What Causes High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure can be caused by many things.  You can inherit it – or a tendency toward high blood pressure.  It can be caused by cardiovascular disease or certain medications.  It can be caused by stress.  That’ s the focus of this article.  Stress-related high blood pressure and how to reduce the stress, using STRESS JUDO.

There are as many stress management techniques as there are human beings on earth.  Some people like deep breathing and meditation.  Others prefer taking action straight at the stressor.  Still others prefer to avoid the stressor.  STRESS JUDO, our program, teaches you to do all 3 – and 9 other components – to defend against the bad health effects of stress, to attck the stressor,  and to evaluate how efective your performance was.

One neat aspect of STRESS JUDO is that you don’t have to get all hung up on the definition of stress or on the signs of stress ofr any of that.  If you feel stress, you will know instantly what part of STRESS JUDO to begin with

STRESS JUDO begins with creative problem solving, so you have the tools the attack the stressor.  You next move to time management (to be able to plan and manage your strategy of stress elimination), creative thinking, and self examination.  By now you can analyze a stressor, develop a plan to attack, creatively think of possibvilities and ramifications, and can look at yoiurself and the situation to judge whether what you are doing is correct.

The next levels – or belts – of STRESS JUDO strengthen your inner will and self-discipine, coaching, and staying fit and the proper use of meditation.  You finish at the Black Belt level, which teaches you to access energy at anytime necessary, and how to develop your own stress management system.

By combining and practicing these techniques, there is a possibility that you can reduce high blood pressure due to extrernal forces.  STRESS JUDO also changes yor outlook on life.  People are no longer assumed to be adversaries. Work is not presumed to be your own private hell.  STRESS JUDO will give you confidence to handle life’s toughest stress situations.

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JON AND KATE AND HOW STRESS JUDO COULD HAVE HELPED

Everyone is watching the unfortunate breakdown of Jon and Kate Gosselin’s marriage. It is now the saga of Jon and Kate divorce.  It is a private tragedy playing out in public.  And everyone is asking what could have prevented this.  Well, first and foremost, everyone should probably be looking at the characters of the people involved. And maybe STRESS JUDO could have helped.

 Having your every move, especially how you raise your kids, seems to be the definition of stress, doesn’t it?  And in such a high-pressure situation, simplistic stress reduction techniques like meditation or taking a break is clearly inadequate.  But the signs of stress were obvious to anyone who watched the show.   So what components of the STRESS JUDO stress management system could have helped them?

 The fourth component of STRESS JUDO is “self-examination.”  It is a key component of handling stress to periodically examine yourself to see how you are reacting to the stress. Are you handling it in a positive manner?  By engaging in self examination, you can review whether you are handling the stress, or whether it is overwhelming you.  Or, in the case of Jon and Kate, whether it is changing you into someone you don’t want to be.

 The sixth component of STRESS JUDO is spiritual growth.  This does not mean to pick a particular religion or philosophy.  It means to define your values and to handle the stress in line with your values and morals.  It means to strengthen your will and self discipline, to be able to withstand temptations to deviate from what you believe to be right and moral.

 The seventh component of STRESS JUDO is coaching.  You should have a coach or role model for how you handle stress.  At a certain level, this requires you to humble yourself to be able to learn from someone else.  This component also talks about coaching yourself.  Again, to engage in self examination.

 The above components are only 3 of the 12 components of STRESS JUDO. It seems to me these are the 3 most applicable to the Jon and Kate situation, to be able to have helped them.  Had either one of them really self-examined, he or she might have seen what the show was doing to him or her and to their family. Had either one of them examined his or her own values and philosophy, they would have seen how far the show and the pseudo-fame was pulling them from their core values.  Finally, had either of them used a coach – or even decided  to be his or her own coach – they would have seen that they weren’t handling being parents and celebrities very well.

Could STRESS JUDO have saved this marriage?  The answer of course is purely speculative.  But STRERSS JUDO has all the components to have given them the best shot at surviving the stress of the show and the fans and the pressures of sudden fame and fortune.  Maybe it can help your situation too.

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STRESS MANAGEMENT OR STRESS REDUCTION? WHY NOT BOTH?

 The definition of stress is the internal resistance of an object to an external force. In other words, how your body and psyche react to forces outside you. There’s “good” stress – like how do you spend the huge lottery jackpot? But for most people, there is only bad stress. The stress that keeps you up at night, gives you high blood pressure, has you gaining weight and being snappy and surly to your friends and family. So should you “manage” this stress? Or reduce it? Or both?

Stress management is the overall term applied to how you consciously handle stress. But too many stress management programs are one-trick ponies. Use meditation, which makes you feel good inside, but does not attack the stressor. Use stress reduction techniques like problem solving may get rid of the stressor, but your body is suffering the physical symptoms of anxiety and stress.

The proper answer to how to deal with stress is to both manage and reduce it. By managing stress, we mean how you recognize the signs of stress and the effects of stress on the body. You control how your body and emotions react to the stressor. The purpose is to reduce the symptoms of stress, so that your body and mind are in a strengthened state, capable of fighting against stress. By stress reduction, we mean the techniques and tactics to attack and destroy the stressor. The purpose is to eliminate the stress, so that the effects of stress on the body stop being compounded by unrelenting stress.

To get maximum stress relief, your stress management system should be managing the stress and at the same time, reducing it. You actually do not need to choose. You can have a system that analyzes the stressor, strengthens your body and will to fight stress, and kicks your creative thinking and gime mangement skills into high gear, to eliminate the stress. The bad health effects of stress on the body are minimized. The effect on your emotions is elation and confidence.

STRESS JUDO will give you 2 FREE reports, for only the costs “internet shipping” – that would be $0.00 for domestic requests, and an additional $0.00 for international requests. These reports will outline the most comprehensive stress management system available. It will change how you view stress. And in doing so, it will change how you view life: from never-ending stress to never-ending opportunities.

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You’re An Idiot And Your Dog Hates You

Most stress management systems make it sound so easy to get rid of stress.  “Relax!” they say.  “Meditate” or “breathe deep.”  Or my favorite: “find a nice place to escape to.”  Now, this is why I say you’re an idiot – if you buy this.  What if your heart surgeon or lawyer used THIS stress management system?  The lights go out in the operating room.  Do you want your doctor to breathe deep and think about some tropical island? Or do you want your doctor to handle the situation calmly?  Do you want your lawyer to throw his or her hands up and go to the beach when the other attorney starts a blistering cross examination?  Or do you want your lawyer focused on what’s happening, modifying your strategy and surviving the cross examination to ultimately win the case?

 

STRESS JUDO has meditation as a component.  It has deep breathing as a component.  But it also has goal setting and time management, creative problem solving, and self examination as components. Because proper stress management means dealing with:

1. The stressor.  Develop creative problem solving and take control of your time.
2. Your internal weapons: Develop creative thinking and self examination.
3. Your will. Develop your will and spirit, and learn how to set goals.
4. Your mastery.  Coach others and develop your own stress management system.
5. Your stamina. Get physically fit and learn meditation.
6. Your domination. Learn to tap energy as needed, and develop daily practice.

 

These 6 steps, broken down into 12 components, combine the best features of single-component stress management systems, into a comprehensive stress management system.  Meditation is necessary for stress management, just like a quarterback is necessary fir a football team to succeed.  But it is not stress management any more than the quarterback is the football team.

 

By developing and using each component, your ability to identify and destroy stressors in your life is vastly improved.  You gradually turn stressful situations into opportunities for growth and improvement.  Fear of stress is replaced by excited anticipation of the next challenge.

So why the title?  Because stress management systems that teach you 1 or 2 techniques basically think you are an idiot for believing that they will handle all the stress in your life.  You know stress comes in different forms.  Stress from deadlines requires a different response than the stress of facing muggers in a dark alley.  Stress from getting a bad medical diagnosis is not handled by meditating on it.  Stress from facing your best rival in an athletic competition is not handled by only deep breathing.

 

And the dog part?  Well, if you spend all your time meditating, breathing deeply, and taking trips to exotic locations, your dog WILL hate you.

 

So learn to turn stress on itself and pull and opportunity out of it.  You’ll be happier. You won’t be an idiot.  And your dog will love you.

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4 Steps To Get Rid of Procrastination, Now!

Do you put off your work for later, only to find your deadlines steadily creeping in? Then you, my friend, are one of the millions of people afflicted by the procrastination virus. Procrastination is the biggest reason for loss of productivity and late output. Though many would not admit it, they would benefit greatly if they start their work on time.

For many people, putting off their work for later is more habit than desire. It can be so hard to get into a groove where starting your tasks in a timely fashion is a priority, especially if the consequences for being late are things that one can probably bear.

If you are one of these people, yet you desire to shake off your propensity for procrastination, then you have come to the right place. Here are a few tips to help you overcome this dilemma and become a more productive and reliable person.

1. Set schedules – It is very important that you have a list of activities to accomplish per day. This will help you realistically budget your time and resources. One of the cardinal sins people commit in regards to performing their tasks is to put off their work because they feel like there is so much time left. A journal, organizer, or calendar of events will help you plan and schedule your task so that you can start them promptly and finish them on time.

2. Save the Vacation for Later – Many people put their work off for later saying, “I’ll just have a little fun then buckle down to work later.” While it may be true that they may have more than enough time to accomplish their tasks, it would be better if they finished their work first and relax afterwards.

Wouldn’t relaxation be sweeter if it were after a taxing job? If you choose to lay back and relax before doing your tasks, you will be more prone to burnout and will have nothing exciting left to look forward to after accomplishing a task. It is always better to have slack period AFTER a job than before one, especially considering that people are wont to overusing their slack time. This is suicide if you are heading towards a deadline.

3. Never Underestimate Your Tasks – Sometimes procrastination sets in because people underestimate the resources, difficulty, and time spent for a particular task. They will usually say, “It’s just mowing the lawn, its easy; I could do it in a jiffy.” The problem is, no matter how trivial the task, it still takes time and resources to accomplish. If you underestimate a task, you will most likely set too little time to do it and schedule it too close to its deadline.

4. Don’t Allow Yourself to Get Comfortable Doing Nothing – It would definitely help if you kept a subconscious alarm whenever you are doing nothing. Get this alarm to remind you of things that may need to be done. This will help you foster the notion that jobs accomplished now means more time for relaxation later. However, even if this is the case, do not forget to put ample time in for rest and to remove all thoughts of troubles before hitting the sack. The trick here, however, is not to overdo you rest. There is a difference between resting and idling. Always set the right amount of time for rest and stick to that schedule.

STRESS JUDO teaches a method of time management and goal setting called “TF30” – what must be done Today, what must be done by Friday, and what must be done in the next 30 days.

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Stress Management Anxiety Reduction Is Possible And Easy

Isn’t it ironic that you worry about stress and anxiety?  Because when you worry, you feel stress and become more anxious!  In fact, some research shows that worrying or anticipating a panic attack is one of the main causes of anxiety attacks.  What if you not only did not fear stress – but looked forward to it?

STRESS JUDO is a stress management program consisting of 12 components.  These are arranged to build on one another while you grow from yellow belt to black belt mastery of stress.  It starts with improving your creative problem skills.  What? Bet you never saw that in a stress management program!  There is a meditation component.  But it is the type of meditation that samurai practiced.  Focused yet aware.  Concentrated yet open to all knowledge.  One thing it is not is the “lavendar plug in and crappy New Age music” garbage peddled as meditation.

We have 2 FREE reports that explain STRESS JUDO.

To get the first, just sign in at Overview.  You will receive the free report (plus a few more), and our peridoic newsletter.  You will alos learn of the STRESS JUDO community (which includes the correct use of Twitter).

To get the other report, just go to Success.  This is a report that I compiled, to help STRESS JUDO students in their training.  It actually doesn’t mention STRESS JUDO, but it is (I hope) an example to you of the type of support we give our students.

If you are looking to reduce the frequency of panic attacks…

If you need to eliminate stress from your life…

If you are sick and tired of being sick tired because of the physical symptoms of anxiety attack…

Sgng up now at STRESS JUDO and learn what to do to relieve stress.

Thank you.

Rick Carter

Indianapolis, IN

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