Easy Ways to Relieve Stress at Home

Easy Ways to Relieve Stress at Home

While it is not uncommon to experience stress, possibly even on a daily basis, it is also possible to find relief. Here are some natural ways you can find relief from stress in the comfort of your own home.

Avoid These Unhealthy Methods

Before you start looking at the healthy ways to relieve stress at home, you should be first aware of the ways you should avoid helping with stress. While these habits might seem like they are helping, you are actually heightening your stress overall. Make sure you don’t turn to the following unhealthy coping mechanisms:

· Drinking alcohol

· Smoking cigarettes

· Binging on junk food

· Avoiding responsibilities

· Sleeping too much or not enough

· Turning to drugs or pills

· Making erratic or dangerous choices

· Keeping busy to avoid your problems

Move Your Body More

One excellent way to relieve your stress on a regular basis is by getting your body moving. This keeps your mind occupied, releases endorphins and serotonin in your brain, and can be a healthy way to distract yourself from your problems. Even if you are not accustomed to working out a lot, there are ways to ease into a new workout routine. If you have a swimming pool, you can start swimming laps just a few at a time, then increase it every day. You can start taking your dog for a longer walk during the day or dancing in the living room with your kids.

Try Meditation While it might seem difficult, meditation can be easy if you just give it a chance. It does take some practice, but before too long you will discover just how helpful it is. It not only helps to relieve stress, but can help with anxiety, depression,

and other problems you experience in your life. An easy way to start meditating is by using visualization. Sit in a quiet room with your body relaxed and your eyes closed. Just spend a few minutes trying to visualize something that calms you, such as a running creek or waves crashing in the ocean. All you think about is that scene and nothing else for those few minutes.

Take a Lavender Bath

Baths in general can be relaxing, but there are certain essential oils that can be very beneficial. Lavender is one of the best ones for relaxation and stress relief. All you need to do is add a few drops of lavender oil to your bath then enjoy the calm you feel. You can also try lavender bath salts or bubble bath for the same effect. 

Eric Dempsey

MS, Stress Management Coach

Dempseys Resolution Fitness

for 

The Chaplain Paul Voorhees Ministry

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The holidays are approaching and you need to find special gifts and stocking stuffers for family and friends.

Why not provide a gift that has functional use, like the 7 in 1 mini multi tool?

This mini multi tool has great features and is small and lightweight.

It is a perfect addition to everyone's everyday carry kit (EDC) or survival kit.

The best part about it is that for a limited time, survival life is giving these away for free.

They just ask that you cover the small shipping cost.

We all carry and use these mini-multi tools at the Ministry.  We personally use Survival Life products, which is why we choose to sell their brand.

Support the Ministry and grab some great functional multi tools for your friends and family.

And make sure that you get one for yourself.

God bless you!

Eric Dempsey
Master Sergeant, US Army Retired
MS, ISSA Master Trainer
Dempseys Resolution Fitness

for

The Chaplain Paul Voorhees Ministry

Can Weightlifting Help With Diabetes?

The numerous health benefits of weight training has been known for many years.  There are dozens of scientific research studies which show various aspects of weight training benefitting different conditions and situations.

Many people do not realize that the scientific studies also show a direct benefit of weight training, for those with type II diabetes. Some studies like Shiroma et al., 2017, and Grontved et al., 2014, are general in nature and only speak of the risk reduction benefits of weight training, for those with diabetes. Other studies, such as Cheng et al., 2007, show that frequent weight training may lower your fasted insulin levels, and increase insulin sensitivity.

Bird & Hawley, 2017 report that resistance training and aerobic training combined in a program, may be the optimal prescription of exercise for maximal benefits. Of course, nutrition and lifestyle factors weigh in on this heavily.

Ultimately, mindset, fitness, nutrition and lifestyle are the foundational pillars upon which all health matters reside.

Instead of taking another expensive synthetic drug with many negative side effects, try hitting the weights, going for a walk, eating healthy, and lowering your stress levels by breathing drills and meditation.

Popping pills is a shortcut that rarely leads to health. Hitting the weights, however, puts you on the right path to control your glucose levels and manage your diabetes. And for those of you who do not have diabetes, weight training will greatly reduce your risks of developing diabetes in the future.

The weight set is your friend. Hit the weights! Start today.

If you are interested in learning stress management techniques, you can look here.

God bless you! Have a great week.

Eric Dempsey
Master Sergeant, US Army Retired
MS, ISSA Master Trainer
Dempseys Resolution Fitness

for

The Chaplain Paul Voorhees Ministry

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Eric Dempsey
Master Sergeant, US Army Retired
MS, ISSA Master Trainer
Dempseys Resolution Fitness

for

The Chaplain Paul Voorhees Ministry