Keep a stress journal

Your stress journal can help you identify them. Are your coping strategies healthy or unhealthy, helpful or unproductive? Unfortunately, many people cope with stress in ways that compound the problem.

From: helpguide.org

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Identify your stress

Stress management starts with identifying the sources of stress in your life. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. Your true sources of stress aren’t always obvious, and it’s all too easy to overlook your own stress-inducing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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Experiencing stress

When we experience stress, our bodies automatically react in ways that prepare us to fight or run.

Meditation affects the body in exactly the opposite ways that stress does, restoring the body to a calm state, helping the body to repair itself, and preventing new damage due to the physical effects of stress.

From: stress.about.com

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Stress reduction

Autogenic training is a method of reversing the fight-or-flight response by achieving a meditative state and becoming aware of specific body sensations with the goal of relaxation.

As it reverses the stress response, it’s been shown to be effective in relieving many stress-related conditions including tension and anxiety in the short term and chronic stress-related conditions like high blood pressure and irritable bowel syndrome in the long term.

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Hypnosis and stress relief

Hypnosis is perhaps one of the least understood therapeutic tools in use. While most people think of hypnosis as a way to get somebody to bark like a dog at the snap of your fingers or take off their clothes when you say the work ‘stupendous’, hypnosis can be a valuable tool in helping people overcome fears, withstand pain, or, yes, even reduce stress in their lives.

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Stress Management through guided imagery

Guided imagery has been found to provide significant stress reduction benefits, including physically relaxing the body quickly and efficiently and even helping participants get in touch with deeper levels of wisdom

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Get a better life, be confident

Low self-esteem, shyness or a lack of confidence can really affect a person’s life, not just on the dating side but at work and when meeting new people.

From: my-dating-advice.com

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Stress and your health

Stress can leave you feeling exhausted, worried, uptight and very nervous, and can also lead to sexual problems as well.

From: healthcentral.com

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Stress and distraction

Chronic stress can lead the way to poor digestion, a weak immune system, high blood pressure, and many other conditions. Proper breathing and meditation techniques are effective ways of coping with stress.

From altmedicine.about.com

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We reap what we sow

We reap what we sow. To create the time, money and lifestyle you want, you have to invest it first.  That may involve reassessing your skills, researching, networking, attending training events and the like.

From careerhubblog.com

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Practice having a positive attitude

Practice having a positive attitude. Attitude matters -  you can view the glass as half full or half empty, and it makes a tremendous difference in dealing with stress.

From everydayhealth.com

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Don’t obsess over details

Don’t obsess over details. Try to tap into your self-confidence and trust that if the relationship is meant to work out, it will.

From cognitive-therapy-associates.com

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Harmful coping mechanisms

If you currently use harmful coping mechanisms, like drinking, smoking, or overeating when stressed, commit to breaking those habits, and get help if necessary.

From everydayhealth.com

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Learn about stress now to be prepared for being stressed

Develop good coping strategies to use when you feel stressed and practice using them when you’re feeling calm so you can call on them when your stress level rises.

Learn relaxation techniques, practice meditation, and engage in a pleasurable physical activity.

From everydayhealth.com

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