Stress Management

The American Institute of Stress was founded in Yonkers, New York in 1978 and moved to Texas in 2012. It is a Texas 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Your tax deductible gift allows us to continue helping you along with Service Members, First Responders, and civilians navigate stressful situations to have a happier, more rewarding life.© 2020

Here’s your final training video to wrap up your Alignment exercise + how you can get involved with Nuuaria in the New Year. Moving past 2020, here is a video on thought habits in the alignment exercise, by Maya Nahra, RD, DAIS, Founder at Nuuaria. Whether you want to reflect more deeply or achieve more

Dr. Robert Carter III Ph.D., MPH, FACSM, FAIS is a US Army officer, an expert in integrative human physiology and performance, and has academic appointments in emergency medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Carter completed military assignments in Germany, France, Afghanistan, Washington, DC, and the White House as a military social

Moving into the last week of 2020, here are three videos on thought habits in the alignment exercise, by Maya Nahra, RD, DAIS, Founder at Nuuaria. Whether you want to reflect more deeply or achieve more sustainably – the alignment exercise will give you the clarity to understand how. To learn more about the American

DAYTON — Ceremonies commemorating National Wreath Across American Day have been taking place across the country today, including in Dayton. Due to the pandemic, the ceremonies will look slightly different this year. Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization, are leading nationwide ceremonies to make sure that a live, balsam fir veteran’s wreath is placed at

Since March, clients have asked me to write blogs about stress, burnout, anxiety, the attributes of a healthy workplace or what to do if someone is suicidal and how to distinguish typical day-to-day stress from severe stress, and at what point does stress become a crisis. They have sent me emails asking how do we

We are living in a tsunami of stress. Hospitals are flooded with patients as Covid-19 cases surge to unprecedented heights. Over half of all Americans know someone who has been hospitalized with the virus or has died. Small businesses are drowning. Millions are unemployed. Unemployment benefits are trickling away while Congress is in deadlock about what

If you usually love yet hate the shopping, cooking, cleaning, traveling, or spending that’s associated with the winter holidays, remember that there is at least one silver lining to the pandemic: It may make it easier to take a more laid-back approach to the holiday season this year. As we are asked to tone down

If you are diagnosed with heart disease you will find the need to counter the several stressors on your plate on an ongoing basis. You will also be required to visit the doctors frequently, get used to the new line of medical treatment, and make those changes to the lifestyle. Some of these factors can

By Gabrielle E. Kirsch Texas Christian University The term “fake news” was not coined after the advent of the internet. It had been around and defined as “propaganda in which the mass media had been a vehicle for propaganda that was exploited by both state and non-state actors to push messages that distort the opinions

Doctoral candidate Rosie Shrout discusses stress in romantic relationships and how to minimize its effects. Stress is common in relationships. All couples experience stress. Sometimes stress comes from problems at work or with family and or friends that we carry over into our relationships. Stress can also come from the couple’s issues, such as an

Definition Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop after exposure to a potentially traumatic event that is beyond a typical stressor. Events that may lead to PTSD include, but are not limited to, violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, combat, and other forms of violence. Exposure to events like these is common. About one-half of

In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, businesses across the country are closing their doors. In many states, emergency restrictions now prohibit dining in at restaurants and bars, as well as any large gatherings. Other states and counties have also passed regulations temporarily closing any businesses not essential to life

Ohio Military Reserve Staff Psychologist COL (OH) Katherine Platoni PsyD, DAAPM, FAIS COL (RET), US Army, was honored Wednesday evening, November 4th, at the annual Ford Oval of Honor awards held at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The mission statement of the Ford Oval of Honor program is to recognize common

When we hit midnight on Thursday, December 31, 2020, we transition to Friday, January 1, 2021, and we will say, “Happy New Year,” not, “You Are Happy!!!” People who feel sad around the holidays may still be feeling sad. Traditionally we categorize this as the “Holiday Blues.” It is that 4-month window (November-February) in which

Nobody likes uncertainty, especially after voting. We have grown accustomed to dealing with it before an election, but we have very little tolerance for it after an election. In fact, we’ve all gotten used to – even spoiled by – having a definitive election result, by the next day at the very latest. Learning how to deal with uncertainty and

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus (Covid-19) a pandemic on March 11, 2020, many employees have been working from home. For the American communication technology company, Zoom Video Communications, this situation led to an explosion from 10 million to over 200 million daily participants within three months (Source). Despite Zoom stepping up to create

A wave of entrepreneurial stress during COVID-19 left many overwhelmed with uncertainty and overloaded with questions about the future. The coronavirus broke out in the United States at the start of March 2020. With social distancing regulations and quarantine guidelines in place to protect individuals from spreading the coronavirus, small businesses and entrepreneurs experienced a wave of low revenue.

With the presidential election less than a week away, scores of Americans divided by their support for President Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden also are united. “The commonality between us all is that we’re stressed about the election,’’ William Heckman, executive director of The American Institute of Stress, told USA TODAY. Stress triggers the

As the country surpasses the six-month mark of living with coronavirus, many of us feel fundamentally stuck – physically, socially, and mentally. We are isolated, tackling grief and mortality issues, and it feels like this track we’re on is never-ending. Many people are experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress. These may come in the form of