By Olga Kharif [BusinessWeek] -- Beneficial games, for everything from phobias to ADD, are starting to catch on. A computer game called The Journey to Wild Divine, combining elements of Buddhism, Christianity, and Kabbalah, teaches players to relax and relieve stress.

By Laura Johannes, The Wall Street Journal -- For the really Type A personality, here's a chance to measure how well you are relaxing. Makers of home biofeedback devices that monitor your heart rhythms say the devices teach you to combat emotional stress.

A flickering candle, the sound of surf, beating drums, psychotropic plants - those can all be seen as early “devices” for altering mental states and consciousness. Now, there is a wide range of much more sophisticated devices, software and smart drugs designed to enhance awareness and cognitive abilities, which may or may not work.

By Matt Clarkson, author of "Secrets of Meditation, Energy and Manifestation" - "Life is tough.  It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, we all have to face many difficult and stressful situations... The important thing is to have the tools to recover quickly and naturally, find yourself again, and get back on track. Here are four tips to help you relax the body and mind..

Yet, years later at the helm of my own enterprise, there were days where I was the one gripping the side of the counter, fighting for control, caught up by a frenetic pace, much like a hamster in a wheel, running as fast as I could, going who knows where.