Stress, angst, agita...relieve it now!!!

Hi All,

I'm sure you all are aware of the stresses of daily modern life. What with kids and a job, and retirement and college to worry about....what is a responsible person to do?

It is easy to talk about relieving stress, but it is another completely different thing to actually take time for yourself and actually relax! Forthwith a few sites and some library resources to help you reduce your stress level in a friendly, easy, relaxing environment!

First and foremost there many, many, many, many....links to stress reduction on the internet. As a matter of fact, it seems like there is a not-so-small cottage industry for giving advice to the stress laden and to angst filled people on the internet. That being said, let's discuss 2 unbiased, authoritative , easily accessible websites that talk about stress reduction.

The first site is from the National Institute of Health. The site is called MedlinePlus and is a wonderful place to start research on any health topic. I entered the term 'stress' in the dialog box and you can click here for the results of the search! Note that Medline is authoritative, up-to-date, unbiased and very well organized. Sounds like a great site to me!

Click on this link for just a small sample of what the site has to offer - this link is an interactive tutorial on how to deal with stress - great stuff!

Also, click here for MedlinePlus' version of what the difference is between stress and anxiety.

Now, on to another website that discusses stress. The site is - you might have heard of it before - WebMD.com. Click here for a link to the front page of WebMD.com

Again, I entered the phrase 'stress' in the dialog box and you can click here for the links and results.

The results of the search are interesting - and very helpful to say the least. First you see a link to a whole section on WebMD called the 'Stress Management Health Center'. Click the phrase in blue and you'll link to the section. On the left side of the screen you'll see a list of options you can choose from. Some of the are: Causes of Stress, Effects of Stress, Measuring Stress, Ways to Relieve Stress, Ways to Avoid Stress, Setting a Goal to Reduce Stress and links to 'If You Need More Help With Stress'. Again, you can click on any of these phrases and you'll go to that particular section on the WebMD site.

Finally, you can Click here for a link to the library card catalog for the search 'stress reduction'. I sorted the results by date - newest items will be first - and the results include books, DVD's, books-on-cd, and other material types.

Hope this helps!
Regards,
Stu

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