{"id":733,"date":"2013-09-01T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T01:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=733"},"modified":"2013-09-09T20:32:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T01:32:36","slug":"stresstips-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/stresstips-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress:  Tips to Manage Stress &#8211; 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Stress<\/i> is all around &#8212; Traffic!\u00c2\u00a0 Pollution!\u00c2\u00a0 People in a hurry &#8212; hustle, bustle! Pressure at home!\u00c2\u00a0 Pressure at work!\u00c2\u00a0 Pressure abounds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/depressed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-668\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"financial stress &amp; pressure\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/depressed2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Stress is a common factor in most peoples&#8217; lives. However, it is important to take care not to let stress manage YOU. If you allow your tension to get out of control, it can begin to influence your health and wellness. Here are three (3) solid suggestions to help you keep stress from managing your life.<\/p>\n<p>1. <b>Relaxation:<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0 Relax your jaw and give up grinding your teeth (if you do so). A clenched jaw can be one of the initial signs that your body feels it is under siege from anxiety. When you are stressed, contact your jaw, clench briefly, breathe gradually in, then, as you slowly breathe out, let your jaw relax. Doing this exercise should assist you feel better swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>2. <b>Positive Thinking:<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0 Everybody can benefit from holding <a title=\"The Life Coach Dr. for Hypnosis Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/thehypnosisdr.com\/coach\/positive-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">positive thoughts<\/a>. Develop your very own by creating a <!--more-->favorable, brief expression called an affirmation.\u00c2\u00a0 Use this affirmation daily. When you feel overloaded, repeat your affirmation. This provides you with confidence and strength to handle the situation at hand. Tell yourself to feel what you are feeling and do it anyway, that you are confident of success, or any other message that helps you feel more powerful and more in control.<\/p>\n<p>3. <b>Aromatherapy:<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0 Calming aromas can melt anxiety away. Smelling basil, oils of anise, chamomile, bay, eucalyptus, jasmine, increased, thyme, and peppermint can all be comforting. All you need to do is place some rock salt and a few drops of oil in a vial\/bottle. Whenever stress begins to overtake you, just smell one of your favorite scents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress is all around &#8212; Traffic!\u00c2\u00a0 Pollution!\u00c2\u00a0 People in a hurry &#8212; hustle, bustle! Pressure at home!\u00c2\u00a0 Pressure at work!\u00c2\u00a0 Pressure abounds! Stress is a common factor in most peoples&#8217; lives. However, it is important to take care not to let stress manage YOU. If you allow your tension to get out of control, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emotional-healing","category-life-coaching","category-mental-healing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}