8 Positive Skills for Stress Relief
How do we cope with stress from caregiving or health-related issues? Positive feelings can counterbalance stressful experiences, changing the emphasis from struggling to thriving. Some key skills that foster positive emotions can help caregivers and people with health problems get there. Social psychologist Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, director of research at Northwestern Medicine’s Osher Center […]
Program Helps Students Take Control of Asthma
By Megy Karydes Troyanna’s asthma was so severe and uncontrolled that the 17-year-old Dunbar Vocational Career Academy student was making monthly visits to the hospital’s emergency room or being admitted to the intensive care unit. While her health needed immediate medical attention, her asthma caused her to miss school, which affected her grades and prevented […]
Want to Reduce Stress? Here’s How
Patricia Normand, MD, a psychiatrist at Rush University Medical Center and director of its Mindful Life Program, says that in order to reduce stress, she teaches students to focus on the sensation of their breath. When people know what it feels like to quickly shift focus away from what is causing them stress and onto […]
Cure to Stress Found in Canadian Waters
Last summer, my love and I canoed the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada. It was beyond exquisite. The trip was truly life-altering, though not for the reasons you might assume, like the beauty, serenity, accomplishment, the unplugged, the man vs. nature. My life changed last summer because I experienced stress that threatened to ruin […]
