That meant arriving without a reservation for a place to stay, with just a small …
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Wellness
This One Sentence Can Deescalate Any Conflict In Your Relationship
mindbodygreen.com - By Kelly Gonsalves
Feel like you and your partner have a lot of misunderstandings that lead to really hurt feelings or small misdeeds that somehow escalate into …
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How Siri Helps Me Get Through The Day
mac360.com
You know what they say, right? “Old habits die hard.” Frankly, it seems as if creating new habits is just as difficult. Apple has a old function that …
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How to Speak Up in a Meeting, and When to Hold Back
Harvard Business Review - Allison Shapira
I recently spent a month interviewing the group heads of a large financial services company in order to understand how their direct reports need to communicate as they move into leadership positions. and
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7 healthy lifestyle habits that can add more than a decade to your life
Ladders - Thomas Oppong
Build an epic life by optimizing your mind and body. Better health and happiness — I want it, you want it, we all want it.Healthy habits are the key …
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Take Control Of Your Happiness
Forbes - Jodie Cook
If you are relying on anyone or anything else for your happiness, stop that right now. If you feel like you’re not quite doing what you want to be doing and you’re not quite the person you want to be,
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Success
The 1 habit that makes it easier to achieve your goals
Ladders - Mayo Oshin
Instead of trying to achieve all your goals at once — leading to burnout and failure — why not create your own “keystone habits” to get more done by …
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Neuroscientists have identified how exactly a deep breath changes your mind
Quartz - Moran Cerf
Breathing is traditionally thought of as an automatic process driven by the brainstem—the part of the brain controlling such life-sustaining functions as heartbeat and sleeping patterns. But new and unique
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A Harvard Psychologist Shows How to Change Those Limiting Beliefs You Still Have About Yourself
Inc Magazine - Scott Mautz
We all have deep-rooted, deeply limiting beliefs about ourselves that just aren't true. We're all made up of stories. In fact, life is one long narrative and we're all trying to write the best chapters
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Fairy Tales
Every Argument Begins With The Second Sentence
gracederond.com
There’s a bizarre thing about parenting. We’re doing the best we can, while at the same time we have an inkling that our kids may need therapy later. …
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What if you are the one who’s wrong? Solve your conflicts without casualties
Ladders - Gustavo Razzetti
Learning matters more than trying to win infallible battles – history books are full of those already. “My specialty is being right when other …
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How to Use Siri Shortcuts As a Productivity Tool
gearpatrol.com - By Sean Evans
Up until the iOS 12 rollout, Siri has largely just been a hit for iPhone users seeking help with rudimentary tasks and queries. Basic voice commands …
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Benjamin Franklin
10 lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule that will double your productivity
Ladders - Mayo Oshin
Even though it was created over 300 years ago, it contains timeless principles. Benjamin Franklin is best remembered as one of the Founding Fathers of …
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The Top Productivity Killers Of C-level Leaders (And How To Overcome Them)
Forbes - Kimberly A. Whitler
I was meeting with a CMO who indicated he had over 1,500 emails in his inbox. In the same meeting, the CEO of the firm said that he didn’t have more than 40. Interestingly, I sent a similar email to both
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How To Not Get Sick On A Plane When You’re Literally Surrounded By Germs
Bustle - Jessica Booth
Traveling by airplane can be super convenient, as it allows you to get to your destination quickly — or, at least, it's supposed to. But while …
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How to reset your brain and increase mental clarity in just 10 minutes
Ladders - Thomas Oppong
Ever wondered why history’s great minds spend so much of their time to write things that will never be seen by another soul? If you could watch your …
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How to make difficult conversations easy
Ladders - Eric Barker
What’s the best way to handle difficult conversations? What works? A clinical psychologist with over 40 years of experience weighs in. Someone is …
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Chocolate
People Who Eat More Chocolate Are Less Stressed, According to Science
Coastal Living - Ananda Eidelstein
The first human trials favor dark chocolate consumption for more than just stress. This isn't the first time we're hearing that eating dark chocolate …
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Success
Why most people will never be successful
Ladders - Benjamin P. Hardy
The more successful you become — which is balancing the few essential things in your life — the less you can justify low quality. “Success” isn’t just …
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Actor Rob Lowe: I was my sick mother's caregiver, don't underestimate the stress caregivers face
USA TODAY - Rob Lowe
Forty million Americans work as an unpaid family caregiver. The mental, physical and emotional stress they face is overwhelming. It's time to help. Right now, 40 million Americans are doing truly selfless
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Success
Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese philosophy for a perfectly imperfect life
Ladders - Thomas Oppong
Imperfection is the basic principle of Wabi-Sabi, the Japanese philosophy of accepting your imperfections and making the most of life. Life is …
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‘Learning to relax can be life-changing’: how to find your comfort zone
The Guardian - Moya Sarner
Many of us have forgotten how to truly unwind. We ask the experts for ways to switch off in an always-on world How do you like to kick back, chill out and really relax? This sounds as if it should be simple