7 ways to manage uncertainty and reduce stress

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7 ways to manage uncertainty and reduce stress 😊👍 Uncertainty is all around us, whether it is finances, family, employment, relationships or our mental and physical health. Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life – but you are not alone. Apart from the essentials of food, water and shelter, humans crave safety, belonging and mattering.
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Free counselling offered to Seniors via the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line

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Free counselling offered to Seniors via the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line Good news for seniors seeking support during the pandemic and recovery. National Seniors will continue to offer free counselling through the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line until 30 June 2021 after a federal government commitment to fund the vital service. The Support Line
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2 simple techniques to accepting stress

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Two simple techniques to accepting stress 😊👍 Accepting stress is the first step in bouncing back and beating stress. Whilst these techniques may seem self explanatory after reading them, it can be difficult to acknowledge how stressed you may actually be, until you stop to recognise it. Let’s delve in to some of the more
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Recognising stress and how to beat it in to relaxation

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Recognising stress and how to beat it in to relaxation 😊✔️ The human body is designed to experience stress and react to it. Some stress is good for us – it adds interest, excitement and motivation to life, in the right balance. But it is when the level of stress in your life causes you
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Being stingy with money increases stress levels

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Study shows that being stingy with money increases stress levels 💰😬 You may think being stingy is helping you save, but a recent study has shown that pinching the purse strings may actually affect our stress levels. The study was conducted by Queensland University of Technology, published in PLOS One, which found that stingy behavior
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5 reasons how adult colouring books can brighten up your health

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Five health benefits linked to adult colouring books Did you know that colouring has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus and bring more mindfulness? Ground-breaking research in 2005 proved anxiety levels dropped when subjects coloured mandalas, which are round frames with geometric patterns inside. In fact, psychiatrists have prescribed colouring to patients since the
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4 ways to stay relaxed around stressful people

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Four ways to stay relaxed around stressful people 😎✔️ Sometimes the negativity and unrealistic expectations of other people can derail your determination to include relaxation as a valuable part of your life. Don’t let that happen. Instead, consider the following suggestions to help you to remain relaxed around non-relaxed people.   1. Develop an invisible
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Improve your memory by reducing stress levels

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Reduce your stress levels to improve memory 🧠✔️ Research has found that chronic and acute stress have adverse effects on memory processing systems. Therefore, it is important to find ways to reduce the amount of stress in your life if you’re trying to improve your memory. Do you tend to forget things when you’re stressed?
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5 techniques to avoid stress

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5 techniques to avoid stress 😊✔️ As we get older, many find it difficult to relax. This is a natural development of breaking away from the daily work-life routine where stress, deadlines, and reporting to management has become ingrained from spending most of our adult life working. Therefore, it’s important to make a conscious effort
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