Your Little Beast

Have you ever seen a chipmunk on a double espresso?

Surely you have, or perhaps you have been one. Many times when stress weasels its way into our life, or the lives of the people we love, we see a glimpse of this cute, but anxious and often misguided creature attempting to assemble peace and order to life.

Perhaps work has you tangled, or a relationship seems too toxic to bear, or maybe you feel directionless and wonder, “Is this where my life is suppose to be right now?”

No matter the cause of your stress, know that it can be managed. The first step is to determine the cause of your stress and find healthy ways of dealing with it.

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Kristin Beltaos, M.A., was interviewed on Mom Talk Radio regarding the topic of Stress Management entitled: Tame the Chipmunk on the Double Espresso. Select under past show 2-20-11 and scroll to approximately 20:28 to listen.

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Saturday, January 22 · 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Location
Red Clover Clinic

About
Experience an afternoon designed to calm and renew your mind, body and spirit. Release the tension and stressful storms that your body manages on a daily basis. Relax and partake in healing mini-treatments and a variety of products: Acupuncture, Life Coaching, Integrative Nutrition, Chinese Tuina Massage, and Aihu Products. Meet the practitioners, learn more about each of their specialties and design your new year to include more calming self-care and less stressful storms.

Registration
To reserve your spot, register at http://bit.ly/morecalmlessstorms, select your preferred time slot and plan to arrive a few minutes prior to your first session. The $20.00 registration fee will be donated to Avenues for Homeless Youth. In addition, The Collaborative is also collecting personal hygiene supplies for Avenues. Registration fee is non-refundable.

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This was a GREAT webinar on self care, by Cheryl Richardson (Personal Coach seen many times on Oprah) and Howard Martin (VP at HeartMath).  I encourage you to take a listen and reflect on your own life.  Can’t we all be taking better care of ourselves, which in turn helps to care for others? Have you ever heard about over-caring?  And, what does over-caring do to our minds, bodies and spirits?  Quickly register with HeartMath and take a listen… would love to hear what you all think.  Enjoy!

HeartMath Webinar: The Science of Self Care

We all find ourselves stressed at one time or another… working too many hours, frazzled in traffic, being short-tempered with the kids, not getting enough sleep, making poor eating choices. Stepping back, what does it all mean?  And more importantly, how can we change it?

I recently listened to a HeartMath webinar called The Science of Self Care with Personal Coach Cheryl Richardson and HeartMath VP Howard Martin. Something that stuck with me is thinking about the effects of Anger or Stress versus Care on our bodies. Moreover, how our exhaustion from our over scheduling and sometimes over caring for others, and not ourselves, is leading our minds and bodies into quite a stress and physical illness epidemic.

How maniacal are you about checking voicemail, email, texts, when they immediately arrive? Especially since starting my business, I always want to be so on the spot when a client or potential client contacts me. Studies have shown that checking your business media so often actually makes you less effective than if you check it only at set times during the day.

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