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Dr. Mort Orman here, and today I want to talk with you about how stress and truth are related. Actually, I’m going to talk with you about how stress and telling the truth, or not telling the truth, are related. Why Should You Care? Why should you care whether stress and telling the truth are related? This discussion will only be of interest to you if you occasionally or frequently …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and today I am concluding this three-part series on what stress is really costing us. In part one, I talked about Career and Financial Costs. In part two, I focused on Family, Relationship and Happiness Costs. Today, I’m going to end this series by talking about Health Costs, one of the most serious category of costs of all. You Already Know This… As a physician with …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and in the second part of my three-part series this week on the true costs of stress in our lives, I’m going to focus on Family Costs, Relationship Costs, and Happiness Costs. It’s one thing to have stress diminish our career and financial success, as I pointed out it can in the first article in this series. It’s quite another to consider how stress can negatively …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and today I am starting a new three-part series on stress and your life. This series will focus on several different aspects of the question:  What is stress really costing you? Are You Fully Aware? When we are stressed, we are usually well aware of this.  We also know that stress can have negative consequences in our lives. But do we fully appreciate the wide range …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and today I have an important question for you. Do you know the difference between stress mastery, stress management and resilience? I’ve been working in the stress field for more than 30 years now, and I’ve met very few people who truly understand that these three things are not at all the same. Stress Management I’m sure you know what stress management is, but for those …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and in my last post, I suggested that if you wanted to learn about resilience, one of the best ways to do this is by reading a book released in 2015 called “Resilience” by ex-Navy Seal Eric Greitens. Now if you took my advice and read this great book, you’d quickly find out that resilience is not something you can actually learn.  It is something that …

Dr. Mort Orman here and today I want to give you the very best training on resilience you will ever receive. If you are interested in what resilience is and how to achieve it, don’t waste your time with Resilience 101. Don’t even bother with Resilience 201, 301, or 401. Go straight to the top…Go right to Resilience 501 ! Go read this book by ex-Navy Seal Eric Greitens… There’s …

Dr. Mort Orman here and today I’m going to conclude this 6-part series by focusing on one more very common internal cause of our stress. In part one of this series, I shared some of my thoughts on the key distinction between internal and external causes. Then, in the next three installments, I focused on individual thought patterns, such as Good/Bad Thinking, Right/Wrong Thinking, and Cause/Effect Thinking, which are usually …

Dr. Mort Orman here and in the final two installments of this 6-part series, I want to focus your attention on two very common action patterns (including failing to take certain actions) that can cause us to have stress. These are action patterns you are already familiar with, yet they are seldom singled out as frequent contributors to our stress. In today’s 5th installment, I want to focus on Failing …

Dr. Mort Orman here, and in this 4th installment of my 6-part series, I want to shed light on another common internal cause of human stress. This internal cause is Cause/Effect Thinking. Like Good/Bad Thinking and Right/Wrong Thinking, Cause/Effect Thinking gets us into trouble because it distorts our perception (and understanding) of how life actually occurs. When we automatically fall prey to Cause/Effect Thinking, we make the classic mistake of …