Life and Relaxation Coaching with Stress Management and Relaxation

Got Stress?

I have solutions!

Kathryn Watson

Life and Relaxation Coach

Let me help you become stress-resilient!

Employee Stress - How much does it really cost?

Chances are if your organization is like most it probably doesn’t have a clue what employee stress is doing to its bottom line. According to Foster Higgins and Company, a Princeton, NJ company corporate health benefits cost the average company an amount equal to 45 % of it’s after tax profits. Read more...

Laugh Your Stress Away!

Two new studies show that laughter may reduce your stress and

increase your productivity!

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This is a video you must view! I will take about 20 minutes but is truly a stroke of insight!

Breathe Your Way Through Menopause!

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/Dobson Curve
When stress is followed by a pleasant and relaxing experience,"the relaxation response ( a set of chemical and structural changes in the brain0 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.