IS STRESS TAKING OVER YOUR LIFE?

Reducing Stress: Questionnaire on Stress Management

The following stress management questionnaire should be answered as honestly as possible to help identify which parts of your daily living are most stressful. Recognizing stress triggers and taking steps to minimize these problems will help reduce stress in your life.

1. Your time, energy, and money are all you have to give. Are you investing them in work that you enjoy and that satisfies you?

2. Focusing on the present means giving your attention to the task at hand without the past and future crippling you. Are you usually able to stay in the here and now?

3. Do you appreciate things like music, reading, nature, and personal relationships? Or are you overly focused on having money and things?

4. Are you forcing yourself to do things that increase your self-confidence?

5. Do you tackle large goals by breaking them into smaller, more manageable task?

6. Are you careful to make your environment peaceful?

7. Can you and do you say "NO" when that is how you feel?

8. Do you know how to use self-relaxation techniques to relax your body? Do you allow time in your day to do it?

9. Are you careful to avoid large swings in body energy caused by taking in excess sugar and caffeine?

10. Are there specific ways you deal with anger and get it out of your system physically?

Recommended Reading & Audio

Recovery Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace - CD
A Guided Imagery Meditation for Physical and Spiritual Wellness Audio CD narrated by Susie Mantell

This award-winning audio is a soothing, empowering narration offers relief from symptoms associated with stress and sleeplessness, addiction recovery and other issues. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, ABC,NBC-TV, Prevention, Billboard, OnHealth.com.

Letting Go of Stress Video

A Guide to Achieving Deep Relaxation - VHS

Illustrates fast, easy, effective ways to manage stress through deep breathing, simple stretches, acupressure, self-massage, and progressive relaxation.