A lifestyle that reduces stress levels:
- Healthy diet
- Physical activity: walking, tai chi, yoga, pilates
- Moderate alcohol consumption
- Do not smoke
- Slow down and find time for resting and relaxation
- Enough quality sleep
- Manage your time
- Learn to say no
- Take some time for yourself
- Talk to close people, seek help
- Avoid stimulus
- Turn off the TV
- Get a pet
Relaxation techniques that reduce stress:
- Breathe deeply
- Listen to your body, pay attention to the tension
- Think positively
- Exercise a progressive muscle relaxation
- Meditate
- Spend time with family and friends, talk and laugh
- Prepare yourself a warm bath
- Enjoy a hobby that relaxes you
- Listen to music, enjoy a good book, read the newspapers
- Get a massage
- Buy something for yourself
