Stress Relief, Health and Wellness Blog

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Biodots, Mood Cards, Stress Cards, Stress Meters, Stress Squares and Stress Thermometer for Research
We often get questions about using biodots, mood cards, stress cards, Stress Meters or the Stress Thermometer as data collection for biological changes. These devices do have reliability and acceptable variance that they can be used as biological measurement. These are [...]

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Post-traumatic stress may harm kids’ brains

Psychological trauma may leave a visible trace in a child’s brain, scientists say.
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology found that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress had poor function of the hippocampus, a part of the brain that stores and retrieves memories.
This is the [...]

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Helpful ways to boost your memory

Can’t find your keys … again? Whether your momentary memory loss is linked to doing too many things at once or just a bad case of menopausal brain fog, you don’t have to put up with it.
In fact, experts say you can instantly boost your chances of remembering where [...]

The first catalog of educational products that I printed I titled Gentle Places and Quiet Spaces. People loved the title. Some thought it was for a listing of retreats in nature rather than educational materials on stress, relaxation and biofeedback. Personally, I have always enjoyed treks into beautiful nature settings. I find it very [...]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/05/meditation.stress.reduction/index.html Okay the title of this article is hokey – For stress reduction, just say ommm – that is to get your attention so you will read it. Biofeedback always factors in as an excellent method that has been scientifically tested to reduce stress and anxiety. Biofeedback is a fairly new technique [...]

On rare occasions we get an email or phone call about Biodots and Stress Squares not sticking to hands. The Biodots are small and have less area for glue while the Stress Squares are larger and have a very strong glue. Hands have to be clean and dry in order for them to be able [...]

Many couples struggle to get pregnant. They try all kinds of procedures. They race home to do the deed at the “optimal” time and yet they cannot get pregnant. Over the years, I have trained a number of couples to relax and reduce stress. As a result, they were able to get pregnant. Some of [...]