Properly managing stress
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
- Lout Holtz
According to the American Institute for Stress, 73% of people report stress impacting their mental health. Managing our responsibilities and commitments can become challenging when there are so many of them to address.
It can become quite the balancing act between our personal and professional lives. In order to prevent ourselves from feeling constantly overwhelmed and avoid burnout, we can incorporate stress management tools that help us address the stress that can sometimes feel like a baked-in ingredient of life.
Having been diagnosed with general anxiety and incorporating everything from medication to talk therapy, one of the best tools I have found to manage stress and anxiety is regular exercise.
It does not matter what type of exercise I do, as long as I work up a good sweat after 20–30 minutes on an almost daily basis. Since regular exercise helps support our physical AND mental health, it’s one of those healthy habits that provides a variety of benefits.
Exercise helps us release those “feel good” chemicals like endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. Besides helping us look better, exercise can help us feel much better and less stressed.
