Life With Gene

Guest Post by Tara Springett

People feel stressed for several reasons. They may experience conflicts and traumatic experiences of loss; which inflict massive amounts of stress on their lives. In most cases this type of stress subsides as time passes and life slowly returns to normality.

However, there are many people who suffer from chronic stress that is not caused by any acute trauma or conflict. It is this chronic stress that we will be looking at in this article.

Why are people chronically stressed?

Most people would think chronic stress is due to having too much work and too little time. In my experience the answer is not quite as straightforward. Yes, people who are stressed often have a diary bulging with urgent appointments with very little space between them. And if they are not at one of these meetings their personal life is chock-a-block with a massive amount of things which do not allow for a minute’s rest.

Mind you, I am not talking about single mothers with five children who need to have two jobs to make ends meet. I am talking about chronically stressed people who work normal job hours and have normal-sized families.

Why is it that so many people feel incredibly stressed in such a situation?

In order to find the answer we have to look a little deeper than time management and organization tools. Read more…

Would you consider meditation a waste of time?

Many would say yes!

Time is one of the few commodities we cannot save or store. Everyone is allotted 24 hours in a day and most of us have busy lifestyles with little time to lose.

It would appear spending ½ to one hour sitting perfectly still doing nothing might easily fall into the category of a useless activity devouring precious time.

A Zen practitioner meditates between 6 and 8 hours each day for 20 to 25 years before they permanently balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain

I don’t know about you, but I don’t have 20 to 25 years to become “enlightened.” I can barely squeeze out an extra hour per day, let alone 6 to 8.

Why would anyone even consider meditation? Read more…