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Transient insomnia during the holidays can be tackled effectively with these 10 easy tips.
It seems like even those of you who generally sleep well most nights can often experience occasional, transient insomnia during the holiday season. As we move into Thanksgiving and Christmas, there is all the stress, strain and tension surrounding getting it all done. Gifts to buy, extra food preparation, making that special dessert, having company, throwing a part, attending parties and that's on top of all the regular activities of job and family responsibilities. All add up and can often wreak havoc with your circadian rhythms. We're burdened with thinking it all needs to be perfect and you try to make it all happen. Your system gets overloaded with stress, not to mention extra food and beverages.
The following 10 tips are offered to help you maintain your sanity: Read Here
Dr. Herbert Benson, founder of the Mind/Body Medical Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School has done research reguarding productivity and stress.
In a 2005 article in the Harvard Business Review his research shows
mental productivity is maximized through systematic transitions between stress and relaxation
Periods of intense stressful efforts are often characterized by heightened concentration and efficiency. however if we push too long stress chemicals begin to undermine mental performance. See Yerkes/Dodson Currve
When stress is followed by a pleasant and relaxing experience,"the relaxation response ( a set of chemical and structural changes in the brain allows our brain to allow the performance enhancing effects of stress.We experience insights to solve the problem we are working on and when we go back to the problem we are able to attain an even higher level of focus and productivity
