Pre-New Year cleansing tips

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Start the New Year fresh
Follow these helpful tips to allow your mind to be clear and free of clutter

Clear out your phone

Delete conversations, photos, and videos that require effort and energy, remove what you no longer need.
Some memories loop you in a pattern.
Detach from hoarding moments that no longer serve you.

Incorporate living objects.

Add fresh flowers and plants to your home.
The colors and smells will not only be a welcomed addition to your senses, the addition of organic life within your home will help shift the energy surrounding you.

Declutter living space.

Decluttering (the process of putting the miscellaneous physical things around you away where they belong) not only makes it easier to find what you’re looking for, it can also improve your mood and state of mind in myriad ways.

It gives you a renewed sense of control over your environment.

Stress Management at Woodstock PD

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Our Director of Training & Development, Bryan Randolph LICSW, and our Managing Partner and Founder Dr. Scott Schinaman, Psy.D., MBA, CEDS-S, were recently asked to present at Woodstock PD on stress, trauma, and how to transform stress into a manageable situation. Our team has presented on this topic many times, particularly to those who are in first responder roles, as we recognize the importance and critical nature of their jobs and their ability to perform their jobs under immense pressure and stress.

During this presentation Bryan & Dr. Schinaman identified what IS stress, how to manage your own stress, how to manage and respond to the stress of others, along with recognizing important differences such as the variance between mental illness and panic attacks.  Then finally, when stress crosses the line and presents as vicarious trauma, or PTSD.

Below you will see snippets from Bryan & Dr. Schinaman’s presentation – if you would like to discuss with us how stress management services might be of use for your field of expertise, please contact our office to learn more about presentation and speaker services.

Are you constantly getting sick?

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Do you feel as though you’re frequently dealing with a cold or feel run down often?

It is important to identify the causes of your frequent sickness and treat them effectively. We have highlighted some common reasons why you may keep getting sick and explain what to do about them…

Stress

Stress is a part of everyday life for most people. However, if chronic stress persists over time, it can adversely affect your health. Chronic stress can lead to…

• headaches

• irritability

• fatigue

• attention problems

• difficulty sleeping

• digestive issues

• rapid, disorganized thoughts

• frequent infections and illness

Dealing with chronic stress involves identifying and tackling the leading causes of stress, which can be challenging and may require significant life changes.

Sleep

The importance of sleep and the critical role it plays in contributing to your health is often overlooked. The body uses its time asleep to recover and rest, preparing you for the next day. Not getting enough sleep can disrupt this process and have consequences for the next day and ultimately lead to greater issues in the future. Chronic sleep deprivation can have serious consequences and often can increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease along with dramatically weakening your immune system.

Immune Disorders

When your immune system is not functioning correctly, getting sick regularly is a common occurrence. The reason for this is that the body is unable to fight off germs, such as bacteria and viruses, properly.

Once an infection is contracted, it often takes a lot longer to recover when you are also managing a weakened immune system. It is also common to contract more than one illness, often leading to a perpetual state of feeling unwell.

Identifying the root cause(s) of the immune system disorder is critical, we don’t simply treat the symptoms – we uncover the cause of the symptoms.

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders affect one in four Americans, that is a staggering number. Anxiety disorders can affect the body in several ways that may contribute to recurring sickness. For example, anxiety disorders can cause…

• fatigue

• muscle tension

• difficulty concentrating

• sweating heart palpitations, or rapid heartbeat

• trembling

• shortness of breath

• irritability

Over extended periods, an anxiety disorder can also lead to physical health complications. For example, people with anxiety disorders have a higher risk* of heart disease and early death.

*semanticsscholar.org

Nutrition

What we eat and how it impacts our bodies and well-being is an incredibly individual experience. Often what we consume and put into our bodies can be directly linked to signs of inflammation, disease, and poor health. Understanding how the food we eat contributes to our health can sometimes be a daunting task to uncover, particularly with the overwhelming amount of ‘experts’ we are exposed to that offer gimmicks and taglines to lose weight, but never really addressing all the other symptoms you may be experiencing. We take a systematic and scientific approach to uncover what foods your body responds well to and which your body rejects.

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