About Stress Management: Take Things A Step Further This Week

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Stress Management Stress Management Stress Causes Stress Effects How To Manage Stress From Elizabeth Scott, M.S., your Guide to Stress Management  If you've already found a few stress management techniques that work well for you, that's fantastic!  Because this is Stress Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to take things a step further and create more stress-reducing features in your life.  Why not build upon what's already working for you?  This newsletter brings a variety of habits you can add to your current routine or sprinkle in here and there--all of them will build your resilience toward stress.  Try as many as you have time for, or refer back to this newsletter when you want to try something new.  Enjoy your week!   --Elizabeth Beyond Breathing Exercises: Resilience-Building Habits If you've mastered the basic relaxation skill of stress-relief breathing, now is the time to build upon that and create new habits that use this skill for resilience-building benefit.  Here are three additional techniques you should try! Read more Search Related Topics:  stress relief techniques  building resilience  healthy habits New Ways To Set Boundaries In Your Life You can't eliminate all stressors and challenges in life (nor would you want to), but you can put some limitations on the stress that you face.  Here are some strategies for creating boundaries between you and some of the more constant stressors in your life.  Read more Search Related Topics:  tolerations  boundaries  conflict Shift Your Perspective And Build Resilience Rumination can creep in and exacerbate the stress you expereince in life.  Once you've done what you can to address the challenges you face, it helps to find a way to shift your focus away from your problems. Here are some coping strategies that go beyond mere distraction and build resilience.  Read more Search Related Topics:  positive thinking  optimism  gratitude journaling Emotion-Focused Coping Techniques You can't always change what you face, but you can alter your response, and you can work on coping with the feelings you have as a result.  Here are some ways to build your ability to cope.  Read more Search Related Topics:  stress management glossary  coping techniques  emotional stress Related Searches Coping with Stress Help for Stress Managing Stress Stress Reduce Stress at Work Featured Articles Stress Relief Products:Books, Music and Devices to Help Relieve Stress Addictions and Other Unhealthy Responses to Stress Situational Stress: From Holidays to Disasters, Understanding & Coping Relationship Stress: Marriage, Relationship Skills & Social Support Tools and Tips for Living A Low-Stress, Healthy Lifestyle Holidays and Observances That Help With Stress Management   More from About.com Sign-up for Shareables! An every-morning rundown of the day in history, headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Please sign up it's free (of course), we think you will like it! Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Elizabeth Scott, M.S. Stress Management Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to change your email address, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   More Stress Relief Resources How to Stay Holiday-Jolly All Year Happiness Shortcuts Secrets of Happy People   Follow me on: Advertisement