Kill Your Stress ... Before Your Stress Kills You!

Just about every illness is either directly caused, or made worse, by stress. That includes heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, along with:

• Back pain and headaches
• Stomache and digestive problems
• Tooth grinding
• Sleep loss and fatigue
• Skin problems
• Weight gain or loss
• Depression
• Confusion, irritability, forgetfulness and more

The following tips from Lifehack will help you develop practices and a mindset that disipate and reduce the inevitable stress of life itself.

1. Make quiet time
2. Eat better
3. Make family time
4. Talk it out
5. Prioritize
6. Accept interruptions gracefully
7. Pay attention to yourself
8. Love
9. Learn how to relax and center

Lifehack.org April 11, 2008