There is nothing especially difficult about learning to relax. Most people can acquire the skills needed in just a few weeks of regular practice. Once mastered these procedures may be used anywhere and at any time to help you cope with stressful or challenging situations. When you are ready to make a start sit or lie … Continue reading The Relaxation Response – By Dr David Lewis
Category: Stress
How To Wrestle Alligators – Without Being Eaten Alive! – By Dr David Lewis
A therapist friend once remarked to me that while some of us have more alligators to wrestle with in life, and although some of us are better at alligator wrestling than others, there will come a time in everyone’s life when even the best alligator wrestlers are at risk of being eaten alive! By this … Continue reading How To Wrestle Alligators – Without Being Eaten Alive! – By Dr David Lewis
How to Manage Time by Setting Goals – By Dr David Lewis
Two thousand years ago the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca remarked that for a ship without a harbour: “No wind ever blows from the right quarter.” Yet, despite the importance of setting goals, the vast majority of people spend their lives aboard Seneca’s aimlessly drifting vessel. They are constantly blown to and fro by the … Continue reading How to Manage Time by Setting Goals – By Dr David Lewis
Dealing With Workplace Stress – By Dr David Lewis
In Medieval times “stress” described the type of physical torture needed to extract a confession. Torturers used the thumbscrew to produce compression stress, the rack to induce tensile stress and the spikes of the Iron Maiden to apply “sheer” stress! https://vimeo.com/131710988 Today, the thumbscrew, rack and Iron Maiden have been replaced by excessive workloads, information … Continue reading Dealing With Workplace Stress – By Dr David Lewis
Struggling With Stress? Here Are Six Stress Busting Tips – By Dr David Lewis
If you are experiencing high levels of stress, you are not alone. According to the Health and Safety Executive, an estimated 19 million people in the UK suffer from stress related health problems. Stress causes an annual loss of 2 million working days at an annual cost to industry and commerce of at least £4.5 … Continue reading Struggling With Stress? Here Are Six Stress Busting Tips – By Dr David Lewis
Time & Stress Management – By Dr David Lewis
https://youtu.be/4jOsdTlSHDM Under too much time pressure? Too much to do and too little time? Over the. next few weeks I will be offering you some practical ways to manage your time more easily and reduce your stress more effectively. In the meantime this short video may offer a practical answer.
Practice The Breathing Techniques With Self Hypnosis – By Dan Jones
https://youtu.be/RuWhfkz4NSs In this video Dan Jones guides you through a self-hypnosis process to give you a chance to mentally rehearse using the breathing techniques that you have been learning over the last few videos.
Learn To Relax With The 7-11 Breathing Technique – By Dan Jones
https://youtu.be/rwHAgX0lmVQ In this video Dan Jones takes you through what the 7-11 breathing technique is and why it helps you to relax and the benefits of using this technique.
The Importance of Breath Control With Dr David Lewis
https://youtu.be/z28kbK5IkL4 In this video Dr David Lewis talks about the importance of breath control. Over this month we will be sharing more videos about how taking control of your breathing can help to reduce anxiety and worry and increase wellbeing.
How To Stop Awfulizing With Dr David Lewis
https://youtu.be/eQOLJOTJcDI In this video Dr David Lewis shares about awfulizing and how to reduce the amount of awfulizing you do