Carve out some time to relax and take care of yourself—even just 10 to 15 minutes per day can improve your ability to handle life's stressors.
Take a walk. Walking can bring you the benefits of exercise—both short-term and long-term, and it provides the bonus of getting you out of the stressful situation.
Take a breath. Getting more oxygen into your body and releasing physical tension are two ways that breathing exercises can benefit you, and you can do them anytime or anywhere, even if your demanding situation isn't letting up.
Take a mental break. Visualizations and guided imagery are a wonderful way to restore peace of mind. They're easy to do, and can relax you physically as well as mentally.
Reframe your situation. Sometimes we intensify our experience of stressful situations by the way we look at them. If you can look at your situation differently, you may be able to put it into a different perspective—one that causes you less stress!
Try Progressive Muscle Relaxation. (PMR) is a technique where you tense and release all of your muscle groups, leaving your body feeling more relaxed afterward. Read More…
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