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menopause – Stress Management For Menopause – How to Trade Stress For Peace of Mind

There’s a reason that stress management strategies need to be an essential part of every woman’s menopausal self-care program. Let’s face it, menopause is a stressful time in our lives.

Stress is a menace that knows no boundaries. We all feel it and its effects on our lives. It must be acknowledged and handled. And while we can all point to different “stressful” aspects of life, whether they be family related, work related, health related or any other of the many possible options from the menu, we must also understand that stress can also be identified as a self-imposed mental state.

Yes, I know, it’s not easy to think of our stress as being self-imposed. It’s much easier to think it’s hoisted upon us. While life certainly does include stressful circumstances, the mental state with which we greet stress plays a LARGE role. So, in reducing stress and its effects we are striving for peace of mind. You cannot simultaneously experience tranquility and stress, in the same way that you cannot simultaneously experience joy and anger. How do you capture peace of mind?

Good question, and one that’s been asked throughout time. And it’s an important question to ask because it acknowledges that we have the power within us to be at peace, or at least more peaceful. We have the ability to make stress less menacing so that the symptoms of stress, whether they are related to menopausal symptoms or not, do not get the best of us.

Where to begin? First, recognize that peace of mind does not shift with changing circumstances. If you have peace of mind, you can handle both adversity and good fortune with calm confidence. With peace of mind, your thought process stays the course and does not swing back and forth depending on the events of your life. With peace of mind your moods don’t meander all over the place. It’s how you think about events that sets the tone for peace.

We will all have to handle fear, loneliness, rejection, illness, death, financial misfortunes, and loss of love during the course of our lives. Where we differ from one another is in how each of us handles these feelings and events as they come into our lives. This, to a large extent, will determine whether our lives will be stressful or tranquil.

Here are 3 tips for developing a powerful and less stressful mind-set.

Tip #1 Accept the inevitable.

There are some things you simply can’t do anything about. Discernment is KEY. What is difficult, but something you CAN DO something about, is very different from the inevitable. Accepting the inevitable is not being negative, it’s actually positive.

What’s negative is not being able to ignore the inevitable and move on with your life. We’ve all heard the saying, “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.” Accepting the inevitable and focusing on the things you CAN do something about is virtually guaranteed to lower your stress level!

Tip #2 Understand that life isn’t perfect or necessarily fair.

You can reduce your stress by accepting the reality that there is no perfect child, parent, spouse, home, city, or job. Think about some of the things you perceive must be perfect in order for you to be at peace. See if you can change your mind-set and lower your stress level.

Tip #3 Let go of worrying and stewing about problems that don’t exist.

Do you live in a “what if” world?

Do you project that everything that can go wrong will go wrong? Do you fret about menopausal symptoms you don’t have, but could? Do you worry about other health conditions?

When the results of your routine physical, pap smear, or mammogram come back negative, you feel relieved. Until you get the results it’s easy for you to stress out. But that’s a good example of being stressed over a problem that doesn’t exist. The problem becomes real only if, and when, the results come back positive.

Reflect on a time when you “supposed” and got all stressed out, only to find it didn’t turn out like you anticipated it would. Stress starts in our minds with our imaginations. If you dwell on what might happen in your life, then you can’t focus on what actually IS happening!

Remember these three tips: accept the inevitable, recognize that life is not perfect or fair, and let go of stewing about problems. Use them as ways to trade your stress for some peace of mind. This will make the stress you feel during menopause much more manageable.

Shelli Stein is a Fitness and Nutrition Specialist and author of the book “The Truth About Menopause.” To receive a copy of her Special Free Report, “7 Simple Strategies You Can Use Today for Looking Better, Feeling Better and Optimizing Your Health During Menopause”, visit http://www.activemenopauselifestyle.com You can also find out more information about symptom relief and all other aspects of menopausal health at her blog: http://www.activemenopauselifestyle.com/blog/

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Anti-aging Nutritional Supplements To Retain Youth

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In order to retain a youthful appearance, it’s essential to eat healthy and exercise. Antiaging nutritional supplements and antioxidants play a vital role in our quest to stay young. Uncover these secrets that delay the onset of aging.

The desire that most people have in common is to slow down the onset of aging. While the onset of aging may not be able to be stopped completely, you may be able to delay it by taking antiaging nutritional supplements and antioxidants.

Extensive studies and researchers have concluded over the years that antioxidants can retard the aging process by attacking the free radicals that weaken your immune system and makes your body susceptible to aging and diseases.

Research and studies of intake of antioxidants have shown that those who were supplementing their diet showed lesser signs of aging than those who did not. Antioxidants work with your immune system, making it stronger and healthier in order to delay the cycle of aging.

There are antiaging nutritional supplements and antioxidants found in the form of capsules, which you should not take until you have consulted your medical doctor even if these drugs can be purchased without prescription.

Another means of getting your daily intake of antiaging antioxidants is to focus your diet on healthy foods such as vegetables and fruits, white lean meat such as chicken, turkey or fish. If you cannot reach your daily intake of vitamins and minerals through your food, you can ask your healthcare practitioner or a dietician for guidance and expertise. By asking for advice from your general practitioner or dietician you will be get a proper diet plan, which will be formulated for your body and metabolism. If the diet alone is not enough a supplement will be advised as well.

Depending on your lifestyle and activities, a medical practitioner and/or dietician will be able to help you delay the aging cycle by right intake of antioxidants in your food and via other supplements as well.

There are many antiaging supplements that can be purchased for those of us who wish to delay the aging process and not get too many wrinkles. If you’re thinking about using an antiaging supplement it is always best to embark on nature’s way before exploring the other options.

There are many benefits for purchasing natural antiaging supplements. Some of these benefits include minimal or absent side effects, easy to obtain and use. Antiaging supplements include natural supplements that are rich in antioxidants. These particular supplements are vitamin C, vitamin E and green tea. For more information on nutritional supplements, visit http://www.bodysupplementsinfo.com

Vitamin C

A well-known vitamin that serves as an antiaging supplement, in the role as an antioxidant, is vitamin C. Vitamin C has demonstrated promising results in repelling free radicals. A effective plan to take vitamin C is a nutrition plan that includes healthy portions of fruits and vegetables. A diet rich in vitamin C, along with minimizing intake of food loaded with fat, will be effective in reducing the effects of aging.

Vitamin E

As an antiaging supplement, antioxidants have been known to be successful at combating free radicals. An effective antioxidant is vitamin E. Specifically, consuming vitamin E protects certain cell membranes within the body that are attacked by free radicals. In providing this protection the fatty cell membranes fight against being mutated and therefore decrease the possibilities of cancerous cell growth from happening.

Also, vitamin E can be found in antiaging supplements that protect the skin from the aging process. Used as an essential ingredient in creams and lotions, vitamin E helps to provide a younger looking skin. This is accomplished as vitamin E acts as a moisturizer and helps to improve the resilience of the skin. Vitamin E can be found in supplements and many natural forms of food. These foods include fruits and vegetables.

Green Tea Extract

One additional supplement found naturally in food products is green tea. When made into a hot drink or taken in supplement form, this antioxidant has produced encouraging results as an antiaging supplement. Similar to vitamin C and E in its ability to fight free radicals, green tea has distinguished itself by outperforming other supplements in its ability to perform in this antioxidant role. The antioxidant role of green tea has not only revealed its capability to protect cells from cancer, but also to protect the heart and the possible resistance to other illnesses that could weaken the body.


In order to retain a youthful appearance, it’s essential to eat healthy and exercise. Staying out of direct sun or applying an appropriate sun screen is also vital. Sun can badly damage your skin, and will give you wrinkles if you don’t avoid it’s damaging rays. Antioxidants assist your body to combat everyday dangers which we have to face whether we like it or not.

Visit http://www.antiaginglifesecrets.com/ for more advice on antiaging and skin care.

By Gregory de Villiers
Published: 11/18/2006
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