Health - Stress and Worry

June 8, 2010

Interview with Tony Schwartz, author of the book The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

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Mike Carruthers:
To be effective, productive, and to maintain your energy level there appears to be some wisdom in the idea that you should pace yourself.

Tony Schwartz:
What the research really tells us about the ideal way to work is to alternate periods of high focus with periods of renewal.

June 7, 2010

Interview with Tony Schwartz, author of the book The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

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Mike Carruthers:
You’re energy is the fuel that gets you through the day, but here’s the problem…

Tony Schwartz:
We are really good at spending energy and it’s the thing that gets valued in this world, and we tend not to take seriously the importance of renewing or restoring our energy.

June 1, 2010

Interview with Andrew Bernstein, author of the book The Myth of Stress: Where Stress Really Comes From and How to Live a Happier and Healthier Life

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Mike Carruthers:
When you get stressed out what’s really going on in your mind is that you’re thinking…

Andrew Bernstein:
Life should be different than it is - and as a result of that belief we experience a negative emotional charge.

April 26, 2010

Interview with Dr. Rachael Heller, co-author of the book The Stress-Eating Cure: Lose Weight with the No-Willpower Solution to Stress-Hunger and Cravings

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you call yourself a stress eater?

Dr. Rachael Heller:
Stress eating is the recurring craving or intense desire for food (starchy sweets or junk foods) and it is a response to your body’s inability to handle the physical, emotional or psychological demands on it.
 

April 22, 2010

Interview with Daphne Rose Kingma, author of the book The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart: An Emotional and Spiritual Handbook

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Mike Carruthers:
Although that is seems that there is some light at the end of the tunnel this recession has taken it’s toll on so many of us.

Daphne Rose Kingma:
There are waves of crisis that have kind of swept through our world in a way that hasn’t been true maybe since the Great Depression.
 

March 17, 2010

Interview with Dr. Brain Alman of www.BeautySleepTonight.com

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Mike Carruthers:
One big reason people have trouble falling asleep is that the mind and body are out of sync. Here’s what happens…

Dr. Brain Alman:
When you go to bed at night your body is exhausted but your mind will not shut up, you can’t stop that busy, over-thinking, over-analyzing, doubting, skeptical, “Did I do enough?”- all of that.
 

February 17, 2010

Interview with William Sears, M.D., author of the book Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer

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Mike Carruthers:
To be healthy you can’t go wrong following mom’s advice.

William Sears, M.D.:
You know (your) mother summed this up years ago when she said, “Eat your fruits and veggies and go outside and play” – that was the key to health at all ages.

February 16, 2010

Interview with William Sears, M.D., author of the book Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer

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Mike Carruthers:
How healthy you are and how healthy you stay is in large part up to you.

William Sears, M.D.:
I think that many people don’t realize for example, that their bodies make their own internal medicine – that if you do certain things, your body is a walking pharmacy.

Dr. William Sears, author of the book Prime-Time Health…

February 11, 2010

Interview with Dr. John M. Kennedy, author of the book The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day

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Mike Carruthers:
When you get stressed what does that feel like?

Dr. John M. Kennedy:
You might feel a knot in your stomach, I might feel sweaty palms or someone else might feel a racing heart beat. But that’s a cue or invitation to you to stop stress in its tracks.

February 10, 2010

Interview with Dr. John M. Kennedy, author of the book The 15 Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you say your life is stressful? If so you should realize that stress is tough on your heart.

Dr. John M. Kennedy:
And as a cardiologist, I’ve seen thousands of examples of how emotional stress directly impacts, and wreaks havoc actually on our cardiovascular health.