Question:
I'm so stressed out these days and feeling so discouraged! Do you have any practical tips on how to manage stress.
Answer:
Yes, listed below are ten tips on how to manage stress in your life and 10 tips on how to boost your ego.
Tips on managing stress
- Set mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual boundaries for your life.
- Learn to manage your time effectively.
- Learn to say "No" when your schedule is full.
- Learn effective ways of communicating and resolving conflicts with people.
- Take time off from your regular schedule to go on vacation or take short weekend breaks.
- Establish an exercise program that includes aerobics and progressive relaxation techniques to reduce levels of tension and stress.
- Get adequate rest and plenty of sleep.
- Establish healthy eating habits.
- Listen to well written music that calms anxiety and soothes tension.
- Strive for a healthy, realistic, biblical outlook on life.
Tips on boosting your ego
- Take care of yourself.
- Don't try to fix family or friends.
- Get involved with things that used to make you happy.
- Avoid self-medication and substance abuse.
- Be flexible.
- Accept that you can't control everything.
- Plan for stress.
- Leave time for breaks and limit work.
- Turn off that "inner critic" voice that always says, "you should."
- Maintain a sense of humor.
Answered by: Doug Damron, L.P.C.
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