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TWELVE TIPS FOR COPING WITH STRESS

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Our world is simply spinning too fast!  Most of us are trying to walk a straight line (or keep our lives straight), but instead, we are hanging on to life’s treadmill!   A little stress is a good thing- it can enhance your productivity.  However, too much stress can create or worsen physical and emotional problems.  Try to manage your stress levels through a healthy lifestyle and simple tension-reducing activities.

Try these twelve tips. Hopefully, you will be able to balance your busy schedule a little better:

1.    Develop a positive attitude.

2.    Exercise regularly; aim for 30 minutes every day.

3.    Eat right.  Protein-containing foods and those that contain Vitamins A, B, and C protect us from stress.

4.    Manage time efficiently.

5.    Warn your family when you are feeling especially tense; if they are causing the pressure, it will help them to understand how you are feeling and hopefully calm things down.

6.    Talk things out; don’t hold feelings in.

7.    Understand that every crisis gives you an occasion to grow and learn.

8.    Get sufficient sleep.

9.    Have a support network of people you can count on for help, at home and/or work.

10.    Stretch away tension; there are stretching exercises that can even be done at your desk.

11.    Give yourself a break – time alone to calm down, even 20-30 minutes, may be enough to help you focus on taking the proper time to concentrate on tasks at hand.

12.    Relax……take three or four deep breaths and loosen all of your muscles as much as possible.

Life is too short to spend worrying about things you can’t control.  Much of the tension in our lives is self-created.  We have many responsibilities, both to our families and our employers.  But if we make ourselves sick because of not taking care of ourselves, both emotionally and physically, we are going to not only let them down, but ourselves, as well.

Enjoy every day that you wake up and have events in your life that keep you busy and focused.  As the saying goes, “Stop and smell the roses!”  Life will be much sweeter when you do!

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STRESSFUL LIFESTYLE?

It’s hard to find anyone who isn’t stressed out in this hurry-up world of ours.  Signs of a stressful life that could be affecting your health are:

  • Feeling that your life is out of control
  • Trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
  • Skipping meals or eating on the run because of lack of time
  • Frequent illness
  • Feeling run-down and/or too tired to exercise
  • Eating, drinking or smoking when you are nervous
  • Having difficulty saying No

Try these quick relaxation tips:

  • Laugh away your worries.  Keep humorous articles handy to read and share.
  • Massage your temples, shoulders and neck.
  • Get in a comfortable position.  Take a long, slow, deep breath to the count of 5.  Then exhale to the count of 5.  Imagine that you are breathing out excess tension and breathing in relaxation.  With each breath, say to yourself, “Relax”.  Repeat 10 times.

Do these simple stretches:  (You can even do them sitting or standing at your desk.)

  • Upper Back Stretch:  Sitting straight with your fingers interlaced behind your head, and keeping your shoulders down, lift your chest and bring your elbows back as far as you can.  Hold 10 seconds.
  • Overhead Reach:  Raise your arms over your head and interlace your fingers with palms facing up.  Stretch upwards, keeping your shoulders down.  Hold for 20 seconds.
  • Shoulder Rotations:  Sit up straight.  Bring shoulders up toward your ears and then back behind you.  Move them forward, making imaginary circles.  Roll shoulders forward 10 times, then roll shoulders in the reverse direction 10 times.
  • Waist Bend:  Standing, reach arms overhead with fingers laced together.  Face forward with shoulders down, bend to one side from the waist.  Hold for 20 seconds.  Repeat on the other side.  Repeat 10 times.

Now, don’t just read this; try it!  Hope it helps!

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How Stressed Are You?

We all have to deal with a little stress, some of us, more than others.  Sometimes stress can be a good thing- it can enhance your productivity.  However, too much stress can create or worsen physical and emotional problems.  Try to manage your stress levels through a healthy lifestyle and simple tension-reducing activities.

See if this will help in your every day life:

  • Exercise regularly; aim for 30 minutes every day.
  • Eat right.  Protein-containing foods and those that contain Vitamins A, B, and C protect us from stress.
  • Develop a positive attitude.
  • Manage time efficiently.
  • Talk things out; don’t hold feelings in.
  • Understand that every crisis gives you an occasion to grow and learn.
  • Get sufficient sleep.
  • Have a support network of people you can count on for help.
  • Stretch away tension; there are stretching exercises that can be done at your desk.