10 New Things We've Learned About Stress This Year

April 1, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 10 New Things We've Learned About Stress This Year Today, April 1, marks the beginning of National Stress Awareness Month, which means it's time to put some extra focus on the role stress plays in our lives. No one is immune to stress -- and science shows that how we react to it matters, too. A bevy of research has come out in the past year alone, illustrating how our dealings with stress -- whether it's how long we ruminate over a problem, or how exactly we react to a stressful event -- can affect our health. And not only that, new studies are also coming out showing the effect stress has on our physical health. To properly grab stress by the horns, we must first understand it. Read on for some new findings that have been uncovered over the past year. And be sure to check out our previous pieces on natural ways to deal with stress, and all the ways stress is harming our health. Continue reading... 12 'Health' Foods Playing April Fools' Day Pranks On Us All Are Egg Yolks Unhealthy? Avoid These 6 Brunch Mistakes LOOK: What 5,000 Calories Of Easter Candy Looks Like What Not To Do When You Can't Sleep LOOK: What Becomes Of A Year-Old Peep When To Ignore Common Sense 10 New Things We've Learned About Stress This Year When To Ignore Common Sense 10 New Things We've Learned About Stress This Year How This WHOLE Town Is Unplugging ANJALI SAREEN Vegan Secrets: The Healthy Side Benefits I Didn't Expect When I first made the decision to adopt a vegan diet, many of the more "seasoned" vegans in my life told me about all the wonderful benefits I could expect. Those things all sounded great, but after I went vegan, I discovered a whole world of benefits no one had ever told me about. Continue reading... KRIPALU A Simple Meditation To Help You Drift Off To Sleep Though scientific studies are undecided on whether meditation actually improves sleep (some researchers say it does by easing depression, some say it makes you need less sleep, some reveal increased alertness), I find it the spiritual equivalent of counting sheep. Continue reading... PAULA DAVIS-LAACK 5 Strategies To Help You Forgive While research indicates that training in forgiveness can actually bring about improvements in both well-being and health, actually forgiving can be easier said than done. If forgiveness is something you want to practice, try one of these strategies. Continue reading... HEARTMATH LLC Could Mindfulness Start In The Heart? How does the heart relate to mindfulness? Mindfulness is about being present to what you're feeling, thinking and sensing. Connecting to our hearts enables us to be in "the heart of the moment," and if you don't want to get hooked into those thoughts and feelings, you let them pass through. Continue reading... DANIELLE HARK The Top 10 Songs To Help You Breathe After years of trying for a few seconds at a time and giving up, I finally discovered something that works for me -- listening to music about breathing. By listening to music, my mind focuses on one thing, something relaxing, and I can breathe without the silence doing me in. It's still not easy, but it helps. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003