Managing anxiety, stress and tension
All of us experience anxiety, stress or tension at some or other stage in our lives. If we do not cope with it immediately and deliberately it might overwhelm us and immobilise us for the tasks that we have to perform. |
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Managing stress
Moderate amounts of stress are usually not harmful and can even be stimulating. Excessive stress, however, can be detrimental to one’s health. |
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Stress – how does one cope?
At the end of your tether? If you're not going to use “stress-eating” as your coping mechanism, what can you do? |
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Zap stress and take back your life
Question: What are the things that stress us most? Answer: All things we can’t avoid. But there’s a way. |
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Overwhelmed?
Are you at a point in your life where you feel that everything is getting a bit too much for you? Here is how to regain a grip on things.
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Simple solutions to everyday niggles
Instead of going out of your mind when you have a minor problem, use your head. Here are a few simple tricks.
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Three exercises to calm your mind
The following exercises are great ways to calm down in the midst of a stressful day or situation. The best thing about them, is that they can be done anywhere. |
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Destress your lifestyle
A healthy, regulated lifestyle will help you to cope with stress and will ensure that you don’t end up with unreasonable loads of stress on your shoulders in the first place. |
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Stop stress in the morning
With running around trying to pack the kids' homework while trying to get dressed, mornings can be stressful. Here's how to start the day off on the right track. |
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Walk away from stress
Walking is a great stress reliever, especially because it means getting out into the open air and it also gives you the chance to commune with the greatest stress reliever of all - nature. |
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Make your life easier - today
There are just not enough hours in the day and you feel as if you are being pulled in five different directions. Where will you find more time? |
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Feel better in ten minutes
All stressed out and ready to strangle someone? Has your boss, the bank manager, the baby and your mother-in-law been acting up? Before you explode, here are some suggestions. |
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Booze-free ways to destress
Rather than turning into a pressure cooker of stress, here are a few ways to unwind, and some ways that you shouldn’t.
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Develop a personal stress management programme
In order to cope optimally with the stresses of the change of life, it is important to change the source of stress and/or your reaction to it. |
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37 creative ways to de-stress
There are things every one of us should do at least once a year – if only to remind ourselves that we are alive. |
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Five destressing tips
Managing the stress in your life is a long term learning process, fortunately there are some practical things that you can do in the meantime to make your day more bearable. |
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Looking after yourself in a crisis
Even if your friends' lives look perfect, they're not. A crisis can strike at any time –and it can hit anyone. Even you. Here's how to look after yourself. |
