Cortisol is Trouble! Pay Your Body Back

Is the stress hormone making you fat and hurting your heart? Pay Your Body back by understanding how Cortisol impacts your health: Cortisol is a hormone produced by your adrenal glands. We all need cortisol to help us react to stressful situations, especially those requiring a “fight or flight” reaction. Our bodies react to stress…

How To Pay Your Body Back™ With Me Time

Allowing your body to catch up with all you ask it to do is important! Make sure you Pay Your Body Back™ with some Me Time! How often do you set aside time to do something just for yourself? Daily life is busy and there is always another load of laundry waiting to be done……

Cortisol is Trouble! Busy Woman’s Guide to a Healthy Heart

Is the stress hormone making you fat and hurting your heart? Cortisol is a hormone produced by your adrenal glands. We all need cortisol to help us react to stressful situations, especially those requiring a “fight or flight” reaction. Our bodies react to stress by giving us a quick burst of energy, lowering our sensitivity…

Busy Woman’s Guide to Stress Management Tip: Watch something delightful

Take a break from your day, smile, and laugh to break the tension and reduce your cortisol level! This video from Judson Laipply is one of my favorites. I dare you to watch it without feeling less stressed! Of course, it also delights the choreographer in me! Taking a moment to sit back, relax, and…

Busy Woman’s Stress Management Tip: Take 10 at 10

When the clock reads 10:00 a.m. — take a break and lower your stress. Let’s face it, most days there is hardly time to go to the bathroom, much less take a moment to yourself! Yet, if you don’t give your body a chance to rest and recharge, the cortisol in your blood builds up…

Heart Health Info for Busy Women: What Is Cortisol?

What you need to know about the “stress hormone.” Cortisol is a hormone produced by your adrenal glands. We all need cortisol to help us react to stressful situations, especially those requiring a “fight or flight” reaction. Our bodies react to stress by giving us a quick burst of energy, lowering our sensitivity to pain…

Are your friends hurting or helping your heart?

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn Who are the five people with whom you spend the most time — at work, at home and socially? Your relationships have an impact on your health according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.…

Stress Remedy: Wine and Chocolate

A glass of red wine, a lovely piece of chocolate, comfy clothes and a moment to say “ahhhh” at the end of the day — yes, the wine and chocolate stress remedy. No, it doesn’t have to be wine and chocolate, although they both have heart healthy benefits, but taking some time at the end…