--- title: Stress - Real Balance Certified Health and Wellness Coach Training description: Get certified as a health and wellness coach with Real Balance. Comprehensive training and certification designed for wellness and healthcare professionals. --- # Stress ## [Access Excess: Always Wired Makes Us Tired and Less Productive](https://realbalance.com/access-excess-always-wired-makes-us-tired-and-less-productive) ![cell phones](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/too-many-cell-phone-usage.jpg) Paradox, double-edged sword, blessing and curse combined, mobile devices have made our lives easier and more stressful at the same time. I remember the feeling of relief the day I finally got my calendar synched on my work/home computer, my laptop and my smartphone. Now I could be in a conversation with someone at a conference and set an appointment… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/access-excess-always-wired-makes-us-tired-and-less-productive) ## [Retreat, Review, Renew and Rewrite The New Year Now](https://realbalance.com/retreat-review-renew-and-rewrite-the-new-year-now) ![New Year Photo by M. Arloski](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/snowdawngold.jpg) The ancient Celtic Calendar rings in the New Year at the very end of October with the holiday of Samhain. Looking at a Northern European year’s climate through largely agricultural eyes this makes perfect sense. The last of the harvest is done and it’s time to prepare for winter and a long rest for the land. **For the self-reflective**… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/retreat-review-renew-and-rewrite-the-new-year-now) ## [Stress Coaching Part II – Recovery From Stress](https://realbalance.com/stress-coaching-part-ii-recovery-from-stress) ![flyfishing](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/flyfishing_montana_003__large.jpg) **What we refer to as “stress” is quite a mystery.** Ill-defined by most everyone except psychological researchers, we ascribe devastating levels of power to it, and often feel helpless to cope with it. We know that stress is linked to worsening health, greater risk of illness and the exacerbation of most any condition we find ourselves with. Wellness and… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/stress-coaching-part-ii-recovery-from-stress) ## [The Bonus Benefits Of Exercise](https://realbalance.com/the-bonus-benefits-of-exercise) ![Michael Arloski hiking in Conamara N.P., Ireland](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/m-conamaradiamond1.jpg) Harvard’s School of Public Health ([*http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/staying-active-full-story/*](http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/staying-active-full-story/)) is quick to tell of all the prevention advantages of exercise. We know that getting more movement and exercise into our lives can help prevent the onset of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome and osteoporosis. Exercise can be vital to positively affect the course of these illnesses… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/the-bonus-benefits-of-exercise) ## [The Psychophysiology of Stress – What The Wellness Coach Needs To Know](https://realbalance.com/the-psychophysiology-of-stress-what-the-wellness-coach-needs-to-know) ![Easier Said Then Done](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/relax-slow-down.jpg) **Stress gets blamed for most everything, and much of time deserves the accusation** (60 percent to 90 percent of health-care professional visits are stress-related - [https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/10/relaxation.aspx](https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/10/relaxation.aspx) ). Wellness and health coaching clients inevitably recognize that excess stress in their lives is affecting their quality of life, performance at work, and their very health in negative ways. Finding a way to… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/the-psychophysiology-of-stress-what-the-wellness-coach-needs-to-know) ## [Wellness Coaching for Better Sleep, Rest and Immune System Functioning](https://realbalance.com/wellness-coaching-for-better-sleep-rest-and-immune-system-functioning) ![sleeping](https://realbalance.com/images/wellness-blog/800x600/sleeping.png) **Adequate sleep and rest are like magic.** When we have enough of it our immune system is stronger, healing occurs faster, and very importantly we replenish our supply of energy that allow us to function at our best. The Mayo Clinic tells us that *“During sleep, your immune system releases proteins called **cytokines**, some of which help promote sleep.*… [Read more …](https://realbalance.com/wellness-coaching-for-better-sleep-rest-and-immune-system-functioning)