Exercise is a powerful weapon against stress, encouraging the production of energizing endorphins, strengthening our immunity system and easing anxiety. Exercise helps with fitness. Studies also show that exercise is also how we energize our brains. Bi...

Five Practical Tips to De-Stress Excessive Wedding Spending The happiness and hopefulness of your wedding can also be stricken with the jitteriness from your bridal budget. Brides and grooms create elaborate plans that don't truly reflect the real cost...

Offering incentives is a powerful tool to survive a recession by keeping existing customers with you. Plus, incentives will allow you to reach new clients who will grow your business — even in a down-economic cycle. What businesses, especially small ...

You can continue on the path of your own career success by not allowing co-workers with problems to affect what you accomplish during a busy day. One provider of EAP, Ceridian LifeWorks, has reported that there are multiple ways in which co-workers inj...

During recession, fear runs rampant. You'll do anything to keep long lines of customers at your door. You might even cut your prices, which would cut your profit as well. It might be wise to think instead "what value am I offering my clients" and then ...

You don't have to incur more costs like adding more staff or hiring a PR firm at an exorbitant price to create a publicity platform. There are other ways to get out the news about your law firm. But it is an essential part of marketing the value of yo...

Smart companies with an online presence already know that providing consumers and clients useful information, whether it directly relates to their products or services or not, is what captures attention. This is the key to internet marketing. E-newslet...

Don't live your life in De-Stress Default. "De-Stress Default" is our normal, knee-jerk reaction when things go wrong. When a child spills milk, our knee-jerk reaction is to become angry. When the boss yells at us, our knee-jerk reaction is to respond neg...

Researchers in the United States and Western Europe have discovered a "Happiness U-Curve," in which the happiness we enjoy in the early and later decades of our life plummets (to the bottom of the curve) in our mid-40s. But we don't have to suffer through...

Are you stressed over retirement planning because of today's recessionist economy? We've got nine practical steps you can take to help both lower your levels of stress and boost up your retirement plans. 1. Acknowledge reality. There are many impedime...

Of all the kinds of insurance you have to buy - car, life, health, medical coverage seems to create the most anxiety. I think this is due to the fact that in the USA, these costs rise at the quickest scale. But if you will follow these eight tips, you c...

In this weak economy, the use of disposable income being used to pay debt is at a historic high. But you can de-stress your way out of debt. Here are eight stress-free ways to get out of the debt trap fast! 1. Enlist your family. Enlist the support of...

Don't you wish our economy would take an upswing? Maybe that isn't the best for you individually, because you can use this challenging economy to improve your job performance, to balance your work/life better and to make your own branding even stronger. ...

It's stressful enough to consider selling your home, but when the real estate market takes a serious nosedive, you'll need these ten practical tips to remove the stress from having to sell during difficult times in real estate. 1. Do your Realtor homew...

Our world today fosters more stress than ever before. If it's gotten to you, it's gotten to your pets. You can help your pets by using the following steps. 1. Don't let your stress become contagious: Because stress is infectious, and your precious pa...