Helping others to help yourself
This tip concerns social relationships and offers a suggestion to anyone who would like to enhance or improve theirs.
Resources
Stress Management Resources
Recent stress management resources that have been added to the site
Sing!
We may not think we’re very good at it but no-one need hear us. In various studies singing has been proven to improve mood and performance, reduce blood pressure, improve breathing and generally promote well-being.
A Simple Hug
As human touch increases the production of endorphins which are known to lower the negative impact of stress, studies have found that individuals who are regularly touched recover faster than those who aren’t.
Try to distinguish between productive and unproductive worries
Productive worries are those concerning situations which we have control over. Time spent thinking about these situations may result in our taking action and therefore being productive.
Acceptance
You don’t have to accept what you’ve got …
but it helps
Reframing
Sometimes when you experience a stressful situation, you lose the ability to see that what you’re doing may actually be making it worse.
3 Positive Things
If you find, especially at this time of year, that you fall into bed physically exhausted but with your mind a whirl of unfinished tasks and things you still need to do, you may find this simple exercise will calm your mind and leave you in a more relaxed state for sleep.
Lighten Up!
Remember that with the on-set of winter comes fewer daylight hours which is enough to leave many of us feeling a little flat.
Turn your problems into challenges
Have you noticed that successful people rarely use the word ‘problem’? Instead, they prefer to use ‘challenge’ as they know that the only way to learn anything valuable in life is from trial and error, and that learning from your failures breeds success.
Break a routine and don't be overtaken by mundane stress
Bringing routine to some of the repetitive tasks of our everyday lives does have the advantage of simplifying them and, in time, allowing us to perform them on auto-pilot.