When we're exposed to a stressful event, whether it's real or imagined, physical or psychological, the body releases waves of stress hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol. They are a veritable stress tsunami, and they signal rapid changes to the entire body.

They are all good chan...

Most of us would describe stress with feelings such as anxiety, frustration, irritability, fear, or worry. We’d say stress can make us feel short-tempered. We may snap at a coworker, get impatient with a loved one, or lie awake at night playing through all sorts of scenarios that may or may not happ...

This is a question I’ve asked of myself many times over the span of my life and one I’ve been asked by clients over and over again. You make the commitment to workout, but when the alarm goes off in the morning or it’s your scheduled time to do it, you’re feeling too tired to follow through. What do...

OUR BRAINS RESPOND TO EXERCISE SIMILAR TO THE WAY OUR MUSCLES DO:  THEY BET BIGGER AND STRONGER.    

In today's competitive business environment we need all the advantages we can get...like really gigantic, well functioning brains. Unfortunately, stress decreases portions of the brain relating to m...

There are only so many hours in the week, your to-do list at work and home continues to grow, you’re stretched thin, and stressed to the max. What you may not know is the ways you’ve been trying to cope with the stress of it all are actually making you more stressed, not less.

Many of us think of s...