Awareness, acceptance and acknowledgment of stress indicators (symptoms) and stressors (causes).

Breathing, (natural rather than forced, reversed or jammed) plays an important part in managing stress.

Choice gives you the feeling of taking control of your life, celebrate the days of your life.

Direction and discipline give you a sense of accomplishment, and feeling good about yourself.

Expression of feelings, emotions and thoughts. Do not act on your feelings. Just express how you feel (in physical terms) if you are not sure of the emotional words.

Feelings, emotions and stress are body responses.

Grounding in your body offers you the ability to respond realistically to the here-and-now situation.

Hourly assessment of yourself and your body is helpful in determining stress indicators and stressors.

Invest in yourself.

Journal keeping is essential to uncover your profile of stressors.

Killer stressors are: resentment, self-pity, frustration and negativity. Life producing stressors are: realistic goals, appreciation of self and others, and diversification of thoughts and actions.

Let go of your negative stressors (thoughts, feelings, emotions) by accepting them.

Monitor your stress indicators and stressors.

Nutrition that is adequate is a valuable tool to emotional and physical health, and well being.

Options are necessary to keep motivated.

Personal stress profile will help you uncover your stress indicators and stressors.

Quiet time for relaxation and rejuvenation.

Reach out to someone, know that you are not alone even though you feel alone.

Set realistic goals that are derived from past experiences and gave you feelings of well-being.

Take control of your life.

Unrealistic goals are to be avoided.

View your life as a process of being and becoming.

Watch your attitude, breathing, environment, and nutrition and make them positive and natural.

Xtra time for yourself.

Your environment must be free of stressors such as: fluorescent lighting, dirty ventilation, and sick buildings.

Z - This is the first day of the rest of your life, you be the artist, the creator of your canvas and paint a picture of joy and passion.

Source: Dr. Rae Baum, Ph.D., Getting A Handle On Your Stress. Booklet, Copyright © 1995
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