probably experience good stress and bad stress on a daily
basis. Good stress is best described as the adrenaline rush
you feel when you rise to challenges. Bad stress feeds on
worry, fear and anxiety, and creates a vicious cycle of harmful
stress that can lead to health problems. Bad stress can also
get embedded into your life when its consistent; like the stress
that comes from ongoing work-related issues, family struggles,
or relentless financial problems.
The major issue about stress is how you deal with your stress.
The stress relief tips below focus on taking control of stress by
practical means. These self-help stress relief tips focus on a
few stress triggers that you can control. Your quality of life,
health and happiness depend heavily on how you manage
your stress.
Stress Relief Tips
- Eat right and exercise
- Set realistic goals
- Handle important tasks first and eliminate unessential tasks
- Take a break and meditate to slow down "mind-racing"
- Reduce the urge to be "perfect"
- Be flexible
- Avoid excessive competition
- Reduce criticism of yourself and others
- Don't stress when expectations are not met
- Manage your anger
- Push away negativity of any kind
- Give yourself "me" time
- Choose to keep quiet when you feel a negative reaction
- Be cheerful, it deflates others stress and anxiety
- Silence your phone at night
- Dab essential oils on your wrist to reminder yourself to relax
- Utilize relaxation techniques; Yoga, Meditation, Breathing, etc.
- Laugh and smile more often
- Remember you can only change yourself
You fight a cold. You bandage a cut. You get rid of a headache. The point is if
something impacts you negatively, you do something about it. Stressing brings
about a negative impact, so do something about it. Don't allow stress to build.
Don't allow stress to steal your joy. When you feel stress coming on, push it away.
Resist it. Fight back. Use whatever tools or stress relief tips that work for you, but
do not let stress take control of you.
Remember studies show that 10 to 20 minutes of quiet reflection or meditation a
day can bring relief from stress and increase your tolerance of the dynamic
situations around you. Bookmark this site and use the stress relief videos located
in the upper right hand corner of every page of Tranquility is Yours as part of your
meditation routine. You can also incorporate some of these self-help stress relief tips to begin to reduce the stress in your life.
