De-Stress Your Lifestyle
Monday July 21, 2008
Lately, we've been focusing on attitudes and perspectives that can relieve stress, and that's an important part of stress relief, but there's something to be said for good old-fashioned simplicity. If you have fewer sources of stress in your life, obviously your stress response will be triggered less. Here are some ways to de-stress your lifestyle. Put a few of them in practice, and you may be surprised by how much less stressed you feel!
Simplify Life With Automatic Stress Relievers
Here are some things you can do once that will relieve ongoing stress in your life--what a great ROI!
5 Ways to Simplify Life
Here are five effective ways to cut down on stress from virtually all areas of your life--both the obvious stress that you obsess over, and the more subtle stress that drains you without your being aware of it!
How To Say No
It's important to set boundaries with people, or you'll end up overwhelmed, and pleasing no one! Here are some simple ways to do what's often more difficult than it sounds: say "no"!
One quick tip to simplify life comes from the teachings of cultivating presence to the moment. What is simpler than taking 5 minutes out of any day to just sit or lie down and bring awareness to one object. That can be the breath coming in and out of the body, a sensation in the body, listening to someone talking, or tasting the food you are eating.
Try it out!
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.
That’s an excellent piece of advice! Thank you for sharing. (I’m going to go focus on my breathing now.)
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