Stress Management: Tips

The following 10 most important Stress Management Tips  provide the basis for an effective stress management program.

1. Recognize the Problem.

   Be aware of the early signs and symptoms of stress. If stress is recognized earlier, preventive steps can be instituted.

   This will help you in planning the stress management program well in advance, before the problem digs deeper and establishes itself.

   Read the Tips on Coping with Stress for more details.

    

2. Reduce exposure to Stressors

   Over worked? Over commitments? Take steps to reduce overload in your day to day life. Remember the stress -performance curve? When there is continued stress, it affects the performance adversely. When your capacity to work reduces, the stress increases proportionally.

   Also go through your annual stress score. This is an indicator of your stress levels so far this year. If the stress score, is already high, say, above 200, then you can possibly postpone further stressors like buying a new car or changing your house for the time being until everything is under control.

   

3. Learn to adjust properly

The four important areas of life are: 

Family, Work, Leisure and Friends.

To keep your stress at a minimum, you have to judiciously allot time for each.. If you have to work more, see to it that  other areas are also given due consideration. Except for unavoidable work, do not encroach on the other areas on a regular basis.

The whole thing boils down to this: Giving more time and care for one aspect must not be at the expense of the other. This is essential to keep things under control and avoid undue stress in life.

4. Organize life a little more efficiently

   Practice time management. Make to do lists. Keep stress diary. Budget your spendings.

    

5. Learn to relax body

   Learn the basics of relaxing. Progressive muscular relaxation is a very good way to relax. Whenever you are under stress, try relaxing group of muscles.

    

6. Learn to relax mind

   Relaxing mind is an easy exercise that can be practised by anyone. It is indeed a bye-product of muscle relaxation.

   Dr.Hanish Babu's Stress Management Program '10 days to stress free life'  provides a step by step relaxation guidance for you to follow as a daily routine. You also get relaxation audios (both in male and female voices) to practice daily.

    

7. Exercise, eat and sleep properly

   Regular exercise keeps body and mind fit. It also releases positive hormones which soothens the mind and the body.

   Eating a nutritious, well balanced food also keeps the bodily functions in the positive mode.

   Sleep at least 7-8 hours daily. This provides the much needed rest and recharges both mind and the body. Fresh mind will flush out stress.

    

8. Make time for fun

   Most people fail to realize that regular leisure is necessary to recharge our lives. Make time for fun on a daily basis.

    

9. Express & share  your feelings.

   "Share Your Grief, it is Halved; Share Your Joy, it is Doubled"

   goes the saying.

   How true!

   But while sharing your stress see to it, that the person with whom you are sharing is capable of giving you support.

    

10. Learn to tackle life change events

    Always anticipate planned life change events and adjust accordingly.

    Would you like to learn more about the various ways and means to achieve a stress free life?

    Read the review of the  Stress Management Program that Dr.Hanish Babu has put together for you from his experience as a Stress Management Trainer and Consultant since 1987.