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According to the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, divorce is the second most stressful life event after the death of a spouse. And that stress has an impact on our food choices and overall health. So, how might we leverage integrative nutrition to make positive, lasting lifestyle changes while we're coping with divorce? Suzy Wood is the Integrative Nutrition Health Coach behind True Wellness Within, a platform that helps people make healthy food and lifestyle choices and rebuild their lives after the stress of divorce. Suzy's divorce was a calling card to reinvent herself, inspiring her to leave a career in high tech marketing to start her own business and live her best life. On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Suzy joins Katherine to discuss the 12 lifestyle factors that must be in balance for you to live a healthy life. Suzy shares tips for finding an avenue for self-care to help you detox during or after divorce and discusses the importance of discerning what divorce advice works for you—and what doesn't. Listen in for Suzy's techniques to navigate the stressful moments of a divorce negotiation and learn how to leverage divorce as an opportunity to transform your life! Topics Covered How divorce gave Suzy the opportunity to transform her outlook on life How integrative nutrition looks at both lifestyle factors and the foods you eat The 12 lifestyle factors that must be in balance for you to live a healthy life How the stress of divorce impacts our food choices and overall health Suzy's tips for finding an avenue for self-care to detox during/after divorce Why Suzy suggests having an outlet to discuss divorce beyond friends and family How to discern what divorce advice works for you and what doesn't What Suzy says to people who are afraid of divorce and don't know what to do How Suzy's coaching program helps people make lasting lifestyle changes Stress-reduction techniques to use during triggering events in divorce Connect with Suzy Wood True Wellness Within: https://www.truewellnesswithin.com/ True Wellness on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truewellnesswithin/ Suzy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzanne-wood-true-wellness-within/ Email suzy@truewellnesswithin.com Connect with Katherine Miller The Center for Understanding Conflict: http://understandinginconflict.org/ Miller Law Group: https://westchesterfamilylaw.com/ Katherine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kemiller1 The New Yorker's Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorkers-Guide-Collaborative-Divorce/dp/0692496246 Email: katherine@miller-law.com  Call (914) 738-7765 Resources Divorce Detox Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1634325603620269

**Content Warning: This episode references school shootings and the murder of George Floyd. Stress is a word we throw around regarding many aspects of life, and we all know what it is to feel stress, but how much do we truly understand about it? Stress can take any able-bodied, able-minded person and bring them to a whole new level, whether or not they have a diagnosed condition. As we break down the topic of stress, each person has different responses, personality styles, and primary goals. Join us to find out which stress animal you are!  I'm joined by Dr. Lindsey Cooley, who posted a TikTok about stress, and I knew we had to have this conversation on the podcast. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in school-aged children/teens, emotional and behavioral disorders, LGBTQ youth, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorder.  Show Highlights: Why we should be kind to ourselves–even if we don't have a diagnosis What is stress? (THE million-dollar question!) The phases of stress (alarm, resistance, and exhaustion) and how prolonged stress can cause diseases of adaptation How our culture normalizes “too much stress” How stressful life events can affect executive functioning, relationships, energy, and more (The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and Adverse Childhood Experience are well-known measurement tools.) Why we need to legitimize that most of our stress is caused by normal reactions to dysfunctional systems The medical model of disease vs. the social model of disease Common symptoms of being in a prolonged stress cycle Differences in acute stress, chronic stress, and traumatic stress How traumatic stress occurs when we watch something like the murder of George Floyd and school shootings How the “stress animals” (eagle, turtle, chameleon, and lion) concept came from Lynn Lott's Top Card Activity How your personality style and stress response help determine your stress animal How we can learn to care for ourselves in the middle of stress  Resources: Connect with Dr. Lindsey Cooley: TikTok Mentioned in this episode: Lynn Lott's Top Card Activity, the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, the ACE Scale, and "Kids Are Suffering from Toxic Stress" LA Times article Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website  Get KC's book, How to Keep House While Drowning ​​We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: www.strugglecare.com/promo-codes

Yes, stress impacts your weight loss and your ability to maintain weight loss! Find out why in today's episode! Stress Assessments I recommend: The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale https://kresserinstitute.com/tools/holmes/   Perceived Stress Scale https://kresserinstitute.com/tools/pss/ To connect: FB: https://www.facebook.com/WellWomenCoaching IG:https://www.instagram.com/wellwomencoaching/ Web: https://wellwomencoaching.com/home  Email:  support@WellWomenCoaching.com To join my private community CLICK HERETo schedule a weight loss coaching discovery call CLICK HERETo access the 2021 Weight Loss for Women Virtual Summit CLICK HERE  

Maggie Tibbetts, LCSW has been a therapist in private practice for 25 years specializing in grief and loss, anxiety, depression, life transitions, spirituality and mindfulness. In this wonderful interview Maggie educates us on the many ways grief, loss, and transitions impact our lives. Maggie shares several helpful strategies for coping with grief and loss, especially during the holiday season which can be particularly challenging and triggering for those who are actively grieving. No matter what specific circumstances you're experiencing this year, Maggie will inspire you to nourish yourself, create new traditions, set healthy boundaries, and practice radical self-care this holiday season!Connect with Maggie here:https://www.maggietibbettslcsw.com/More grief resources that Maggie mentions during this interview:https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/http://www.megandevine.co/The Women Strong member who shares during the last portion of this interview gave permission for her voice and words of wisdom to be included in this podcast episode.Additionally, during this interview, I (Dr. Brooke) botched my description of the Holmes & Rahe research that focuses on the contributions of stress to the development of illness. Check out the Holmes & Rahe Stress Scale for examples of some seemingly "positive" and other obviously "negative" life transitions that all have the potential to create stress (you'll find "major holidays" on the list)!If you'd like to watch the complete video of this interview and be present for live interviews like this one in the future, sign up for the Women Strong membership at womenstrongtogether.com!

In this week’s episode Kellie and Claire take a look at what it means to be able to tolerate uncertainty. They explore some common scenarios where people (and service families, in particular) have pain points with uncertainty. They explore the scientific aspects of “intolerance of uncertainty,” paying particular attention to what prolonged periods of the ensuing stress can do to our mental health. As always they offer up some practical strategies of how becoming aware of this phenomenon and what to do about it can help in day to day life.Advice Not GivenWe start with a brief list of things that cause us feelings of uncertainty: kids’ first sleepovers, kids and driving/tracking apps, tryouts for sports, waiting on medical results. In military life, we wait out deployments, have uncertainty over safety and homecoming timelines; PCS orders/moving, and our service member’s career--all big stressorsWe question why are we feeling like life is so hard all of the time, when in truth, there are psychological reasons why. Kellie suggests that being able to label and identify what the problem is, she can more easily approach these challenges more clearly and with more grace for herselfWhen you ignore the effects of your intolerance to uncertainty, there are actually mental and physical health concerns that may start to pop up: anxiety, depression, and compulsive disorders can be signs that you may not be coping well and the impact and ripple effects should not be ignoredClaire brings up the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale which is a tool used to determine how likely you are to have a major health issue based on stressful events in your life; there are 43 life events with point values and scores higher than 300 point to an 80% chance you will have a major health event--military life makes it difficult to score below a 300 with moving and job changesIntolerance of Uncertainty is a real thing; Kellie references an interesting study about how uncertainty is even more stressful than KNOWING something bad is going to happen. She goes on to share about a Forbes article that affirms that uncertainty IS worse than knowing when bad things are to come. Technology has even adapted to our human behavior surrounding this issue, Uber for example gives us reassurance of who our driver is, and the GPS features allows us to watch the driver come to usSome common behaviors that people express when they are uncomfortable or intolerant of uncertainty can be metaphorically compared to having allergies. They best way to treat it is to build up a tolerance to it by introducing uncertainty in smaller doses. Kellie thinks she is about a 4 on a 1-10 scale and Claire is an 8 or 9 in terms of being “allergic” to uncertaintyOften we will seek excessive reassurance from others; This isn’t much of an issue for Kellie, but Claire recalls her search for an outer committee when she doesn’t feel like she can rely on her “inner” committee. Claire goes to people and Kellie turns to researchList making is another coping mechanismSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/milspogurus)

In this edition of our retirement podcast our guest is Ted Carr, a thoughtful and interesting blogger and podcaster on early retirement who we enjoy following. People often think of retirement as a single phase of life, but Ted describes how there are 6 distinct phases of retirement. He shares his personal experiences with the different phases after he retired early from a career in Silicon Valley. You’ll come away with an appreciation of why your retirement strategies should take the different phases of retirement into account if you want to retire smarter. One of the big questions people face in retirement is where should I retire to? And that decision is often not a ‘one and done’ type of call as needs, and priorities change over the life course. Ted discusses the decision that he and his wife recently made to move to a retirement community and the key factors that led to their decision. Our conversation shifts to the importance of community in retirement and the risks of isolation. _________________________ Follow Ted Carr: Twitter Website Check out his new podcast: FIREwalkers __________________________ Wise Quotes: On Retirement as a Stressful Life Event “So, I think back to the time before I retired – the pre-retirement stage. What I found is that it’s really, really essential that you have a detailed retirement plan and that it includes not only a financial plan, but also the non-financial side of retirement. And as we’ve alluded to already, the adjustment to retirement can be difficult. Now there’s something that I’ve come across, I’m sure you’ve heard of it too. It’s called the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. And on that stress scale, retirement comes in as the 10th most stressful event on that scale. Now, if that wasn’t stressful enough, the other stressors that are on the top 10, shall we say, can occur at the same time as retirement – which only exacerbates the challenges around adjusting to retirement – and some of those things where you have divorce, separation, illness, loss of jobs.”   On Planning to Move in Retirement “So, us being inveterate planners said, well, you know, we need to be intentional about our future old age. And so, we looked at some of these options and after looking at the CCRC model, we decided that that probably wasn’t for us…And we’re not near that age and the entering cost of buying into a CCRC is very expensive. And so, we just said there are other options that are coming down the road. Maybe we should take a timeout from thinking that way and look at something different. So my wife, who’s extremely social, came up with the idea to look into a 55 plus community because her feeling, and I concur, is that where we live today, there’s really not a sense of belonging. Like I say, she just doesn’t feel that she’s made enough friends over the course of nine years and she doesn’t want to see the next nine to 10 years be equally as frustrating. So, we started looking at 55 plus communities.”  _______________________ Resources Mentioned on this Retirement Podcast Episode The Holmes & Rahe Stress Inventory What’s Your Retirement Personality Type?   by Dave Hughes __________________________ Related Retirement Podcast Episodes The Joy Of Movement - Kelly McGonigal What Are The Keys To A Successful Retirement? Fritz Gilbert You Can Learn a Lot From the Principles of FIRE – Chris Mamula Are You Ready For The New Retirement? – Stephen Chen How to Retire Early and Live Your Life Fully – Leif Dahleen Are You Ready to Follow Your Own Path in Retirement? – Bob Lowry ___________________________ Tools You Can Use Tap into free retirement tools you can use, including a quiz on retirement readiness on the non-financial side, retirement calculators, a longevity calculator and a free e-book at retirementwisdom.com ___________________________ Stay in the Loop with Wisdom You Can Apply to Your Retirement Planning

s I’ve mentioned in previous posts, our lives are changing at a faster rate than at any time in human history. The amount of information in a single issue of The New York Times is about equal to the amount of information that people in the 17th century would have assimilated in their entire lifetime! Not only are we experiencing an explosion of information, we are seeing significant changes politically, socially, environmentally, economically and technologically. These changes are creating an environment that is extremely stimulating but can challenge our ability to prioritize and focus. We are all trying to understand and respond to the changes occurring in our work and personal lives. Most of us try to react to these changes in positive and productive ways, but sometimes we feel overwhelmed and confused. The skills and strategies in these posts will help you to manage effectively key “Transition Points” experienced through your life. The experience of change can cover a broad spectrum. It can be unexpected, sudden and unsettling, or it can be welcomed and planned. External global forces, as well as internal economic and social pressures, contribute to accelerating change. Today, change and new transitions are a way of life and resiliency training will help individuals to deal with change and take advantage of the opportunities that emerge. In response to change, you need to: ● Be change capable (the building of resiliency) ● Meet the challenge by staying effective and productive (applying the skills) We Need a New Set of Skills Keeping yourself afloat in the face of change demands skills beyond what you learned in school or at work. We need to be very intentional in how we manage all aspects of our lives; physical, emotional, relational, psychological, financial and spiritual (purpose, vision, and missions). Impact of Change Everyone reacts to change differently. For example, some of us find that adjusting to a new home takes enormous effort, while others say very little adjustment is necessary. Your ability to handle stress is also dependent not just on the primary event, but on other events that are taking place at that time. Let’s say you have just been given a promotion at work. If this event happens when life is calm and things are going well, you will experience this event as exciting or as a positive new challenge. However, if this promotion takes place when you’re going through a marriage separation and your teenager is struggling in school, the promotion may be experienced as extremely stressful. Similarly, there is a growing body of research that confirms that how you experience and internalize stress has as much to do with your attitude toward the stressful event as the actual event itself. People who practice change management skills have learned to reduce the stress of change and challenge Negative Effects of Stress Stress can be defined in many different ways. For our purposes, excessive stress is defined when you come to the point of feeling that “things are out of control.” It’s essentially when the demands being placed on you are in excess of the personal and social resources that you have available to you. In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe decided to study whether or not stress contributes to illness. They surveyed more than 5,000 medical patients and asked them to say whether they had experienced any of a series of 43 life events in the previous two years. Each event called a Life Change Unit (LCU), had a different “weight” for stress. The more events the patient added up, the higher the score. The higher the score, and the larger the weight of each event, the more likely the patient was to become ill. Within their group of 5,000 medical patients, they determined that those who had suffered serious illnesses or were involved in accidents had the highest scores, meaning they had experienced the most stressful changes in the previous years. Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale One of my main goals for this series of blog posts is to provide you with strategies you can use to build resiliency into your life. My expectation for you is this newfound resiliency will help you deal more effectively with the change and life events going on in your life. By understanding your stress, you will improve your self-awareness and self-care strategies, enabling you to deal more effectively with stress and maintain your health as you transition through stressful periods in your life. By using the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale that follows, you can measure the stress load you carry, leading you to think or reflect on what you should do about it.   What was your score? ______ Take some time to reflect on what’s going on in your life. Did you feel good about your score or did it cause concern? Remember, self-awareness is the first step to improving your situation. What Can You Do? If you find that you are at a moderate or high level of risk, an obvious first thing to do is to try to avoid future life crises. This is easier said than done. However, we usually have some level of control that may allow us to reduce our stress load. It’s about avoiding times that will make things more difficult. For example, if you are planning to move homes, it may be prudent to time this event the year after you have successfully transitioned your daughter to a new University 1500 miles away. You can learn conflict resolution skills to minimize conflict with other people. You can avoid taking on new obligations or engaging with new programs of study if you know that your partner is going through a major life change. Sometimes, it’s about choosing to take things easy and look after yourself. All of this takes the cultivation of self-awareness, which is something that these blogs will help you with. More than anything else, going through this exercise brings attention to stress that you may not be aware of. Awareness can lead to reflection and reflection can lead to positive action. Next Steps Are you looking to enhance change readiness and resilience for your teams? We would love to start a conservation about customized workshops for your team. Visit our website www.takechargeofchange.com to learn more. 

Everyone goes through stress change and eventually, the loss of a loved one, what we do next is the topic of this film.  Dr. Colleen Mullen and Courtney Calkins examine the themes in this movie and analyze the pieces in order to apply the concepts to our own lives.   Website http://shrink2shrink.com/ Twitter links: Shrink2Shrink https://twitter.com/Shrink2Shrink   Dr. Colleen Mullen https://twitter.com/DrColleenMullen Courtney Calkins - QuadFather https://twitter.com/QuadFatherMft   Stress Scale: The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_82.htm   Buy The Original Soundtrack Here: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=demolition+soundtrack Watch the Demolition Movie here: https://www.amazon.com/Demolition-Jake-Gyllenhaal/dp/B01DPZIE1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472647699&sr=8-1&keywords=demolition+movie   Demolition Soundtrack in order of use on the show: The Psych of the Demolition Movie Preview Property Lines My Morning Jacket Touch Me I’m Going To Scream Part II CAVE Sweaty Fingers It’s All Over Now, - Chocolate Watchband Nocturne In E Flat Major, Op 9 No.2 Dusted - Bruises When I was Young - Eric Burdon and the Animals Warmest Regards - Half Moon Run Where To Start - Lou Doillon Watch The Show - M. Ward Crazy On You - Heart  

WHAT IS STRESS? Definition of Stress by Merriam-Webster: Stress is “a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation” and “tend to alter an existent equilibrium.” DAMAGE OF STRESS Stress is a common part of our lives, yet it is easy for us to undermine its impact on our well-being and our relationships. In fact, many of us become numb to the symptoms and warning signs of stress. However, when we ignore our symptoms and signs of stress, we remove our opportunity to reduce stress effectively. Furthermore, stress has a tendency to produce more stress. Have you ever been around someone who is extremely stressed? Stress almost feels contiguous. When partners are both negatively affected by stress, it can have a serious impact on the relationship. Stressed out couples argue more, turn away from each other more, feel more disconnected, frustrated, and angry with one another. Couples experiencing stress also find it difficult to relax and enjoy each other, as well as seeing each other in a positive light. LONG-TERM STRESS If stress is unchecked, couples may end up dealing with bigger problems down the road. There are many consequences to the long-term experience of disconnection, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, conflict, and negativity (i.e. depression, anxiety, divorce). “Relationships exposed to high stress for a long amount of time are bound to falter, no matter how well each individual’s relationship skills. During such times, we are more likely to see the relationship as being negative, not realizing the impact the stress is having in the validity of our evaluation — it colors our perception of the relationship itself. Remove the stress, and people’s positive relationship skills can once again — and usually do — take over.” By John M. Grohol, Psy.D STRESS INVENTORY: Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale STRESS CURVE: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF STRESS: Emotionally: Apprehension or feeling anxious More irritable or getting upset more easily Social withdrawal and/or loneliness Restless and worrying Anger and/or sadness (smiling and laughing less) Feeling insecure or more fearful Dissatisfaction Physically: Fatigue and lack of energy Muscle tension and unable to relax Shortened or shallow breathing Headache & dizziness Stomach ache Sleep problems Weight gain or loss Low sexual desire Increase in substance use (i.e. sugar, alcohol, caffeine, etc.) Mentally: Inability to concentrate or focus (i.e. more preoccupied) Confusion Forgetful and/or daydreaming Decrease in productivity, creativity, and/or curiosity Burnout Negative thinking Guilt “When under increased stress, we feel perceived slights, for instance, by our significant other more acutely.” By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. “One study that followed 80 couples over four years found that those who experienced more stress outside of their relationship reported feeling less comfortable and less close with their partner. They also felt less sure of the relationship than folks who experienced less stress.” by Laura Newcomer Relationally: Shorter fuse, less patience, Focus on pain and negativity More likely to have a stronger reaction Not available for connection Kill libido Communication does downhill Lack of listening More judgement and tendency to blame Feel attraction towards other people: “Research shows we’re more likely to feel attracted to other people when feeling taxed. Anxiety can make us fantasize about being with a different partner and pay less positive attention to the one we already have.” by Laura Newcomer In the field of psychology, it is a common understanding that people tend to regress when under stress. People’s level of functioning and skilfulness is lowered. “Ability alone, as the researchers note, does not ensure that you’ll be able to respond appropriately in your relationship. In may be necessary but not sufficient to have good relationship skills, because you may not be able to draw upon those skills when under increased stress. The researchers also found that a person’s relationship abilities — like relationships themselves — wax and wane over time. They are not these static skills that exist in some vacuum. In times of stress, this research suggests that we can’t always call upon our positive relationship or communication skills — the stress can overwhelm us and our abilities.” by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. 6 WAYS TO COMBAT STRESS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP 1. KNOW YOUR STRESS CUES (OR WARNING SIGNS) How do you typically respond to stress in your life? Can you look back on past stress in your life and notice patterns or common stress symptoms? How do you know when you are stressed? What are your cues (i.e. eye twitches, neck and shoulder tension, more accident prone, smile less, laugh less, more preoccupied, more perfectionist, etc.)? Ask your partner, “what do know about me when I am stressed?” How do you know when your partner is stressed? What are your partner’s stress cues and signs? What happens in your relationship when one or both of you are stressed (i.e. fight more, have less sex, less connection, etc.)? Use the list of signs and symptoms of stress (see above) as a resource list to identify your stress cues. Take the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale to get your stress score to identify your level of stress. Identify the source stress: Take time to explore the sources of stress in your life. 2. HOLD THE BIGGER PICTURE IN MIND Acceptance. Don’t fight what is happening. Sure, you may not enjoy or prefer the stressful circumstance. However, struggling with the reality tends to create more suffering. Recognize the stress as the issue, not your partner. Neither one of you are to blame. Everyone deals with stress differently (i.e. zone out, cry, sleep more). Being stressed is NOT character flaw! Compassion. You and your partner are doing the best that you can. Flexibility. Remember the stressful situation is temporary, and/or try to get perspective that your life is more than this stressful experience. Forgiveness. Can you give your partner the benefit of the doubt? If you recognize an issue or concern (that you cannot overlook), make a point to address it. Otherwise, can you offer some grace and slack to your partner? Gather resources. Ask family or friends to help out. Do a trade with someone to get support. Hire some extra help. Stay tuned for the next 4 Ways To Combat Stress In Your Relationship in the next podcast episode. MENTIONED: Stress Hurts Relationship, By John M. Grohol, Psy.D Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale Is Stress Hurting Your Relationship? Here’s How to Fix It, by Laura Newcomer Definition of Stress by Merriam-Webster TRANSCRIPT: Click on this link to access the transcript for this episode: ERP 074: How To Combat The Damage Of Stress In Your Relationship If you have a topic you would like me to discuss or a situation you would like me to speak to, please contact me by clicking on the “Ask Dr. Jessica Higgins” button here. Thank you so much for your interest in improving your relationship. Also, I would so appreciate your honest rating and review. Please leave a review by clicking here. Thank you!  If you are interested in developing new skills to overcome relationship challenges, please consider taking the Empowered Relationship Course or doing relationship coaching work with me.

On the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale for adults, moving isn't a big deal. Even though our currently jumbled life looks a mess.