Boo! 4 Healthy Habits to Scare Stress Away
Feeling a little frightful of your seemingly never ending to-do list? Are you encountering a ghoulish mid-fall slump? Has life been handing you a lot of tricks and not enough treats?
Experiencing stress is a normal part of our lives and it certainly doesn’t adhere to a one-size fits all system - it will creep up and spook us all differently! Your stress management techniques may look different than your friends, coworkers or family members, but having a toolkit of healthy habits to pull from is the goal.
Incorporating healthy stress management strategies into your daily schedule will help scare off the short-term and long-term life stressors, so you can keep calm and pumpkin on!
Here are some ways to incorporate stress management into your daily routine:
KEEP CALM: Regulate your nervous system: Mindfulness, meditation and breathing techniques
Try visualizing a calming setting, repeating a positive mantra or taking slow deep breaths
Will aid in reducing your body’s fight or flight response to perceived stress
GET MOVING: Exercise your stress away
Release those endorphins!
Any type of physical movement will help increase the feel-good hormones and decrease the body’s stress hormones
STAY POSITIVE: Reframe your inner voice to incorporate positive self-talk
Notice negative thoughts without judging them
Replace with a positive thought
Add an action in the direction of your goals
REACH OUT: Lean on your support system
Ask for help or a listening ear from your support network
Social and emotional support from others will help increase your resilience when stressful situations arise
Using the ideas above, create a list of 2-3 stress management techniques that you can implement when you begin to feel overwhelmed.
Remember, everyone will handle stress differently, so focus on the strategies that will work best for you!