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Downsize Your Worries

Do you ever have worries pressing on you? Do they seem to ‘super-size’ or grow in intensity as the day wears on, until you feel like a dark cloud is hanging over you? Worries have a way of taking on a life of their own in our minds. When worry brings on a panicky feeling, […]

Find Your Own Healthy Way to De-Stress

Stress has been identified as significantly impacting our mental and physical health for decades(PDF)Links to a PDF document.. In fact, the American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) surveys on American stress show that 4 major factors  are consistently reported as major causes of stress: money, work, family, and health. It is important to be aware of stress factors, but also our […]

WRITTEN BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist

REVIEWED BY: Pat Holmes, Extension Educator, Montgomery County

SOURCES:

  • American Heart Association (July 2014). Four ways to deal with stress: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/StressManagement/FourWaystoDealWithStress/Four-Ways-to-Deal-with-Stress_UCM_307996_Article.jsp#.VpVIH_krLIU
  • American Psychological Assocation (2010). Managing stress for a healthy family: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/managing-stress.aspx
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (October 2015). Coping with stress: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/coping_with_stress_tips.html
  • Harvard Health Publications (January 2015). Relaxation techniques: Breath control helps quell errant stress response: http://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response
  • OSU Extension, Live Smart Ohio (2015). MIndful Extension: http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mindful-extension/

REFERENCES:

  • Anderson, N., Belar, C., Breckler, S., Nordal K., Ballard D., Bufka, L.,... Wiggins, K., ( February 2015). Stress in America: Paying with our health. American Psychological Association. Retrieved from: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2014/stress-report.pdf
  • Countryside Recreation Network. (2006) A Countryside for Health and Wellbeing: The Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Green Exercise [Online]. Available from: http://www.thehealthwell.info/node/3900 [Accessed: 14th January 2016].
  • Jacubowski, A., Abeln, V., Vogt, T., Yi, B., Choukèr, A., Fomina, E., & ... Schneider, S. (2015). The impact of long-term confinement and exercise on central and peripheral stress markers. Physiology & Behavior, 152(Pt A), 106-111. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.017
  • Ozbeyli, D., Gokalp, A. G., Koral, T., Ocal, O. Y., Dogan, B., Akakin, D., & ... Kasimay, O. (2015). Protective effect of exercise and sildenafil on acute stress and cognitive function. Physiology & Behavior, 151230-237. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.07.030
  • Schneiderman, N., Ironson, G., & Siegel, S. D. (2005). Stress and health: psychological, behavioral, and biological determinants. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 607.
  • Vella, E. J., Milligan, B., & Bennett, J. L. (2013). Participation in outdoor recreation program predicts improved psychosocial well-being among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study. Military Medicine, 178(3), 254-260. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00308- Nature/ the outdoors/ being outside may aid in dealing with stressful situations
  • Watson, D., & Pennebaker, J. W. (1989). Health complaints, stress, and distress: exploring the central role of negative affectivity. Psychological review, 96(2), 234
  • Westlund, S. (2015). 'Becoming human again': Exploring connections between nature and recovery from stress and post-traumatic distress. Work: Journal Of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 50(1), 161-174.
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.lib.ohiostate.edu/science/article/pii/S0031938415300445

I Think I’ll Go For A Walk Outside

“I just can’t stay inside all day, I gotta get out, get me some of those rays.” These words often bounce around my brain like the cheery melody of “Sunshine Day” (sung by the Brady Bunch). When I’m walking, sometimes I find myself being able to think creatively or find I’m just in a better […]

WRITTEN BY: Kristen Corry, Family and Consumer Science Educator, Ohio State University Extension Butler County

REVIEWED BY: Melinda Hill, Family and Consumer Science Educator, Ohio State University Extension Wayne County

REFERENCES:

  • "Stanford Study Finds Walking Improves Creativity" Retrieved from: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/april/walking-vs-sitting-042414.html
  • "How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain" Retrieved from: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/how-nature-changes-the-brain/?_r=0

Crisis Mode

If you have ever spent any time in your life in a crisis situation, you know the feelings of stress, anxiety, panic and hopelessness that come with it. Crises come in many forms and can hit anyone at any point in his or her life. I spent a few weeks in crisis recently when my […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County.

REVIEWED BY: Christine Kendle, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Tuscarawas County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • The Student Affairs Collective. https://studentaffairscollective.org/learning-through-the-pain-developing-from-crisis/

SOURCES:

  • University of Florida’s Counseling and Wellness Center http://www.counseling.ufl.edu/cwc/maintaining-the-balance-a-self-help-guide-for-students.aspx
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center Patient Education http://wexnermedical.osu.edu/patient-care/healthcare-services/integrative-complementary-medicine/mindfulness-practices

The Common Experience Known as Loneliness

 At one time or another throughout life we experience loneliness. Yes, feeling isolated or disconnected from others is not uncommon. Even though there might be people surrounding us, this painful feeling occurs to different people, for different reasons, at different degrees. Just to name a few times people might encounter loneliness, picture the freshman at […]

WRITTEN BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, Heart of Ohio EERA, heer.7@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Lucas County, powers-barker.1@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/umbrella-beach-rainy-day-waiting-170962/

REFERENCES:

  • http://cmhc.utexas.edu/loneliness.html
  • https://www.utdallas.edu/counseling/loneliness/
  • http://blogs.psychcentral.com/emotionally-sensitive/2012/03/loneliness/
  • http://wexnermedical.osu.edu/patient-care/healthcare-services/integrative-complementary-medicine/mindfulness-practices

Balancing Act – Helping You Find Your Balance

With the start of a new school year do you find yourself going in several directions with numerous obligations? If you have children or teens, you may find the start of after school activities has you running in circles. My children are grown adults but I remember those days – rushing to pick them up […]

REVIEWED BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Fairfield County, carter.413@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Kyle Ryan

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