From Acceptance To Communication. These Stress Management Tips Teach You Coping Mechanisms.

Your ability to tolerate a lot of stress depends on many factors both internal and external and I have listed some below:

•Friends-Have at least one good friend that can support you through stressful times.

• Love yourself-Learn to be kind to yourself as if you are feeling overwhelmed and the daily stresses are getting to you, self-love is imperative.

•Stay positive.-Not an easy task when your life is spinning out of control but I have found that taking immediate action in a positive direction is always helpful.

•Time management-is extremely important when you are under pressure. Make lists and arm yourself with all the information that you need to get the job done.

•Balance is important and I’m not talking about standing on one leg! Try and see that you have a balance between work and play as burning the candle at both ends is never a good idea.

•Emotional balance is just as important and, where possible, this is best acquired without the use of chemicals

Acceptance

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. ~Buddha

Accepting the past and moving forward is the key to successful stress management.

Life is a journey and if you can say that you have never failed at anything, you have probably not tried, and therefore missed out on the opportunity to grow and learn the valuable lessons that failure can teach you.

If you find it difficult to accept failure you should try, just for the next 24 hours, not to react to life's little irritations. You will find that this acceptance of the small problems in your life will fill you with an energy that will give you the power to learn from your mistakes and move on to greater things.

Brain-exercise it!

Ever wondered where it went?

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. ~Mark Twain

Stress management relies on you to give your brain time off from your normal mental activities. Don’t allow yourself to get into a rut especially as you age. For instance if you have never been a lateral thinker try and do some puzzles that encourage you to think out of the box. Once you get going you will be surprised what you can do, and you will find plenty of resources on the internet that provide puzzles and quizzes.

Communication

The cold war?

~Phyllis McGinley, "Ballade of Lost Objects," 1954

Your emotions, especially if you don’t put a voice to them, can affect your health and your looks negatively and make stress management difficult. Just about all aspects of your life can be affected by unexpressed emotions, so all you need to do is find a way of releasing them without going overboard and affecting those around you.

Make sure that you communicate with colleagues and loved ones at all times, but if you struggle with your emotions, start by chatting about your day and how you felt about it, and build up to the more important things. Also if you can find a person you trust to role play with you, you will start to feel more comfortable as time passes.

Another alternative is to work out a set of affirmations that you can repeat over and over to yourself, until you feel able to communicate freely with others.

Communication is the key whether at home, at work or out dating, when it comes to attracting people to us. (This link will open in a new window behind this page so minimize me and do come back when you are done.)