Can we deal with stress naturally? Of course, we can. Here are some aromatherapy and holistic tips that will help you to relieve stress.

After my husband’s death, I enclosed myself in an emotional shell. A hard cased, untouchable cocoon of nothingness. I wanted to be numb, I wanted to be left alone.

I recall a period in time, at about 18 months after my husband passed away, that I felt pretty good about myself. I had handled what life had thrown me and come out battered, but mostly okay on the other side.

In today’s fast pace world, energy can seem to be in short supply. Boost energy with coenzyme Q10 and l-carnitine. Learn about the krebs cycle and how it works to boost energy.n

The every day hurry of life can get one down, reducing immune response and causing mental fatigue. Herbal adaptogens may help restore your energy levels and help you meet the day to day hustle.

The amino acid leucine can not only boost energy and aid in muscle recovery for those that exercise, leucine can also help diabetics and aid in collagen formation.

If you only fantasize about how great it is going to be to have what you want, but you don’t take action, you are engaging in “magical thinking.”

Because of the momentum of your habitual ways of thinking, feeling and behaving, you may frequently feel like you are trying to move forward with a rubber band around your waist.

The average person works 40 – 50 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, which means that 75% of our waking hours and most of our energy is being spent on the job. When work conditions are unsatisfactory our health and well being are highly impacted. Workplace stress not only affects our self image and self esteem, it impinges on our relationships with family, friends and co-workers. While there is no one strategy that meets everyone’s needs, there are many recognized stress therapies that will help.

The first piece to managing stress is reducing it where you can.