In A Rut? Find New Ways To Manage Stress

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us In A Rut? Find New Ways To Manage Stress  Life can be much easier when you don't have to think hard about every choice in your day.  This is part of why we tend to fall into habits that work well for us--it saves us from having to expend energy to solve problems we encounter every day.  One problem that can arise with an overly-habitual approach to stress is that we can find ourselves choosing stress relief options that may not be the best fit, simply out of habit.  Here are some ideas that can expand your ability to choose the right stress management technique for each situation you face, whether that means finding new options, reexamining potentially self-sabotaging responses, or simply finding new ways to relax.   -Elizabeth As always, you can find more stress management tools, tips, and information by finding me on Facebook, following me on Twitter, or connecting via Pinterest.  Enjoy your week! Elizabeth Scott, M.S. Stress Management Expert What's Stressing You? Try This! When stress relief techniques don't seem to work well, it's often due to a mismatch between stress reliever and situation. Learn what to do when you face various types of stress. READ NOW Share 5 Simple Ways to Just Relax When you're able to relax your body and mind, you bring yourself closer to creating a less stressed existence in general.  This is because the ability to relax can give you the power to shift  your experience of stress, even if you can't entirely change what you're facing.  If you find yourself feeling too tense, here are some simple ways to relax. READ NOW Share Change The Way You Habitually Relieve Stress It's easy to get into a rut with how you manage stress, and sometimes we all find ourselves using the wrong tool for the job.  Here are some of the most popular ways to manage stress, and when each might be best to use.  Read on, and see if you might benefit from widening your variety of favorite stress relievers. READ NOW Share 10 Things to Stop Doing When Stressed Can your response to stress be making things worse?  Here are some common pitfalls that many of us experience when stressed.  How many of these do you find yourself falling into when you're stressed?  Here's what you should STOP doing (with ideas for what to do instead). READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • The 10 Best Foods for Your Sex Life • 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Diet Right Now • 10 Things Women With PCOS Are Tired Of Explaining • What Is Postpartum Cardiomyopathy and What Causes It? • Your Start Doing List to Build More Muscle • The Best Foods to Eat After a Workout • What Causes Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS? • 7 Tasty Ways to Use Fruit for Your Dessert Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, 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. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved