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                                                     by Karen Karsten

Are you running in a stress-fueled emergency mode a lot?  Along with career and economic stresses, life events such as marriage, divorce, moving, death in the family are stressors, too. The body reacts to stress by perceiving whatever it is as a threat and prepares you by kicking your defenses into high gear.

For some people, stress is so prevalent in their life, they no longer notice it-they are in a "stress rut."  

Even if you are "successfully" ignoring stress, it still exacts a price from your health. These ruts create a neuro-physiological wound that gets harder and harder to heal. Stress reduction can't wait until tomorrow. How do you create some kind of balance with all the stressors in your life? Do you know what your stressors are?

The first step is to actually admit and identify your stress. Here is a great site that has a checklist of stress factors.