If you want to improve on your mental health performance at work you
should exercise for thirty mumutes or more.

Employees report better work performance and better interpersonal
relationships w co- workers when they work out or exercise before
going to work.

It is my experience that daily active exercise is great to balance
mood and excellent for sleep and stress management.

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There are a wide array of reasons why a child or teen is performing poorly at school. Here are some reasons that can be addressed that may be impacting your child’s performance:

ADHD or ADD

Behavior Problems

Emotional Problems

Anger and Mood issues

Family issues

Relationship issues

Depression or Depressed Mood

Parenting style challenges

Self Esteem

Stress

Grief and Loss

Trauma

Social Skills and more

Substance use or abuse Alcohol and or Drugs

An assessment can narrow down what is really going on and then a plan of action can be created to address and treat these issues and change failing grades to A’s and B’s.

Stress is a number we do on ourselves.

Stress can be created when we try to control the outcome of our future.

Turn your phone off, shut down your computer, turn off your tv…now
use deep breathing for twenty minutes simply focusing on your breath.

Take time to play. Let go of doing and start being..

You can play: cards, board games, sports , draw, journal, plant
things, laugh, and more… Let go and loosen up…

There are a number of things we can do to reduce stress aka stress management.

We can surround ourselves with those that make us laugh and those that are positive. Many people see the glass half full ,complain often , and bring us this depletes are energy and elevates stress.

Less is more; instead of booking your schedule take time to enjoy what you like the most instead of running around like a chicken with it’s head off.

Take time and exercise daily even if it is a fifteen minute walk. Set limits on TV watching and internet use. Research shows the TV can increase your stress and blood pressure.

Change your irrational or distorted thoughts to healthier positive thoughts daily to help manage your stress.

You can learn to control your stress instead of having stress control you!

Your breathing is very important to your health, for it has a myriad of effects on your bodily functions. You must become aware of how you normally breathe. You have to be aware that breathing properly is a step toward bringing under control the physical and mental ramifications of stress.

During episodes where you are under stress, you hold your breath. Don’t think you’re unusual if you do this. Most people do this unless they have been trained in using proper(diaphragmatic) yoga breathing in relation to their stress responses. during these anxious times, you breath irregularly and don’t exhale completely. If your exhalation is not complete, you can’t get enough fresh air into your lungs on your next inhalation. This leads to a viscous cycle of incorrect breathing where your diaphragm is not used properly. If you are a chest breather it will result in a very poor exchange of stale air with fresh air. As a result, your body reacts with blood chemical changes and becomes fatigued.

Counseling and psychotherapy at Life Works AZ incorporates many tools like yoga breathing, progressive relaxation, visualization, and imagery to reduce stress in your life and make you feel better.

Yoga breathing is excellent for stress release. International published author and Yoga expert Joy Abrams explains proper yoga breathing in her book Strategies for stress release. You can buy her book or CD on stress management at www.aaafengshuiandyoga.com . Info above is from Joy Abrams book Strategies for Stress Release. Joy is also an empowerment specialist and a Feng Shui expert. You can find more info on Joy Abrams at www.empowermnentwithjoy.com .

Are you stressed?
1. Do you frequently neglect your diet?
2. Do you frequently try to do everything yourself?
3. Do you frequently blow up easily?
4. Do you frequently seek unrealistic goals?
5. Do you frequently fail to see the humor in situations others
find funny?
6. Do you frequently get easily annoyed?
7. Do you frequently make a “big to do” of everything?
8. Do you frequently complain that you are disorganized?
9. Do you frequently keep everything inside?
10. Do you frequently neglect exercise?
11. Do you frequently have few supportive relationships?
12. Do you frequently get too little rest?
13. Do you frequently get angry when you are kept waiting?
14. Do you frequently ignore stress symptoms?
15. Do you frequently put things off until later?
16. Do you frequently think there is only one right way to
do something?
17. Do you frequently fail to build relaxation into every day?
18. Do you frequently spend a lot of time complaining about
the past?
19. Do you frequently race through the day?
20. Do you frequently feel unable to cope with life, work, family?

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This is not an assessment, however, if you have a lot of yes answers it very well can be that your stress is out of balance in your life.