Healthy Considerations

Stress is part of everyone’s life and can cause problems with your health. Finance and money are frequently among the first of the stresses that most people feel. However, families and work are also a frequent cause of stress and tension. Use the following tips to ensure that you deal with your stress in a healthy way.

Try to find out what is causing your stress.

Examine your life and see if it is possible to make changes in the areas that are causing you stress.

Relaxation techniques such as massage, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga may help to relieve your stress.

Make exercise part of your life.

Practice time management. Put your tasks into a priority list. When you make your list take into account yourself, your family, and your job. Using a check list will give you satisfaction when you complete a task.

Avoid sugar, fats, tobacco, caffeine, and alcohol to help your body and mind to cope with stress.

It is important to get enough sleep.

Find someone to talk to if things are bothering you. You can talk to family, friends or find a support group.

Volunteering can give you a sense of purpose and increase your self esteem and reduce your stress.

Relax by reading a book or watching a movie, listening to music or working at a hobby you enjoy.

Practice anger management. If you feel that you have problems dealing with you anger find a support group that you can join.

Take a vacation, no matter how short a time you can afford to get away.

Try not to do too much. Take things one step at a time.

Perfection is impossible – don’t even try for it.

Try not to be too critical of others.

See the funny side of life. Watch funny movies and tv shows.

Your neck and jaw are often the first to feel the effects of stress and tension. Moving your head from side to side and front to back will usually help. Also try rotating your neck in a circle slowly.

Set small and smart goals for yourself and then work carefully and realistically towards achieving them. Keep in mind that unrealistic goals never seem to be reached and this can add to your stress level. Try to set just goal for yourself this week by using the SMART approach:

SPECIFIC: Choose one little goal and write it down.

MEASURABLE: How will you know when it is done?

ACHIEVABLE: How long will it take to finish it?

REWARDED: What will you give yourself when you have finished?

TIME-LIMITED: In order to be a SMART goal it must have a realistic finish date and time.

Laugh at stress. Laughter is your body’s natural stress-release mechanism. Rent your favorite funny movie or record a TV show that you know makes you laugh. You can keep the recording on hand for those stress emergencies. Go to the library and borrow a book that you know will make you laugh. Or read the daily comics in the newspaper.

Exercise is the best way to cope with stress. Go for a walk, go to the gym and give yourself some distance from the problem. Take a walk at lunchtime or during your coffee break at work. This will increase your energy and make it possible for you to cope with the situation.

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