Tag Archive for: stress

The Balance Wheel: A Simple Resilience Tool for Times of Stress

By: Lauren Chee 

At times when stress hits us hard, we may need some quick and practical resilience tools. Read more

‘Nope Speed’ – Moving So Fast That You Fall Apart… Sound Familiar?

By: Third Space, City Bible Forum

I love watching the Slow Mo Guys on YouTube. There is something so appealing about watching destruction at 28,500 frames per second. They spin an apple faster and faster until they find the apple’s ‘nope-speed’ of 6565 RPM and it disintegrates into fruit salad. Your eyes are glued to the screen as the apple spins towards inevitable destruction.
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6 Surprising Self-Care Strategies that Work

By: Dr Justin Coulson

Picture this scenario:

You’re opening up to a friend about the overwhelming challenges you face as you juggle your children and your multitudinous other responsibilities. You outline the weight of the burdens you carry. The kids, the job, the financial stress, the endless laundry, and the fact that you are the one carrying the mental load of the household. Read more

Listen For the Voice that Can Only Be Heard in Stillness

By: Sheridan Voysey

Stop. Breathe. Interrupt the rush. There is deep meaning to be found in our everyday lives, but we won’t find it if we don’t pause to reflect, listening for the Voice that can only be heard in stillness. Read more

Creating Healthy Workplaces for Employees to Thrive

By: McCrindle

Workplace well-being can often be a sensitive topic with almost three in four Australian workers (73%) experiencing a degree of workplace stress (extremely, very or somewhat stressed in their work). Read more

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To the Tired Mamas Running Themselves Ragged

By: Jennie Scott

I know.

I know that what looks easy in your life takes great planning and coordination and a whole lot of work plus a little bit of luck. Read more

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Speak the Future into Today

By: Dr Eliezer Gonzalez

How should we live our lives if we believe in the Good News of the Kingdom of God? That was the question on the minds of the thousands of people who gathered to hear Jesus teach on a mountainside two thousand years ago. Read more

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When the Way You’re Living Your Life Has to Change

By: Elaine Fraser

I sat on the couch next to my husband and every word he spoke grated against my soul. It was like fingernails scratching down an old-school blackboard. Everything in me felt scraped and raw and I wanted to scream, ‘Shut up!’ Read more

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Storms Are Life

By: Elaine Fraser

For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time to still be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. Alfred Souza Read more