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Dear Stress Relief Seeker,
Welcome to The Know Stress Zone! We’re glad you’re here.
How Do We Differ From Other Stress and Anxiety Websites?
The Know Stress Zone differs from many other stress management websites because it provides a dual perspective and holistic approach. Melissa Stefanski offers her expertise as a professionally trained mental health counselor and certified hypnotherapist. Ted Stefanski provides insight based on his personal struggles with anxiety and panic attacks.
Stress Relief - Where Are You?
We're on a daily treasure hunt for techniques to achieve peace of mind. We know stress and its friend, anxiety, and we don't like either one of them! If you're anything like us, you've spent a lot of time despising those dreaded "stressed out" feelings. You know the ones: Swimming thoughts that can do laps around any Olympian, the butterfly collection in your stomach, tidal waves of heart palpitations, Niagara Sweat Falls, etc. The list goes on and on.
We've also spent a lot of time trying to make these feelings go away. We've done a lot of wishing and hoping to no longer be stressed but, to be self-assured and at ease with whatever comes my way. Oh, to be as cool as a cucumber! Thus far, no one has figured out how to make stress vanish.
So, let's stop wasting any more time on trying to banish stress. Unless you live in a bubble somewhere - and even bubbles burst - there will always be stress. Instead, decide to take on a new approach to stress. Rather than trying to make stress go away, try to understand it - kind of like keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. Okay, maybe "enemy" is too strong a word to describe stress. Maybe "frienemy" is more accurate. At any rate, dealing with stress is like hitting a patch of ice on the road. Your knee-jerk reaction may be to swerve to avoid the ice only to spin out of control. A better approach is to face the ice with fortitude and glide over it.
What kind of stress relief will you find here?
The Know Stress Zone offers a comprehensive guide to manage stress. Visitors will learn effective ways to relieve stress such as diaphragmatic breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, visualization, mindfulness, autogenic training and professional hypnotherapy. There is also a children’s story section dedicated to relieving stress in children.
Let's Deal With It!
Please join us in the Know Stress Zone as we explore different ways of breaking down stress and really managing it so it doesn't break you down! As people who know stress, we're always searching for new ways to deal with it, not just put up with it. Please visit often as we frequently add new information as we get hold of it. Let's get some stress relief today and take back control! A good offense is the best defense!
The development of this website has been a labor of love, with the intention of helping anyone struggling with stress and its related issues. We are excited to help as many people as we can in search of stress relief and look forward to adding more content as we evolve.
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We wish you peace on your journey.
Sincerely,
Melissa and Ted Stefanski
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- What Is Stress?
- What is stress? In order to find relief, you first have to understand what stress is all about. More specifically: What is <em>your</em> stress all about?
- Coping with Stress
- Learn practical strategies for coping with stress. Get to the heart of the matter so you can really experience relief.
- Relaxation Techniques
- Relaxation techniques require your active participation. From breath work to guided imagery, you will find useful relaxation strategies here.
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction
- Mindfulness and Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) are relaxation techniques that brings awareness to the present to help de-clutter all the stressful thoughts in your head.
- Hypnosis for stress relief
- Hypnosis for stress relief is a powerful tool because you are reprogramming your thoughts and behavior using your mind. Learn how it works here!
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- Stress Eating: Some Good Advice
- Stress eating is a coping mechanism many of us use life becomes overwhelming. This is a humorous and practical article filled with tips to keep your mind and body happy through stressful times.
- Healthy Recipes: Being Healthy Tastes Good!
- If you're looking for healthy recipes you've come to the right place! Eating healthy food can be easy and rewarding
- Why Stop Smoking?
- Why stop smoking? Speaking from experience, this is a question all smokers should consider. I am not here to tell you to quit smoking.
- Defeat Insomnia - Catch The Z's
- How do I defeat insomnia? Insomnia is a condition where one is unable to fall asleep or stay asleep. Frankly, insomnia stinks. I hate it and it frustrates the *&%$ out of me!
- Feel Good Story of the Day
- Feel good story of the day? In a time when we are bombarded with stories of doom and gloom, it would sure be valuable to have a place to turn to for stories that are actually positive and uplifting.
- Conquer Anxiety By Letting Go - A Fisherman's Tale
- It is possible to conquer anxiety by letting go. When it comes to anxiety, we often find ourselves trying to box with phantoms of the past or future.
- Get My Ex Back: What Can I Do?
- What can I do to get my ex back? If you're asking this question, you're in the right place for some realistic advice and strategies!
- A Wealthy Mindset - The New Comfort Zone
- Having a wealthy mindset is extremely important when it comes to overcoming financial stress.
- Stress in Business: The Yin to My Yang
- Stress in business is like peanut butter and jelly, the ultimate Yin to the Yang. To have one day in business without stress, whether an employee or owner, is like spotting Bigfoot.
- Stress Headaches
- Stress headaches can ruin a perfectly good day by wreaking havoc on your ability to concentrate on anything other than pain. Know more about headaches and what you can do to feel better now.
- Finding Your Authentic Self
- It can be difficult finding your authentic self? It's more about an ongoing search for authenticity. This search should always last a lifetime because we are ever evolving.
- Stress in Children
- Stress in children is as prevalent as stress in adults. Helping children deal with stress requires some finesse. Storytelling and encouraging imagination is a great way to help stressed out kids.
- Living with stress and anxiety: Ted's Story
- "Living with stress: Ted's story" is my husband's personal account of his challenges and triumphs in living with stress, anxiety, and depression. There is light at the end of the tunnel!
- About Melissa and Ted Stefanski
- Read profiles about Melissa and Ted Stefanski , the authors of know-stress-zone.com and etsy.com/shop/InsightHypnotherapy. This is a little glimpse of where we're coming from.
- Contact Me
- Reach out and comment and/or ask questions.
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Desiderata
by Max Ehrmann
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
