Stress Solution

Education as a way forward

2011-08-15T08:03:00.001-07:00

I have listened with bemused interest to the reactions of British political leaders to the stress resulting from riots which have ignited in various cities during the past week.

I suppose it has compounded my belief that those at the top of organisations tend to lose the sense of what they are about. In many cases theory, control and sound-bites are their daily food, consequently they begin to propagate knee-jerk and inapropriate solutions to any given situation.

I was perplexed when I heard the British PM, Cameron, had invited an American "top-cop" to offer advice as his first reaction to the riots. I had been listening to local community leaders put forward what to them was the cause and the solution to the riots. They expressed the anger of a local community that was ashamed and wanted to deal with the situation. A common thread through all their comments was: engaging, tutoring, mentoring, training, job creation, rehab centres etc. Education in the broadest sense.

Why do I think the politicians are not in touch? In our present economic climate they have cut back on many initiatives that the community leaders spoke of, by withdrawing funding. To compensate, they have to put "legal" strategy in place which will ultimately bring people before the courts to have them locked up.

I am always suspicious of political interference at the day to day level. I work with the homeless section in Dublin (Ireland). Political interference has screwed up a system which I believe was working at greater than 80% effectiveness and now have imposed one which is full of paper work and I reckon is less than 50% effective. Their theory is out of date, they have control by dictating the allocation of funding, but yes their sound bites are great - "we will have eliminated homelessness by such and such a date" (which has already passed!)

Perhaps those at the top could also benefit from education, a practical training like "Undercover Politician" to realise how they are failing their communities.

Chaos in a Room

2010-02-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

Take a look at this. What would this do to your stress levels?

News - How it's presented

2010-01-31T04:34:00.000-08:00

Does it sound all too familiar, I always wondered why the person to be interviewed always happened to be walking towards the camera just before the interview and then wondered how these bright people allowed themselves to be used in that "stupid" fashion !

Linden Method

2010-01-22T04:07:00.000-08:00

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LINDEN METHOD

Linden Method Testimonial

2009-12-30T08:43:00.000-08:00

Linden Method

Ordinary Things

2009-11-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

You can take a break virtually anytime and anywhere. Don't allow yourself to get caught up in the chaos. Just stop or at least slow down and take 5 or 10 minutes out of your day - you'll be amazed how good you will feel and how much more you can accomplish by doing this.

Here are a few ways to quickly recharge your batteries:-

Go for a walk, maybe to the park for 5 minutes and really experience and enjoy nature. Give thanks for everything good in your life.

Discover Meditation

Stress Survey

2009-11-02T08:24:00.000-08:00

Survey on over 4000 Job Seekers
Almost half of the respondents (46%) chose flexible working as the benefit they would most look for in their next job, with only 1 in 14 (7%) choosing gym membership and 1 in 10 (10%) opting for a company car;
A third of them would prefer the opportunity to work flexible hours rather than receive £1,000 more pay per year;
7 in 10 (68%) jobseekers would like the chance to work more flexibly when necessary;
8 in 10 (77%) parents with children under 6 said that work-life balance is an important factor in deciding whether to apply for a new job; and
six out of ten workers view work-life balance as an important factor in assessing a potential new job.
Less than 2 in 10 (18%) job-seekers would happily work much longer hours for more money
4 in 10 (43%) men chose flexible working as the benefit they would most look for in a new job, compared with just 13% who would look for company car and only 7% who would look for gym membership
45% of undergraduates or recent graduates would prefer flexibility in hours to a company car (14%) or gym membership (4%)
Nearly a quarter (24%) of managers/ directors said that work-life balance was an extremely important factor in deciding whether to apply for a new job
4 in 10 (37%) women chose flexible working over £1000 more pay per year, compared to 3 in 10 (27%) men

Failing is part of Life

2009-10-04T04:19:00.001-07:00

Some Stress Causes

2009-10-01T13:17:00.000-07:00

Environmental stresses
· Crowding and invasion of personal space
· Insufficient working and living space
· Noise
· Dirty or untidy conditions
· Pollution
· A badly organised or run down environment
Chemical and nutritional stresses
· Caffeine:
· Bursts of sugar from sweets or chocolate:
· Too much salt
· An unbalanced or unhealthy diet.
· If you are obese, this causes physical stress on your internal organs and emotional stress as your view of yourself declines.
Lifestyle and job stress
· physically unfit
· too much or too little work
· having to perform beyond your perceived abilities
· having to overcome unnecessary obstacles
· time pressures and deadlines
· keeping up with new developments
· changes in procedures and policies
· lack of relevant information, support and advice
· lack of clear objectives
· unclear expectations of your role from your boss or colleagues
· responsibility for people, budgets or equipment
· career development stress:
o under-promotion, frustration and boredom with current role
o over-promotion beyond abilities
o lack of a clear plan for career development
o lack of opportunity
o lack of job security

Stress from your organisation or your clients:
· pressures from your boss
· interference in your work
· demands from clients
· disruptions to work plans
· the telephone!

Personal and family stresses:
· financial problems
· relationship problems
· ill-health
· family changes such as birth, death, marriage or divorce.

Fatigue and Overwork

You can get into a vicious circle of stress, which causes you to hurry jobs and do them badly. This under-performance causes feelings of frustration and failure, which causes more stress, which causes more hurry and less success, and so on.

If you do not manage long term stress effectively, it can lead to long term fatigue, failure and one of the forms of physical or mental ill-health

Stress Solution

Know where your're going

2009-09-17T08:47:00.000-07:00

I've been on holidays from work over the last two weeks. I purposely did not organise my life over that time. It has been a lesson on a cause of stress.
Many times we can get stressed because we don't really know what we want to achieve. We engage in a purposeless manner. However, at a subconscious level we may have expectations. Drifting consciously may not satisfy this internal yearning. When we do this we can have "stress on tap".
So, knowing where you're going can be a great stress eliminator

Keep doing the same!

2009-09-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

Working with people who are in a state of need or support is always interesting. As a person on the staff, I find we generally present ourselves as people with the correct and best answer for the lives of those we "serve". For us that is a source of stress as addicts and homeless people never follow the straight line we always seem to offer them.
The other side of the equation is that when we look at the behaviour of our clients and seek answers to why they don't seem to respond to the "great work" we're doing, I think we find some enlightening learning for ourselves. Don't we do the same in many areas of our own lives?
I find it interesting to stand back, in a safe place, and put my own house in order before approaching others.
It's amazing how much weight this takes off my shoulders. So now, i have dedicated a time where I meditate daily.

Holding on to Stress

2009-08-23T11:47:00.000-07:00

For some of us, Stress is a tool we conveniently hold on to for our own benefit. Many times it is just not convenient to let go!
Given this, there is a multitude of solutions we can purchase without ever having made the decision to really deal with the source of our stress. These give brief respite and if they are fashionable, we can talk with authority about them.
How do i know if I'm fooling myself? Simply watch your behaviour. It has always intrigued me around Christmas time (a time of huge partying in Ireland) when magazine articles and tv programmes begin to show women how to detox to fit the party dress - so that they can then get totally and utterly drunk. Does this not equate to self abuse?
Letting go of stress is an attitude change which affects every aspect of life

Mis-using the rational mind

2009-08-07T11:42:00.000-07:00

Without doubt the logical thinking mind has it's place in what we do. Perhaps we westerners beleive that it has to be used in every occasion. Do we not end up using it in places where it doesn't really fit? For many years I used it as the only tool to deal with my emotions. It just didn't work. I became very good at living in my head, and, as a consequence, at frustrating many of my natural abilities

Stress and Food

2009-07-22T10:59:00.000-07:00

Many years ago I had an experience which changed my mind about the value of food as a stressor.

The centre where I was teaching had a very bright receptionist. She was a single mum with a four year old boy. She took him to work with her every day. He was a rascal (I'm using a very mild word for a real walking disaster !). He was constantly hyper. I actually thought that he was mentally retarded. It always surprised me that a woman who was so bright could have a child so utterly stupid and wild.

As I left for lunch one day I noticed that the child was having lunch. His diet was cola, crisps, and sweet cakes.

I asked her if she was having difficulty with the child. She informed that he never slept, he broke everything and could not concentrate. I further asked her if his lunch diet was a constant. She replied yes and added that he had a similar fare for breakfast. His dinner consisted of burger and chips.

I suggested that she change his diet to a more wholesome diet, that she eliminate sweet sugary products, that she replace colas, cakes with juices and fruit.

My next contract at her centre was three weeks later. As I entered the reception area I noticed a little boy peacefully drawing at a table in the corner. I asked her how things were with her son, she just smiled and pointed to the boy in the corner. She told me that there had been an amazing turn-around. He was sleeping, he was interested in learning. He was mixing better with his peers. she told me that he was "more loveable" - strong words for a mother!

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Stress is a pattern

2009-07-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Part of the pattern of stress is that of being very serious. The stressed person sees the source of their stress as a very serious matter which demands that the listener respond in a similar fashion. How can this pattern be broken?
My son, a prison officer, was telling me of a riot he got caught up in and how his friend had been taken hostage. I totally mis-read his emotion as he was re-living the experience. At the same time I realised that he needed to break the intense emotion and begin to look at the situation from a different view-point. He has always considered me to be very bright but somewhat impractical. I used this to break the pattern. In the middle of his intense emotion, I told him how I had gone to put petrol in my moped and how I thought the engine had seized because smoke billowed from it as I tried to run the engine. I told him how I had contacted my mechanic who in turn took the moped away. I told him how the mechanic had called me the next day and informed me that the engine was ok but that I had simply put diesel in it instead of petrol. My son started laughing and confirmed his impression of me with some un-printable words.
I then asked him about the riot. Now the intense emotion was gone, he could speak about it more objectively, from a different view-point. If the intensity returned, I just had to say "moped" to create a pattern break

"Feeding" Peace

2009-07-08T10:30:00.000-07:00

"I just can't get it out of mind" is a comment many of my clients offer me on a consistent basis. They continue to "feed" the thought, they continue to give it energy. Most will tell me as I ask them about "peaceful thoughts", that it doesn't feel right.
My clients are mostly recovering addicts who seem to have a very sensitive nature. So, when they tell me that it doesn't feel right or good, I know that the pain which accompanies that statement is a source of stress and unless it is sorted, could ultimately lead to relapse.
Those who have experimented in meditation are the ones who seem to be to overcome this obstacle with greatest ease. As a result they seem to be able to cope with many other stressful situations and become far more pro-active in all areas of life. They become aware that their stress strategy is a learned strategy so they can learn a new strategy. Meditation is the best place to "feed" this strategy for peace

Long-Term effects

2009-06-30T10:27:00.000-07:00

Some people get spectacular results very fast, others, like myself, become aware of the beneficial results over a period of time. I had even doubted any progress. So how do I know that I'm relaxing more, that I'm not reacting, that I'm achieving better result? The old latin saying "contra facta non sunt dicta" (There are no words against the facts) is my proof.
I started off keeping a daily diary. When I compared entries at the beginning of the period to those at the end of the period I noticed huge changes. This awareness led me to look at how I was no dealing with stressful situations. In a huge percentage of the situations I noticed that I was being so much more proactive and that my level of stress was now practically zero.
How did I achieve this? I used LifeFlow along with elements of the Linden method

Dealing with Stress "off stage"

2009-06-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

I'm constantly intrigued by the number of stressful people claiming that they must begin dealing with their stress as soon as it surfaces. It sounds like going to war without training and expecting to be successful in a total alien situation!
Years ago I watched a film documentary on Manchester United. A certain David Beckham was just beginning his career at the club. After the team finished it's training stint, David appeared with a bag of balls and two small circular targets which he placed in top corners of the goal posts. He then spent the next hour "taking shots" at the targets from a variety positions and locations on the pitch.
In spite of the belief of the afore mentioned stressful people to the contrary, we CAN play at "taking shots" to conquer stress. It is really important to our success that we do it.
I have found meditation to be an effective medium where I can "take shots". LifeFlow brings me into the meditative state where I can perfect my shots again and just like David, it becomes a totally natural skill. I like LifeFlow because I can combine it with a huge variety of other holistic methodologies. It enhances the speed and effectiveness of these methodologies

Heavy Duty Stress

2009-06-15T02:41:00.000-07:00

At work over the last few months, I have had to deal with people who are frightened by the intensity of their stressful experience. They are in that place where they begin to believe that they are mad, they begin to mix up natural occurrences with spirituality which frightens them even more. This has led me to search for answers and solutions. Along the way I found the Linden Method. The method claims huge success and bases its philosophy on the fact that this level of stress is a learned behaviour. It then seeks to tackle this learning and implement training for peace.

Getting Results

2009-06-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Many times I think we can approach methods to relax and be calm as goals in themselves. We can become lost in the rights and wrongs of how accurately we "copy" the directives of the guru. Really, they are only tools to facilitate living, to facilitate a more meaningful life. That's why I like using music designed for meditation as a tool. It is very easy to link into life and create deep change very quickly. I work on the basis that my imagination cannot distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary. Music can embrace all other methods to intensify their effectiveness.

Relapsed Alcoholic and Stress

2009-06-10T11:08:00.000-07:00

Today at work, I listened to a relapsed drinker whinge in self-pity as he justified again and again his present situation. This could be expected as I have found that most "hard" drinkers work out of a core of "me". Not only is it "me" but it is compounded as "poor me". This makes life very stressful for the individual.
How to break this unhealthy focus on self? A great way I have used myself is meditation because meditation helps create that safe place where I can confront all my stress symptoms with courage. Meditation reaches the core where self-obsession resides, so it easily creates deep and permanent change.
"He only is wise who devotes himself to realizing, not reading only, the ancient relevations. Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact." - Paramhansa Yogananda

Monotony

2009-06-02T09:07:00.001-07:00

I have always lived in my head. this has been the source of untold stress. Over the years many people kept telling me that I needed to relax, so I have participated in many many courses. Along the way I became intrigued with the "alpha state". I believed that I had learned the secret. However It was only when I began listening to the LifeFlow series that I understood how little benefit my previous efforts had afforded me. Now, I can choose the state/level I wish to achieve and simply use the appropriate music to entrain my mind to that level.

Negative People

2009-05-18T03:09:00.000-07:00

The way to free yourself from the unpleasant affects of other people's negative energy is to recognize and love yourself as you are, and to accept other people as they are and see them for where they can be.

As you live more consciously through regular meditation you will love finding the real peaceful and happy you.

Conscious living is the anti-venom to stress: an amazing stress--solution

Music for Meditation

2009-05-11T03:15:00.000-07:00

As meditation is a brilliant stress solution, it is always useful to find music and sound which can facilitate a quick and deep state of meditation
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Meditation

2009-05-10T00:19:00.000-07:00

Easy to learn, meditation , the perfect stress solution, requires no special accessories or equipment, need not involve trainers or classes (although some introductory training or group meditations can be beneficial until you learn to relax your mind). Meditation can be done just about anywhere. You just need to do it daily and once you learn it, you will be able to improve your life, work, health and mind by meditating anytime, anywhere

I find meditation is the perfect stress solution for me as I deal daily with with addiction issues at work

Achieving Calm

2009-05-09T07:44:00.000-07:00

Achieving calm is the ultimate stress solution, in fact it's not only a stress solution, I believe deeply that it's the first step to a life of personal control. To achieve this calm I recently signed up for a meditation course called "LifeFlow"

I can honestly say that since I started listening daily to LifeFlow meditation, my life has changed for the better. I feel so calm and in control of my thoughts and emotions and I feel, act and react to situations and people in a completely different way. It's amazing because there is no effort to be different, it just flows!

Meditation is a true stress solution

Simple Stress Solution

2009-05-02T06:09:00.000-07:00

A friend gave me the following advice as a stress solution, what do you think?

If you are doing something, Enjoy it
If you cannot enjoy it, avoid it
If you cannot avoid it, change it
If you cannot change it, change your viewpoint

Meditation is the most effective way to change viewpoint and in that way be a hugely effective stress solution

Do the Costs of Stress demand a stress solution?

2009-04-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

There can be little dispute against ever growing research that stress has a significant negative impact on the well-being of both: the individual the organisation. There is a need to find a stress solution for both the individual and the organisation
Links have been demonstrated between stress and the incidence of Suicide, heart disease, alcoholism, mental breakdowns, job dissatisfaction, accidents,
family problems and certain forms of cancer.
In the UK during the 1980’s, stress in the workplace multiplied similar costs due to Industrial Action by more than 10 fold.
TGWU survey 1997: 81% of trade union members think that stress is a "fairly of very serious" issue
HSE survey of "self reported work related illness" (1995) estimated that 279,000 UK workers thought they suffered from anxiety, depression or stress due to work
Umist 1997: 16% managers and 1 in 3 workers report being affected by work stress
MHAI (2001) 35% of Irish Population report stress
In Ireland 12 million days lost annually at a cost of Eur600 million
Stress costs Irish industry EUR300 million+
Recent figures released by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in 1995 calculate that:
alcohol and drink related diseases cost the UK economy approximately £1.7 billion and 8 million lost working days, coronary artery disease and strokes costing a further 62 million days lost
mental health cost £3.7 billion and 91 million days lost.
What is the cost to your business?
What is the real cost to your health?
What is the real cost to your family life?
What would an effective Stress Solution Cost?
Is it worth it?

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Stress Solution

2009-04-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog if you are looking for a stress solution for your life, work, health, mind. I will look at different types of stress solution, you may find find a type of stress solution which suits you best.

Stress Solution