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Turn Off and Tune In:  How to Get In Touch With Yourself Many of us struggle with balancing the demands in our lives.  A particular challenge is that of work / life balance. Our high tech age often leads us to constantly feel "on" and to feel the pressure of having to respond immediately.  Due to the ease of electronic communications, we can easily experience overload and therefore the ravages of stress.   Americans are generally hard workers and work a great deal. We tend to glorify multi-tasking and often take pride in feeling as though we are successfully handling several things at a time.  This sometimes leads to overloading ourselves, which results in experiencing undue stress and feeling overwhelmed.  When this happens, we pay a cost with our mental and physical well being. The impact of excessive and negative stress on our physical health is well known.  To name a few, stress leads to muscle tension, increased blood pressure, decreased immune functioning and ab