{"id":311,"date":"2009-02-09T17:14:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/ten-recession-stress-busters.html"},"modified":"2009-02-09T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T17:14:15","slug":"ten-recession-stress-busters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/02\/ten-recession-stress-busters.html","title":{"rendered":"Recession Proof Your Life: STRESS BUSTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Are you stressed? Irritable? Having trouble sleeping?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nDo you feel like screaming? Crying? Eating??? You are NOT alone!<br \/>\nIn these stressful times, it&#8217;s essential to have an arsenal of coping mechanisms at hand &#8211; other than food.  I mean, really, is there any point in heading to the fridge?  Nothing recession proof in there!<br \/>\nSo hang in &#8230; Our Lady of Weight Loss has <strong>TEN CHEAP n&#8217; EASY THNGS YOU CAN DO TO BUST YOUR RECESSION STRESS that she&#8217;d like to share with you.<\/strong>  And they&#8217;re pretty much free, with the exception of Vitamin C, which is pretty cheap.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<li><strong>Breathe.<\/strong>  No kidding, take in a few deep cleansing breaths and slow down.\n<li><strong>Change your routine.<\/strong> If you&#8217;ve been sitting all day thinking, get up and get physical.  Take a walk, stretch.  And, if you&#8217;ve been lifting heavy boxes from sunrise to sunset, sit down and think deep thoughts.\n<li><strong>Keep things in perspective.<\/strong>  Practice the &#8216;this too shall pass&#8217; mantra.\n<li><strong>Smile and laugh a lot. <\/strong> Every chance you get.\n<li><strong>Prioritize.<\/strong> Concentrate on one task at a time. Multi-tasking can be nerve-wracking.\n<li><strong>Don&#8217;t put off what can be done today<\/strong>. Get those unpleasant tasks out of the way as soon as possible.\n<li><strong>Call a friend.<\/strong>  Talk it through.  Vent.  (I use &#8216;The Five People Plan.&#8217; When stressed or upset, I tell five people about it.  By the time I get to the fifth person, I&#8217;m so over it and really tired of hearing myself!)\n<li><strong>Add Vitamin C to your diet<\/strong>. Studies show that Vitamin C knocks out the secretion of stress hormones.\n<li><strong>Do something creative!<\/strong> Relieve some tension by using your imagination. Garden, read, sing, dance, paint, draw, play an instrument, make macaroni art &#8211; anything you can think of that takes you away from the stress and opens your mind to the possibilities.\n<li><strong>Chant.<\/strong> &#8220;Aum Mani Padme Hum&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><em>Spread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<br \/>\nJanice<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Janice Taylor is a Life &amp; Wellness Coach, specializing in weight loss, reinvention, transformation &amp; happiness<\/a>, author, seminar leader and 50-pound-BIG-Time-LOSER!  <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\">Write Janice<\/a> for an Introductory Coaching Session.<br \/>\nFor more motivation and inspiration, join the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/kickinthetushclub\">Kick in the Tush Club: Beliefnet Chapter.  <\/a><br \/>\nPick up a copy of Janice&#8217;s latest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Forgiven-Move-Fat-Burning-Sveltesville\/dp\/014200524X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1197052667&amp;sr=1-1\">All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss&#8217;s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>!<br \/>\n<em>&#8220;Janice Taylor is a certain kind of kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.&#8221; ~ O, The Oprah Magazine<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ART heart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/ART%20heart.jpg\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"mt-image-left\" \/><\/span> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"> about Janice<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Janice on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/OurLady\">Twitter<\/a>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#\/profile.php?sid=d82081eb96fa8033ec096ad6ccfd2b0a&amp;id=557881698&amp;hiq=janice%2Ctaylor\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you stressed? 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