Here are a few quick and easy stress relievers I love:
- Take three big letting go breaths, exhaling through the mouth
- Get more Vitamin C in your diet – it can help reduce cortisol, a stress hormone, in your body. Try oranges, peppers, green leafy veggies
- Take a 5 minute restroom break and just breathe
- Get outside for a 10 minute walk to re-energize
- Enjoy the sunset
- Feed your body right. Eat a nutritious meal with seasonal ingredients
- Think of five things you are grateful for in your life
- Play with a pet
- Enjoy this short calming meditation short calming meditation (YouTube)
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Take care of yourself. Don’t go to work when you are sick.
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Eliminate energy drainers. Write down the top three things that deplete your energy, and identify ways to eliminate, change, or accept them.
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Close your eyes and listen to what is happening around you.
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Go for lunch with a friend or co-worker. Enjoy getting to know or catch up with one another.
Melanie Noble 