10 Ways to Manage Stress

Adults, teens and even children can experience stress, especially during the school year. While stress can be the body’s way of preparing us to cope with potentially threatening situations, it becomes a problem when it interferes with our ability to properly handle our daily routines.

Here are some tips to help you minimize its negative effects:

1. Figure out the source of your stress. Oftentimes we feel like everything is overwhelming. However, by getting specific and pinpointing the stressors in your life, you’re closer to coping.

2. Focus on what you can control. Identify these stress triggers and determine how to take action.

3. Learn about relaxation, breathing, meditation and visualization techniques to help relax your mind.

4. Breathe to manage your symptoms. Deep breathing is one of the best ways to lower your body’s stress level.

5. Getting enough sleep is crucial. Stress sometimes causes troubled sleep and in turn insomnia reduces your ability to fight stress.

6. Manage your time. Organize your day and priorities more effectively. Learn to delegate and let go.

7. Take the time to eat well. Your body needs the energy and proper nutrients to help face and manage stress. A healthy diet will ensure that you are fueled to succeed in all your daily tasks.

8. Take part in physical exercise, especially outdoors if you can. Yoga, for example, is proven as a stress-relieving activity.

9. Adopt a positive attitude. Put things into perspective and don’t dwell on the negative.

10. Look for help. While options for treatment to ease stress can be limited, homeopathic products such as Sedatil provide relief of nervousness, irritability, and hypersensitivity without drowsiness or risk of dependency. It offers a non-sedative solution that calms you down, yet allows you to remain alert and focused to react and accomplish what you need to during stressful situations. Recommended for everyone 12 years of age and older, Sedatil is perfect for stress that comes on very quickly: such as a student worried about a test, an older adult anxious about a medical exam or procedure, an anxious flyer, or an executive worried about an important presentation.

The “Homeopathic Medicine Finder” app at www.boiron.com/app helps you to find the most appropriate homeopathic solution, along with indications, dosage and medicinal ingredients.

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