How can we feel better from stress?
Daily activities for your body & mind
Eat well
Don’t skip breakfast! You must break your fast. If you don’t eat sugar, the ketones from your liver will keep ruining your brain.
Exercise
Find the best types of stretching and exercise routines for you.
Sleep well
For you mind to function well, your brain and its neurons need their full complement of sleep.
Listen to good music
Good music can help us to relax, do exercise, and learn. Meanwhile, bad music can be disruptive and provocative.
Meditate and/or pray
Studies show that these quiet activities help people to feel more relaxed.
Only think positively before you fall sleep
Studies also demonstrate that we must set up our mind correctly for sleep.
Take care of a pet
Caring for a pet can help relieve stress, and your pet might take care of you, too.
Sing a song
Instead of picking a sad song, pick a song to sing which is joyful.
Help someone
Being virtuous will improve your own well-being.
Weekly activities for your body & mind
Draw or paint
The process of expression and creative problem-solving as we place images on paper or canvas can be quite exhilarating.
Read and learn from a good book
Find solutions for your problems
Sculpt or mold pottery
These activities may be soothing both to your hands and your mind.
Discuss a good book
Discussion of a book in a group, club, etc. can be a wonderful way to learn more about a book, exchange ideas, and find supportive people.
Partner dancing
Whether you try ballroom dancing or folk dancing, the process of dancing eventually becomes soothing or thrilling.
Write a letter or art card
Express virtue or other thoughts to people whom are meaningful to you.
Practice a musical instrument
Disc
Visit a garden or spend time gardening
The array of floral colors are stimulating in a calming way.
Sing with a choir or chorus
Studies show that choir or chorus members benefit as they secrete a hormone called oxytocin.
Monthly activities for your body & mind
Go Hiking
Attend a concert
Go Exploring
Weekly professional activities for your mind
Art Therapy
Receive guidance from an Art Therapist to use Art Therapy to calm your anxiety or PTSD.
Psychotherapy
Develop enhanced coping skills, eliminate limiting self beliefs, and resolve inner conflict to reduce your sources of stress.
Coaching
Get a Positive Psychology Life Coach to help you develop wisdom and character strengths for your path to fulfillment.