Just what is stress anyway?

Stress is definitely the pop disease of the 21st century. Just a few years ago, the condition was simply known as “stress.” Today it has many common subcategories such as road rage, telephone rage, image stress, technostress, mid-life crisis, early mid-life crisis: the list goes on. However, stress is really the same condition that has always plagued humans throughout time. There just seems to be an epidemic happening at present. Why is this? To answer this question, we must look at what stress actually is. Those common feelings of stress that most of us are familiar with: churning stomach, tension … Continue reading

Marriage Tips – The Mid-Life Crisis Myth

Is it possible that the mid-life crisis is a myth? There are plenty of pop-culture references to the mid-life crisis that may drive a man out of his marriage and into choices such as an affair with a much younger woman, dressing younger, behaving irresponsibly and of course, driving the sports car. However, the MacArthur Foundation completed a ten-year study that indicates the mid-life crisis may be a myth because living longer has given us more longevity in the varying stages of our lives and mid-life is one of the best places in life to be. Their study concluded that: … Continue reading