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Five Essential Habits for Stress Control
1. Develop your relaxation skills. Stress control requires your
being able to put aside the demands and stressors in your daily
life, at least temporarily. Many people have actually lost the
ability to relax and create emotional distance from troubling
thoughts and may need to re-train their body and mind to relax
effectively.
2. Pay attention to physical health.. Remember that stress
results from a combination of physical and mental factors. If
your body isn't able to handle these challenges, you aren't
going to be capable of effective stress management.
3. Become a time management expert. Finding extra minutes in
your day need not be an insurmountable task, and those daily
minutes add up.
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Exercise regularly.. Exercise not only stimulates release of
endorphins, the body's natural stress-fighters, but it also
helps lower cortisol and other stress hormone levels. You'll
also be healthier and better prepared to deal with both physical
and mental demands.
5. Prioritize commitments and responsibilities.. Learn to differentiate
between mandatory obligations and commitments you made due to
guilt, to satisfy others, or to fulfill unrealistic expectations
of yourself. Learning to say 'no' can help you reduce the stress
of excessive demands on your time and energy.
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