Need some help managing stress? We can help!
Managing you stress improves:
- Mental acuity
- Overall attitude
- Restful sleep
- Natural healing
- Family life
- Job performance
- Blood pressure
- Blood glucose levels
- The body's response to pain
- Well being
How to manage your stress daily:
- Take a break, slow down, count to ten
- Meditate, use guided imagery
- Breath deeply
- Get a massage
- Get out a paint brush. The art doesn't have to be perfect
- Sing at the top of your lungs
- Take a walk
- Hold a sleeping baby
- Go to a movie
- Try yoga or just simply stretch
- Talk to a friend
- Do a good deed
- Pet your dog or cat. It's soothing
- Give and receive love. It is vital
- Make time to play. "Plan your joy as thoughtfully and as frequently as you plan your work."
- Take time for yourself- relax, focus and rejuvenate 10-20 minutes each day or 2 hours each week (over coffee; in the morning before other family members wake up; at lunch; while walking the dog; in the bath/shower; in the evening after others go to bed)
- Plan mini-vacations for yourself- even without leaving home
- Keep a gratitude journal. Every day before going to bed, jot down 3 things that you are thankful for. This exercise has proven to lift spirits
- Un-trouble your mind. Practice a relaxation technique. Write out what you're concerned about with an action plan to do the next day
- Prayer, faith, or an attitude of trust can all be of assistance
- Look at your life and see if any energy drainers are avoidable. Prioritize your schedule and learn to deal with difficult people
- Having more energy each day means learning how to take control over those things you have the power to control, and learn to stop fighting the rest