• Stress causes a cascade of chemical reactions, and some of them are detrimental to our physical and mental health.
• Stress prematurely ages you, causes many diseases, and overall is bad for your health.
• Take ‘I’m too old’ out of your vocabulary. Do stuff you love that makes you feel passionate, happy, and alive.
• Studies show a smile takes as many years off your face as a surgical facelift.
• Keep Smiling. Did you know that it’s almost impossible to smile and worry at the same time? Go on, try it.
• Change what you realistically can, and learn to cope with what you can’t
• Spend more time with good, positive friends. Fun is fabulously de-stressing.
• Surround yourself with positive, happy people who bring energy to your life spending time with others is a fantastic way to prevent stress.
• Try reading a book; reading something absorbing can reduce stress levels by more than two-thirds in just six minutes, processed foods.
• Eat well. Eat more green vegetables and oily fish, and cut out processed foods.
• Try breathing exercises. Breathe in through your nose, hold for 7 seconds, and slowly breathe out for 8 seconds, emptying your lungs. Repeat three times.
• Exercise and move most days. Yoga, Pilates, dance even sex can reduce stress.
• Sleep More and Better
