Reflections From A Chair » stress reduction http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog Thoughts about psychotherapy and mental health issues Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:18:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stress relief is in the air http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/2008/12/stress-relief-is-in-the-air/ http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/2008/12/stress-relief-is-in-the-air/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:54:52 +0000 Mike http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/?p=108 In a post from Discovery Health Cares, aromatherapy is suggested for stress management and anxiety reduction.

My apologies for the delay in between posts recently.  I will hopefully be getting back to a more regular schedule soon.

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50 Quick and Easy Ways to Calm Your Anxiety

Season’s Greeting!!

]]> http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/2008/12/stress-relief/feed/ 0 Get out of the house and have some fun http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/2008/10/get-out-of-the-house-and-have-some-fun/ http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/2008/10/get-out-of-the-house-and-have-some-fun/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:46:20 +0000 Mike http://ripsychotherapy.com/blog/?p=27 This week’s post will take a break from the technical aspects of stress, anxiety and panic.  Instead, we’ll look at ways to have fun, distract from repetitive worries, socialize, and expand your range of interests.

I can’t count the number of times people have told me that they did “nothing” since the last session.  As we saw in earlier posts, staying at home, isolated with one’s worries and problems only increases stress loads and the likelihood of an anxiety or panic attack.

To prompt people to get out and do something, anything, I have made a fairly extensive list of activities, places to go and events in Rhode Island.  It can be found at this link:

http://ripsychotherapy.com/things%20to%20do.html

I couldn’t make it a post or a page in this blog as the size of the listings just did not fit into the blog’s layout.  Sorry if that causes any inconveniences.

I welcome any suggestions, comments, additions to this list that you might have.  I’ll try to keep the list current.  But also let me know if you come across any dead links in the page. You can email me at madamowicz@ripsychotherapy.com.

For readers who are not in Rhode Island, you can use this list to generate suggestions on what you can do in your area and then do a google or yahoo search to find venues close to you.

Happy Halloween!

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