Working Stress Q: How to help a working wife
By award-winning author and stress-relief expert Susie Mantell
Q: Dear Susie, My wife's an amazing woman, juggling demands of her career, our 2 year old son -- and me. How can I help her counter the stress of her routine?
A: Your appreciation of the pressure she's under is a great start. What a nice guy! First, asking a spouse, "How can I help?" goes a long way. The body senses it's 'not in this alone,' and lets go a little.
Here are a few 'Stress-busters' that might lighten a working spouse's load:
1. Make coupons she can redeem to relieve her of occasional household responsibilities: (e.g. Good for 1 Free Saturday or A Week of Dinners & Dishes ).
2. Endorphins are released when we're touched compassionately. Make a point of hugging and touching gently every single day, maybe even a nice foot-rub or scalp massage?
3. Giving anyone under stress opportunities to talk about that can be a great gift. Just listen, and encourage her.
4. Work out a schedule to assume a couple of her chores.
It is sometimes simpler than we expect to help someone we care for. Remember that freeing the mind even for a short while, allows the body to replenish and restore. (See lots more relaxation tips at www.relaxintuit.com )
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Award-winning stress-relief expert Susie Mantell ...is the author of the deeply soothing relaxation CD, "Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace,” clinically approved for symptoms associated with stress and sleeplessness, depression and grief, anxiety, P.T.S.D., Fibromyalgia, caregiver stress, cancer, pain, divorce and addiction recovery. Featured in The Los Angeles Times, NBC, ABC, CBS-TV, Town & Country, The American Pain Society, Hazelden and The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, listeners include The Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, The Betty Ford Center, V.A. Hospitals,and Canyon Ranch (#1 Spa.) Customizing stress-reduction for Fortune 500 companies, distinguished hospitals and spas, Mantell has facilitated thousands in relieving health-related, work-related, chronic or traumatic stress. Her multi-sensory, mind-body techniques appear in national media, medical and corporate publications. Susie Mantell's Stress-Relief & Wellness Tips are intended as an adjunct to, not a substitute for, professional health care. Order “Your Present: A Half-Hour of Peace” and find more of Mantell’s stress-relief tips at www.relaxintuit.com