Reduce Stress to Live Healthier

Reduce stress in your everyday life to promote amazing results for your physical and mental health. Stress affects hormones, energy levels, hunger, and cravings. These effects all lead to poor choices that negatively affect healthy living. If you feel you may be plagued by stress, I have four helpful ways for you to reduce stress and manage it in a healthy way.

What is causing your stress?

• The first step to reduce stress is understanding why you feel stressed. Where is this anxiety or frustration coming from? It can be from many different aspects of your life; it usually is!
• Think about all the outlets of your life. Stress isn’t your fault. It often is from an external source. Is your job causing you stress? Are you worried about your spouse or family member? Are there financial problems?

How can you manage stress?

• Once you can pinpoint the source of your stress, brainstorm ideas on resolving the issues. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to come up with solutions to reduce stress once you have discovered isolated the source of the stress itself.
• Approach your stress rationally. It is easy to become bogged down with stress and resort to irrational tactics to resolve the problem. The goal is to reduce stress in a healthy way.
• To reduce stress in a healthy way, it is helpful to make lists of different approaches. How can you solve the problem? Consider all possible solutions and the outcomes of each. Which option will reduce stress without causing conflict in different areas of your life?

Implement the solution.

• Now that you have decided a plan of action to reduce stress, implement it!
• You will notice instant relief once you have managed the stress directly. Over time, you will reap the benefits of better health and more energy.

Distract yourself.

• In some instances, you won’t be able to reduce stress directly. If you worry about another person, that person is in control. To reduce stress at this point, it is easiest to distract yourself is healthy ways.
• When you begin to feel stress, don’t give into those hunger cravings. Reduce stress by engaging yourself in an activity that you enjoy. Hunger pangs brought on by stress are usually temporary. Avoid giving into temptation and then cook yourself a healthy meal.
• Listening to music is a great way to reduce stress as well. Music naturally calms the mind and body. Play some of your favorite tunes.
• To reduce stress, try to get moving! Just thirty minutes of moderate activity a day can help relieve stress, lower cortisol levels, and release happy endorphins in the brain. Exercise makes is a helpful way to reduce stress.

Stress from everyday activity, school, and jobs can play a major role in our happiness and overall health. Take steps each day to reduce stress, and you’ll notice a significant improvement in your quality of life. Now that you have some tips for stress reduction, living a healthier life will be much easier! For extra support on your journey toward healthy living, contact me!