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How Quick Getaways Bring Stress Relief
Reader's Digest — By Lisa Miller Fields From Reader's Digest Originally in Atlas of America If you live in Arizona, don't go to New York; you'll be in transit all weekend. Better: a quick jaunt to Vegas. It's off-season, which means no stress-inducing ...More…
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Stretching Exercises for Stress Relief
Reader's Digest — Tilt your head, bringing your right ear to your right shoulder until you feel a stretch. Using your left hand, apply slight pressure. You will feel the stretch along the left side of your neck. Tilt your head, bringing your left ear to your left ...More…
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Technology, Stress, and Your Brain
Reader's Digest — Yes, we love the way our computers, PDAs, video games, and iPods have revolutionized our lives and let us stay connected and entertained 24/7. But there may be a downside for our health, says Gary Small, MD, author of The average American spends ...More…
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Cluster Buster: Kudzu
Reader's Digest — Cluster headaches are excruciating and can be treatment-resistant. But in a recent Yale survey of sufferers, kudzu -- the infamous Southern vine -- popped up as a promising alternative treatment. Among those using this herb (in pill form or as a ...More…
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Zen Secret #1: Watch your breath.
Reader's Digest — Feel your attention drifting away? Take a moment to pay attention to your breathing. After a few breaths, also notice how your body feels. This technique can also help you relax. The next time you hold hands, kiss, or make love, focus your ...More…
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5 Happiness Secrets For Tough Times
Reader's Digest — Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Penguin Press, 2008) has researched the science of happiness for years. Here are her tips to help you cope with a bad economy, and increase ...More…
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Stay Connected with Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest — Connect with the Reader's Digest community on Facebook. Share our most talked about stories, enter contests, read our blogs and download our latest widgets. Plus, find our most popular photos and videos or upload your own. Connect with the ...More…
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Happiness How To Have It Now
Reader's Digest — Carl Honoré remembers the exact moment he realized he had lost control of his life. The journalist was rushing through the airport to catch a plane when he spotted an ad for a book series containing one-minute bedtime stories. It seemed the ...More…
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The Manager Who Couldn't Write
Reader's Digest — What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ...More…
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Why Stress Affects Your Health
Reader's Digest — From Stealth Health Every time you're confronted with a stressor -- whether it is a traffic jam, a fire, or a bounced check -- your body releases a cascade of stress hormones such as epinephrine, adrenaline, and cortisol. They, in turn, send a ...More…
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Managing the Stress of the Holidays
Reader's Digest — The winter holidays have their horrors -- commercialism, too much rich food, extra demands on your time, captive encounters with prickly relatives. But holiday blues are not as common -- or as serious -- as many psychologists used to believe. ...More…
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Scour Your Arteries With Meditation
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol Learning to meditate could actually help your body clean out its arteries, according to a study published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association. The researchers assigned 60 African American men and women ...More…