Living in today’s world stress has become a given. How you handle stress affects every aspect of your life. Your personal relationships, job performance as well as your health. Here are a few ideas to eliminate or at least lower your stress level.
1. Pause for a few minutes through out the day. Clear your mind. Spend 1 minute thinking of things you are grateful for. At first for some this will be a challenge in and of its self but as the days pass you will have a hard time holding your self to 1 minute.
2. Take time to call a friend. Just knowing someone is there for you can lower stress.
3. Listen to some music. Taking a break and listening to relaxing music. Playing calm music has a positive effect on the brain and body.
4. Eat the right food. Stress levels and proper diet are closely related. We tend to eating sugary, fatty snack foods as “comfort”foods when we are the most stressed. Try eating more fruits and vegetables as well as taking a high quality multivitamin with krill oil.
5. Take time to breath. Take a deep breath in and hold it for a second or two. Then exhale completely. This will help center your body, and clears your mind.
6. LAUGH Laugh about anything… a funny experience you recently had…something you did that was totally out of character….Anything just laugh
7. EXERCISE. Get your body moving. With movement you will feel relief quickly.
8. Make sure you get enough sleep. Take a few minutes each night to let your mind know that you are getting ready to sleep. Turn off the TV, read a book and just as you are dozing off reflect on things you are grateful for. Taking this time will help you awaken in a better state of mind the next day.
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