Stress, Your Health and Faith
Life and stress – they go hand in hand. We will experience lots and lots of stress in our life. There is no getting around it. I believe that the degree to which we effectively manage and cope with the stress in our lives will determine the degree to which we are healthy. If we turn to unhealthy behaviors to cope with the stress, our physical and emotional health will suffer.
Many people turn to food as a way to cope with stress. Others turn to the use of drugs. Some turn to alcohol. Still others light up a cigarette. Some burn the midnight oil surfing the internet and pay for it the next day because they have had inadequate sleep.
Faith can be the anchor that keeps a person steady in times of stress. If followed, biblical principles can be the cornerstone of a person’s life and enable them to live a life less impacted by what otherwise would be stressful circumstances. Read more about Spiritual Exercises and faith.
We see potential stressors of life and react to events in life through “lenses.” The diagram below demonstrates how one’s strong faith can impact on their beliefs and attitudes, which can have a corresponding impact on their choices and resulting lifestyle habits. It’s one’s habits that largely impact one one’s health and quality of life.
Stress and Poor Health in Your Organization or Congregation
Read about my workshops that educate and empower people to make lifestyle changes.
Stress and Faith
Dale is interviewed about stress and faith by Donica Hudson on Charlotte Alive TV
An article by A. Gene Veal addressing the spiritual solution.
A review of research by Emily Zeig, December 4, 2001 while a student at Hope College
More About Stress and It’s Impact on Health
A Time magazine article about a 2004 Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists reported that unrelenting stress on mothers can damage the DNA of their immune-system cells in a way that may speed up the aging process.
A PBS transcript and interview on “Speaking of Faith” by Krista Tippett. Esther Sternberg, a rheumatologist, shares fascinating scientific insight into the molecular level of the mind-body connection.
From the America Psychological Association that shows how the systems of your body are affected by stress.
An article by Esther Sternberg and Philip Gold explaining the interaction between the brain and the immune system.
By David B. Posen, MD, The Canadian Journal of Continuing Medical Education, April 1995
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“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” Psalm 55:22
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