ARTICLES

• Stress and Parkinson's (Parkinson's Europe)

• 5 Tips for Beating Stress, Anxiety and Depression (Brian Grant Foundation)

• Tech to Lower Stress in Parkinson's (Brian Grant Foundation)

• Practicing Self-Efficacy Helps Patients Take Charge of Disorders (Brain & Life)

• Stress Management for PD (Parkinson's Foundation)

• Anxiety and PD (Parkinson's Foundation)

• 9 Steps to a Stress-Free Life with Parkinson's (Parkinson's Life)

• The Relationship between Stress, Anxiety and Parkinson's Disease (American Parkinson Disease Association)

• Stress Management for Living Better with PD (Parkinson's News Today)

PDFs

• Guide to Stress and Parkinson's (2018) (Michael J. Fox Foundation) 

• Self-Efficacy: Improving the Quality of Life in Parkinson's Patients (An Overview and Resources) (PD SELF)

VIDEOS

• Victory Summit Virtual Event -- Mental Health and Wellness (Davis Phinney Foundation)

• Managing Stress with Parkinson's Disease (No Silver Bullet 4PD) A longer video interviewing Dr. Rick Helmich, a stress/PD researcher, very interesting!

What is mindfulness? Being aware and noticing what's happening in the present moment. And observing your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings without judging or reacting to them. Research has show mindful awareness to be a tremendously useful tool to help people with Parkinson's and many others feel less anxious about the future, less stuck in the past, more in the present, and less stressed.

Here are a few ways to get started from organizations within the Parkinson's community. There are many other FREE and paid mindfulness apps and courses that are also useful to help you get started with mindfulness.

• Breath by Breath Mindfulness Drop-In Class (Brian Grant Foundation) FREE

• Mindfulness Mondays (Parkinson's Foundation) FREE

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course (Brian Grant Foundation) (for a fee, or with subsidized tuition)

There's so many great resources helping us exercise with Parkinson's, with neurological physical therapists trained in movement and Parkinson's to guide the way. All of the organizations below offer a series of Free exercise videos geared toward helping people with PD.

And exercise is one thing that research shows is a tremendous help for reducing stress and even slowing down disease progression!

• Rogue Physical Therapy and Wellness: Parkinson's Online Exercise Videos

• Rogue Physical Therapy and Wellness: Exercise Videos YouTube

• Daily Dose PD: Free Workouts

• Parkinson Wellness Recovery: Exercise Videos YouTube

• PD Avengers: A collection of FREE On-Demand Exercise Videos from a number of organizations

• pdavengers.com (Global Alliance to End Parkinson's Disease)

• endingpd.org (Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription for Action book and documentary)

• pd-school.teachable.com (educational resources on all things Parkinson's with naturopathic physician Laurie Mischley and colleagues)

• pmdalliance.org (national nonprofit with some innovative resources on well-being)

• PD SELF: A self-efficacy program for Parkinson's patients and care partners (Parkinson's Self-Efficacy Learning Forum and the Davis Phinney Foundation.) Diane Cook, diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2008, does great work on self-efficacy as a foundational skill for creating your best path towards health and wellness. Classes are online, several months long, and free.

• ewg.org (information for everyone, not just for PD, on ways to avoid toxins in our environmental products and foods)