Stress Management:
Developing Balance and Integration

Life is full of stress for everyone, and it can be dealt with in ways, which increase quality of life rather than diminish it. Health results from attention to all aspects of a person’s life: psychological, physical and spiritual self- care.

Often people do not realize that their habits, developed over time, are creating problems. Or even if they are aware that habits are creating problems, they might feel that their habits cannot be changed. They feel stuck with patterns of behavior, which are draining and unproductive.  I have found that many situations can be alleviated, with changes in diet, exercise, use of positive thoughts, healthier relationships, and, self-observtion practices.

 But, you wonder, how can these changes occur, when it seems so difficult?

I help people to become aware of how the different aspects of functioning, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual, affect each other. Through self – observation practices, such as writing, meditation, breath work and present-moment awareness, you can learn about the relationship of your emotions, with the habitual behaviors, which make you feel stuck. For example, what kinds of mood changes occur when you don’t eat healthy meals, or get enough rest, exercise, or if you don’t talk about your emotions? How do habits linked with anxiety and depression, further reinforce these depleting cycles of emotion? How do you moods affect your relationships?

All of the emotional challenges facing you, can be either helped or hindered by the state of your physical health, and the decisions you make about sleep, diet, exercise, and mental attitude which you cultivate. The more you learn, from your own observation, about your patterns and habits, and how those habits affect you, the more control you can exert over unproductive ways of living.

Developing awareness of your-self, as a whole being, cultivates motivation, balance, and confidence, from within. I work with you, to help you develop you own motivation. You will have more positive energy for those around you, your work, and your own inner life. Areas of your creativity can be developed, and life can be lived with greater satisfaction, ease, and contentment.