Learn how to manage stress in a healthy manner

There are two types of stress which psychologists have termed Eustress and Stress. These are as different as two sides of the same coin. One is actually useful while the other is harmful to your body. If you are able to identify your type of stress, you can get a handle it and use it to your advantage. We can channel positive stress (eustress) into motivating us to accomplish many things in our lives that important to us.

Eustress is an anxious feeling that's more akin to anticipation than dread. You may experience eustress before giving a presentation at work, before going on a job interview or when preparing a gourmet meal from a recipe you’ve never tried before. While the specific out come is unknown, you are approaching it with a sense of "positive expectancy". That is you are excited about believing that it will go well and turn out the way you think it will. It is energizing and exciting!

Stress, on the other hand, is anxiety, fear, frustration and an overwhelming sense of dread.
Job burnout is the result of working too long in a stressful environment. This is the stress that will kill us! There’s nothing useful about stress. It's the warm-up act for a heart attack, stroke and emotional breakdown.

As busy adults we know we need to manage our harmful stress to avoid it's negitive consequences. Engaging in the activities that we know we should be doing gets put on our "soon to do" list, which unfortunatly gets pushed further back as more and more "must do" things enter our lives!

This space is going to provide its readers with ways that you can use stress management techniques that are not going to add to your stress level. It isn't hard to incorperate effective techniques into your daily life. The secret is to do a little bit every day!

No matter what you do to manage your stress, if it only takes up more of your already limited time, you probably won't do it much, and certainly not enough to be effective.

If you would like to learn how to immediatly begin to manage your stress in a more productive manner sign up for our free e-course or join our membership and make the commitment to become a less stressed, healthier and happier you!

Until next time, take care and be safe!

Mr. Don