Got Children, Paying Property Taxes?= Got Stress!

Stress is linked to disease and death. Stress is also known as a secret killer. Stress can be managed, but most people neglect to acknowledge all the stressors in their lives. I may sound like a broken record but Stress comes in so many forms and we don't recognize most of them. Start today to manage the forms of Stress that are within your control.

Here's what I mean-
Out of your Control: A daily commute, an emotional trauma, a type A personality spouse, too few hours in the day and a long to do list along with the upcoming April 15th date.

Within your Control: The quality and types of foods you CHOOSE to EAT, When you EAT during the DAY, How much you SLEEP each night, If and HOW you EXERCISE, Supplements you take, and your DETOXIFICATION system.

Stress can even stay locked up in your muscles, fascia and mind. Our bodies hold onto to past stress and traumas , even years after it initially occurred. Stress can leave you exhausted, feeling knots in your shoulders and neck, with low back pain, migraines, depressed, nauseous or with the feeling of a Need to EAT.

Talk about what bothers you and don't keep it bottled up. Try to pinpoint what gave you that clenched tooth feeling? Keep a journal by your bed or in your office and write down your feelings about things asap. Write things down before you go to bed, this helps get it out of your brain and out of your system. Try to slow down and take up Yoga (Yes! this really helps, on so many levels.) Find a type of Yoga that you can identify with. YOGA is HARD and will give you a good workout but more important it unwinds your soul.

Make it a point to try and eat FOODS that are not processed. The chemicals mess up your brain. When you eat poor quality foods, your body has to expend more energy to digest it then your body receives from it. This makes you tired and cranky and more hungry. The vicious eating cycle is adding more stress onto YOU and especially to your LIVER. Your LIVER adds to your LIFE by taking toxins away from your organs and blood stream. Your FAT holds onto the processed toxins and your STRESS. Your Muscles hold your STRESS and you may end up taking it out on the people you LOVE.

Live healthy, Eat Healthy and Enjoy every moment of your day. Hug your children! Tell your spouse and kids how much you LOVE THEM. Be Grateful for what you have and cherish your body. It's the only one you will ever have.

Do something nice for someone!!!!!

Check in with your Stress-O-MOM-oter everyday.