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Stress

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How to Break Free From Fear

A shamanic healer explains how fear drains our vitality — and how we can reclaim more energy.
By Karen Olson
Emotional IntelligenceMental Health
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How to Ramp Up Your Energy

Is your body experiencing an energy shortage? Learn how your system creates and uses energy and you'll have a better shot at ramping up production to meet demand.
By Jennifer Barrett
ImmunitySleep
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How to Make Bath Salts

This simple and fragrant bath salts recipe can be modified endlessly to meet your mood.
By Courtney Lewis Opdahl
Stress
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7 Hidden Triggers of the Sympathetic Stress Response

Here are a few surprising ways we can be triggered without even knowing it.
By Aviva Romm, MD
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
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How Percussive Therapy Can Benefit Your Health

Muscles tight or sore? Stressed? Having trouble sleeping? These devices have risen in popularity as an at-home tool to help provide relief for a variety of symptoms and grievances.
By Jason Stella, CPT, PES, CES
Fitness TipsPain Relief
A woman using a Hyperice device on her traps.

4 Beginner Ways to Use Your Percussive Device

Do you have or are you thinking about getting a Hyperice or other percussive therapy device? Here are four ways we suggest using it.
By Anika Christ, RD, CPT and Lindsay Ogden, CPT
Fitness TipsRecovery
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The Stress Alarm

Our biological stress response operates the same whether threats are real or perceived. Here's how your system reacts.
By Aviva Romm, MD
Functional/Integrative MedicineStress
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5 Weight-Loss Tips That Have Nothing to Do With Food

A Life Time dietitian and trainer shares the five non-food habits that help drive her clients with a weight-loss goal to success.
By Anika Christ, RD, CPT
SleepStress
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4 Signs That You’re Stuck in Overdrive

Here are four signals that your body may be having trouble downshifting.
By Aviva Romm, MD
Stress
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Post-Election Stress-Relief Yoga Workout

Feeling the weight of extra stress right now? Try this quick yoga designed to reduce mental stress and anxiety, as well as tension in your shoulders, neck, jaw, and hips.
By Tory Schaefer
StressYoga
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A Time for Self-Care

With election day 2020 officially behind us, take some time to prioritize you in the days ahead.
By Life Time Editorial Team
Personal DevelopmentStress
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How to Find Stillness

Frazzled? Scattered? A few moments of meditative silence can ground you in peace and calmness for the rest of the day.
By Cheryl Richardson
Mindfulness/MeditationStress
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3 Healthier Stress Responses

Use these techniques to consciously shift your body's response to stress into a state that’s calm, secure, and replenished.
By Aviva Romm, MD
Mental HealthStress
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Reset Your Stress Response

Being on high alert for too long can put you into adrenal overdrive. Learn how to shift from fight-or-flight mode into calmer states that help your body recover.
By Aviva Romm, MD
Stress
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How to Lower Your Political Stress Level

A constant barrage of political advertising and infighting can raise your anxiety level. Here’s how to calm down this election season.
By Jon Spayde
Mental HealthStress
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The Need for Self-Care

Overcoming blockers to — and guilt around — self-care can be challenging, especially for women. But making time to care for yourself is vital for your health and well-being — and for your family, too.
By Molly Kopischke
SleepStress
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9 Types of Emotional Triggers

Feeling discounted, vulnerable, and self-conscious are just three common categories of emotional triggers.
By David Richo, PhD
Emotional IntelligenceMental Health
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How Exercise Heals

Regular physical activity can help us recover more quickly, heal more easily, and get an edge over all kinds of disease and injury. In fact, exercise may just be nature’s best medicine.
By Experience Life Staff
Alzheimer’s & DementiaFitness Tips
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When to Seek Help for Anxiety

If you're struggling with anxiety and unsure whether to seek help or ride it out, consider the following factors.
By Alexandra Smith, MA, LPCC 
Depression & AnxietyMental Health
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18 Ways to Break Your Cellphone Habit

Feel like your smartphone is controlling your life? These strategies can help you set it down and reclaim control of your time.
By Helen Martineau
Healthy Habits/Goal SettingMindful Technology
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Talks — S2, EP2 / How Anxiety Manifests + Tools For Managing It

Tingling fingers. A nervous stomach. Distractedness. Did you know these can all be signs of anxiety? In this episode, Life Time MindCoach Brie Vortherms, MA, LMFT, speaks to how our bodies react to anxiety and offers useful practices we can all use to feel better in those moments.

With Brie Vortherms
Depression & AnxietyMindfulness/Meditation
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