Dream Interpreting: The Emotions in Your Dreams
If you're interested in recording your dreams in a dream diary — or in interpreting your dreams — some emotion you've experienced is probably the driving force. Every time you express or deny an intense [more…]
Know Your Dream Cycles
To fully understand and record your dreams, it's best to start with some knowledge about your sleep and dream cycles, and how your dream cycles affect your waking life. Science tells us that everyone dreams [more…]
Dream Interpreting: Recognizing and Working with a Physical Dream
Dreams come in many shapes and sizes, some vague, some detailed, some frightening, some inspiring. They all contain encoded messages aimed at improving your life. As you become ready to start a dream diary [more…]
Avoiding Roadblocks to Stress Reduction
If you recall your last attempt at losing a few pounds or getting rid of all the clutter in your house, you may recognize that good intentions do not always guarantee success. Usually, you encounter one [more…]
Symptoms That May Signal Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
If you’re battling with the idea that you are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there are signs that you — and your medical professional — can look for. Here’s an overview of symptoms [more…]
How to Relieve Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
You can work to get your Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms under control — and calm the signs of distress when they intensify — by taking some of these quick and easy stress-busting steps: [more…]
Truths to Embrace when Recovering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
You may hit some rough patches on the road to recovery from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Sometimes, setbacks stem from low expectations of yourself and negative self-talk. Here are some statements [more…]
Is Your Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Medicine Working?
Medications prescribed to help to manage symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) work to differing degrees among patients. Here are some of the ways you can tell if your doctor-ordered medicine [more…]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Dummies Cheat Sheet
Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) give medical professionals clues to help make proper diagnosis of the disabling condition. The right medications, a good attitude, and positive affirmations [more…]
How to Measure Signs of Stress
Recognizing stress symptoms and how often they occur can help you deal with stress. Use the previous two weeks as your time frame and record the occurrence of the following physical and emotional signs [more…]
How to Manage Stress with Imagination
Stressed? Imagine that. There's a good chance that you'll feel better if you can release that stress-producing thought and replace it with a relaxing, calm image. Put your mind at ease; here’s how: [more…]
How to Control Stress through Progressive Relaxation
Progressive relaxation is a healthful means for releasing muscle tension and a proven approach to a more relaxed, less stressful state. you can control stress and be more relaxed with this effective relaxation [more…]
Stress Management For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Identifying the symptoms of stress is an important first step to reducing tension in your life. Once you identify the signs of stress, use your imagination and the proven tool of progressive relaxation [more…]
The Emotional Healing Toolkit
This map represents a summary of all the most important healing tips. Glance through it from time to time to remind yourself of the various actions you can take for your own healing. [more…]
Planning for a Difficult Personal or Professional Situation
When you face a difficult situation or meeting, planning both a successful outcome and your emotional state pays dividends. These four tips can help you achieve this: [more…]
Five-Step Emotional Healing Process
Become familiar with the situations that disturb you, take action to enable yourself to balance your emotional response to them and make this emotional healing process an integral part of your life. [more…]
Six Tips to Calm Your Body through Breath
Should you find yourself feeling stressed or emotionally disturbed you can quickly re-establish your inner sense of calm and control by following these six tips: [more…]
Focusing on Positives for Emotional Healing
Developing the habit of focusing on the positives in your life and reminding yourself several times a day of those aspects that are working and going well enables you to regain perspective. [more…]
Emotional Healing For Dummies Cheat Sheet
When you're in the process of emotional healing, having some key information with you can be invaluable. Print out and pin up these tips and pointers, and you’ll always have the essentials at hand. [more…]
Ten Ways to Improve Your Mood – Instantly
If you experience the occasional low mood, try out the following list of ideas to help you handle the blues, boost you up and get you feeling positive again. [more…]
Calming Your Anxious Feelings
When you feel anxious all over, with sensations like sweaty hands, a shaky voice, a racing heart or an unsettled stomach, try a few relaxing breaths: [more…]
Using Your Imagination to Deal with Stress
Feeling stressed? Want to calm down quickly and easily? If you take the stress-producing thought or image and replace it with one that’s relaxing and calming, chances are that you’ll begin feeling much [more…]
Healthy Mind and Body All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
It doesn’t take a huge amount of time or effort to keep your mind and body in tip-top condition. Keep fit and healthy, and a more positive mental attitude will follow quite naturally. Small changes really [more…]
The Three-Stage Framework of a Helping Encounter
Use the three-stage model to manage each helping encounter in a counseling session. Be clear about the time you have available and that you structure the time into three sections: [more…]
Using a Holistic Approach to Counselling
Each person is an individual with different experiences helping form who and where he or she is today. The BEST-I BEST-Rmodel will remind you of this: [more…]
