Live Your Best By Reducing Stress

Whether work related or personal, everyone experiences stress. Stress can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. Unmanaged stress can lead to health risks such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases, and obesity. Stress built up overtime could also lead to anxiety and depression, hormonal problems, and difficulty sleeping.

If you experience any signs of stress-related symptoms, taking the necessary precautions will allow your body to remain healthy. Read below for tips on how to reduce stress:

Meditate in Between Major Tasks

• All brain breaks are valuable, but taking the time to meditate, even if it’s just for a few minutes, can really improve your emotional wellbeing. Apps like Insight Timer and Headspace can help you clear your mind when you need to.

Take Exercise Breaks

• Exercise not only facilitates better physical health, but it’s also proven to help emotionally and mentally thanks to the release of endorphins. Try walking around for 10 minutes when you feel overwhelmed or tired, to improve mood and focus.

Eat Healthy Snacks

• Grazing throughout the day is crucial to keeping your energy up. A balance of healthy fats, carbs, and protein will improve your mental acuity and help you avoid crashing throughout the day.

Fight Eye Strain

• Help reduce the strain caused by long computer sessions or staring at your phone by trying blue light glasses. Eye strain from too much blue light can cause fatigue and headaches, so tools that reduce it or remind you to take breaks are key.

Get More Rest

• We all know we need to do it, yet it’s all too easy to sleep less than the recommended 7 to 8 hours. Get as much as you can so you can feel better, and your ability to focus and work efficiently will be improved significantly.

Limit Overworking Yourself

• Working for too many hours is proven to be highly harmful to ones’ health. Know when to take breaks, take a day off, and ask for help.

Sometimes stress is unavoidable and can be insufferable. Remember to take time for yourself!