I hope all of you had a great Halloween. With Halloween comes a lot of candy!
Oh well, Halloween without candy wouldn't be Halloween, right? Just try your best to not eat all of it!
What about taking the leftovers to a nursing home? Pick some colorful to decorate your gingerbread house or donate them to the troops.
So now that Halloween is already behind us, that means Thanksgiving is around the corner, then Christmas! And you may have some birthdays in between. I personally have 3, my children, 20 and 21 of December, and my grandson the 11 of November. I'm already feeling the stress!
Talking about stress, what is it really? Is it something each of us create? Can we have control over it?
I found this definition online:
"Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is a stress. Some stresses get you going and they are good for you - without any stress at all many say our lives would be boring and would probably feel pointless. However, when the stresses undermine both our mental and physical health they are bad."
A different article described it like this:
"We generally use the word "stress" when we feel that everything seems to have become too much - we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us."
(Yep! that's it!)
The effects of stress can be emotional, psychological, and physical. Signs of stress are different in everyone, with some people expressing more physical signs, like fatigue or high blood pressure, and others expressing more emotion or psychological signs, like irritability or depression.
Let's stay on top if it during these coming Holidays! Maybe you will find some ways to relief your stress by doing one of these activities below. Or even better, tell us what you do to manage your stress.
Meditate
Breathe deeply
Walk
Be present - Slow down
Exercise
Tune in to your body
Laugh
Be grateful
Stay positive
Eat well
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