Stress
Thursday, March 05, 2009
emWave Personal Stress Reliever® Wins People’s Choice Competition at the 2009 Consumer Electronic
Congratulations HeartMath LLC! On January 10, 2009, the emWave Personal Stress Reliever® was the winner of the Last Gadget Standing People’s Choice Competition which represents the best of the best at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. This award is determined by online voting.
Competing against other innovative products from technology giants like Motorola’s Motozine and the Eye-Fi Video Card, the emWave Personal Stress Reliever (PSR), a handheld device that helps people transform stress, received 68% more votes than the runner-up. Representatives from HeartMath®, creators of the emWave PSR®, believe that the product’s landslide victory is due to the fact that it is the right product for these times. Stress is increasing for everyone and this simple device is scientifically proven to help people reduce stress. The technology, which drew an enormous amount of attention at this year’s CES, is both helpful and appropriate for our rapidly changing world.
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Gadgets boost presentations, relieve stress
Stressed? Maybe the emWave Personal Stress Reliever can help. According to the gadget’s maker, all you have to do is place your thumb on the sensor, or if you prefer, attach its ear sensor. After it detects your pulse, its breathing pacer will get in sync with your heart rhythms while you employ stress-reducing techniques included in its guide. At the very least, playing with the gadget is sure to take your mind off your worries, at least for a while.”
Anxiety • Appreciation • HeartMath • Stress • Technology • (1) Comments • Permalink
Saturday, December 06, 2008
De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times
We all know that millions of people are experiencing extra stress. Much outgoing care and compassion is needed to help ease the emotional pain that so many are increasingly experiencing. Doc Childre, founder of HeartMath, a leading stress research institute, has written a free booklet De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times that provides a few simple practices to help people intercept and manage stress during this period of challenge and uncertainty.
We want to make this booklet available to as many people as possible, so we are asking you to please help distribute De-Stress Kit for the Changing Times to others at this time of increased need. Feel free to post the De-Stress Kit link or PDF file on your Web site. E-mail it to friends and family, send it to other Web sites and blogs or refer people to www.heartmath.org/destresskit. For banners that can be used on a Web site, the URL is www.heartmath.org/destressbanners.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Financial Concerns Top List of Holiday Stressors for Women, Families With Children
As reports about the extent of the recession in the United States are released this week, a new poll from the American Psychological Association (APA) finds that more than eight out of 10 anticipate a stressful holiday season and that the economic crisis is impacting women and families most.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Health takes a hit as economy creates more stress
Economic stress is taking its toll on the USA’s emotional and physical health, new survey data show: More than half of Americans report irritability or anger, fatigue and sleeplessness, and almost half say they self-medicate by overeating or indulging in unhealthy foods.
Survey: Gender, geography factor into feeling, dealing with stress
Almost half of U.S. households are worried about their family’s basic needs, according to new data from the American Psychological Association, which shows that food, housing, health care and transportation are major sources of stress in the faltering economy.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Preventing a Stress Meltdown amidst Economic Chaos
It sounds like a bad dream. Financial meltdown. Global markets in chaos. Government bails out banks and other financial institutions in worst crisis since the depression. Citizens watch as personal wealth plummets. What a roller coaster it’s been emotionally. Certainly there have been a few positive trends but lots of negatives that could mean serious consequences down the road. The questions start racing into a blur. What’s going to happen next? Is it time to get out? Have I really hit the bottom? Will I be able to recover if the numbers don’t improve quickly?
Burnout • Cardiovascular Health • Economy • HeartMath • Hormones • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Friday, October 03, 2008
Advice from HeartMath® Stress Experts on How to Prevent (or Recover from) a Stress Meltdown
For many Americans the instability of the economy is feeling like an emotional roller coaster, triggering all kinds of emotions from blame and anger to fear and anxiety. While the current economic crisis can feel like a looming disaster waiting to drain the life out of your banking account, what’s worse, say HeartMath stress experts, is what could lie ahead. If people are unaware of how to handle today’s barrage of stress it will start to eat away at their vitality, health and well-being.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Mental-Health Lines Buzz in U.S. Recession Depression
A tidal wave of anxiety is washing over America, from Wall Street’s concrete canyons to the lettuce fields of California, propelled by the mortgage industry collapse, costly gasoline, tight credit and rising unemployment.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Stress, Anxiety Can Make Allergy Attacks Even More Miserable and Last Longer
STRESS, ANXIETY CAN MAKE ALLERGY ATTACKS EVEN MORE MISERABLE AND LAST LONGER
A new study shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person’s allergic reaction to some routine allergens. Moreover, the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing the second day of a stressed person’s allergy attack to be much worse.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HeartMath Offers New Resources and Web-based Tools to Help People Stay Resilient through Tough Times
HeartMath®, internationally recognized for their scientifically validated approach to stress and anxiety, is offering a number of resources to help people find a little more ease through these tough times – from free monthly webinars and educational downloads, to new web applications designed to help people better manage stress and their convenient and widely popular mobile emWave® technology.
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Sunday, July 06, 2008
Social Worker Uses HeartMath Techniques with Katrina Victims
Butch Robicheaux, a clinical social worker, discusses how he used HeartMath’s Quick Coherence technique and the emWave PC Stress Relief System to help people deal with the emotional aftermath following a natural disaster. He also shares how he has used this with a client with postpartum depression.
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Saturday, July 05, 2008
IBM “Commuter Pain” Survey Focuses on Fuel Spending Limit, Frustration and Sleep Deprivation
The first IBM Commuter Pain Survey released today shows a substantial number of drivers in U.S. metropolitan areas are fed up with longer commutes, higher fuel prices and increased pollution and are seeking to reduce the daily toll on their emotional well-being and wallets. 45% report increased stress (above 50% in Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami), and 28% reported increased anger (36% in Los Angeles, the highest).
Anger • Productivity/Performance • Relationships • Sleep • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Stress During Childhood Increases Risk Of Allergies
Moving house or the separation of parents can significantly increase the risk of children developing allergies later on.
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Gene/Stress Interaction Increases Cognitive Decline In Elderly
The negative effects of stress on cognitive functioning appear to be amplified by a genetic variation associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new federally funded study has found. The genetic variation may, in effect, accelerate the development of age-related cognitive decline by as much as eight years.