No one likes to be stressed out – especially when we know it can be linked to poor health. Learning how to manage your stress can be a small change with a big positive impact on your physical and mental health. Everyone has stress, but this week you will learn how to identify if your stress is negatively affecting you and steps you can take to overcome it.
Action Step:
Read the Stress Fact Sheet
Learn what stress is, how it can affect you physically, and get some tips to help manage stress. Don't forget to click the Resources & Tools link at the top for some great resources to help you this week.
Action Step:
Complete the When Managing Stress is Hard Worksheet
Spend a few minutes today completing the “When Managing Stress is Hard” worksheet. Making changes to how you handle stress can be hard, but these questions will help you think about how to get started.
Action Step:
Bring stress levels down.
Keep this list of 10 Tips for Dealing with Stress with you this week. As you start to notice your stress is building up and won't let up, use this resource to help decide how you can work to bring it down to a manageable level.
10 Tips for Dealing with Stress