Stress Archives - The Art of Standing

Grit Bits – Forget About Stress – Yisrael Kristal, 112

by Dennis Ritchie | Mar 31, 2016 | Courage, Featured, Never Give Up, Purpose, Stress | 2 |

Stress Kills? For those of you worrying about all of the studies that supposedly show that stress...

Alone Time – I Am More Than My To-Do List

by Dennis Ritchie | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog, Exercise, Featured, Nature, Pets, Play, Stress | 2 |

It’s no party Nineteen months ago, thanks to a serious drug reaction, Mom came to live with...

Monday De-stresser: Window Treatment

by Dennis Ritchie | May 6, 2013 | Blog, Featured, Health, Recovery, Stress | 0 |

For three decades I sat staring out a control room window that led to another room. Over time I...

Monday De-stresser

by Dennis Ritchie | Apr 22, 2013 | Blog, Exercise, Featured, Mental, Physical, Stress | 0 |

Stress is mental. Most of the time when we are stressed out nothing is happening to us physically....

59 Reasons For A Playcation!

by Dennis Ritchie | Apr 5, 2013 | Adventure, Blog, Connections, Creativity, Emotional, Featured, Health, Mental, Nature, Perspective, Play, Recovery, Stress, Travel | 0 |

Vacations are recess for adults. It’s playing hooky for people out of school. They are a...

Rewire Your Brain With Your Feet

by Dennis Ritchie | Apr 2, 2013 | Blog, Brain Fun, Dogs, Featured, Health, Mental, Nature, Pets, Physical, Play, Recovery, Stress, Video | 0 |

Here’s a list of things you can do to improve your mood and rewire your brain: Look at...

Day-cation

by Dennis Ritchie | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog, Dogs, Featured, Nature, Pets, Recovery, Stress, Travel | 0 |

Living in a rain forest, we can’t really count on the weatherman to be right like the rest...

Begin Badly!

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 22, 2013 | Courage, Emotional, Encouragement, Featured, Music, Stress, Success | 2 |

There’s only one way to start something new, and that’s badly. You will not know what...

The Joy Choice – Part Two

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 19, 2013 | Health, Spiritual, Stress | 2 |

I took pictures. I made notes. I had one interesting moment. That’s it. I was expecting to have a difficult day at the hospital with Mom. All of the elements for a fun-free afternoon were there. None of them happened. It...

Respect for Soccer Moms

by Dennis Ritchie | Feb 5, 2013 | Blog, Emotional, Encouragement, Endurance, Never Give Up, Pets, Stress | 0 |

I have to go on record that soccer moms have a tough job. My wife, Suzie, was a lacrosse mom. Well, actually a lacrosse, drama, girl scout, school, home school, homework, piano lesson, softball, t-ball, grocery shopping,...