Clearing the Stress of Money

 

As you may know, money worries have become one of the single greatest stress factors in today's society.

If you Google the phrase "worry over money", you'll find over 256 Million entries.

A study at Brandies University has shown that the highest cortisol levels are found in older adults suffering from money stress.

Cortisol is the hormone that our body produces under stress. A little cortisol is ok - it helps regulate blood pressure and the immune system during a sudden crisis.

But when your stress is prolonged, or when you worry excessively over things like money, the cortisol in your body goes into "overdrive" and creates a state of chronic stress. In other words, when you worry a lot or "stress out", your cortisol levels can increase more than normal.

According to Prevention magazine:

"Chronically high cortisol levels can cause sleep problems, a depressed immune response, blood sugar abnormalities, and even abdominal weight gain. When cortisol spikes, it tells the body to eat something with a lot of calories--a great survival tactic if you need energy to flee a predator but not if you're fretting over how to pay bills," says nutritional biochemist Shawn Talbott, Phd, author of The Cortisol Connection."

Talbott adds, "Over the long term, excessive amounts of this "primary stress hormone" can "kill your sex drive, shrink your brain, squelch your immune system, and generally make you feel terrible."

There's a documented relationship between elevated levels of cortisol,chronic stress, and such health conditions as obesity, depression, suppressed immune system, osteoporosis, and hypertension.

In high amounts, cortisol can even kill brains cells.

But there are simple ways to reduce your cortisol levels and dissolve worries.

Here are several ways:

1. Eat at regular intervals throughout the day: Avoid skipping meals, it creates a release of cortisol in your brain and body.

2. Excessive carbohydrate intake creates cortisol release in response to constantly elevated insulin levels. Have complex carbohydrates instead.

3. Utilize stress reduction techniques at peak cortisol times: meditation, self-hypnosis, or simply lying on the floor doing belly breathing for 10-15 minutes can help to reduce stress and thus cortisol levels.

4. Get to bed on time. Get at least 8 hours of sleep every night.

5. Avoid stimulants: Stay away from energy drinks that contain ephedra-like compounds and caffeine. Stimulants shift the body into sympathetic dominance, or the "fight or flight" mode. Stimulants can also disrupt your sleeping patterns.

One of the simplest ways of reducing your cortisol levels - while you tap into the power of your Heart's wisdom and intelligence is by using Clear-Mind.

Even when your mind and body begin to feel stress creeping in, just 15 minutes of Clear-Mind can help dissolve the stress and bring you back to a feeling of inner peace and clarity.

One of the key reasons we created Clear-Mind is to help you be free of the "Restless Mind".

When you know how to let go of the mind's need to control your life, you free yourself from money worries, anxiety and pain.

And in just minutes, you can recharge your mind, your body and your whole energy system.

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