3 FAIL-PROOF STRESS BUSTERS
Stress Teflon author LUKE MATHERS offers ways to make sure your stress doesn’t stick
You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t have to deal with high pressure situations on a daily basis. But going from tightly wound to chilled out is all in the mind, says Stress Teflon author Luke Mathers.
“I exercise and surf most days, and I also do yoga and mind-awareness exercises,” he says. “All of these things help, but, to truly make stress non-stick, you have to catch yourself at the fork in the stress road.”
You need to breathe, think about the situation and choose a considered path, explains Luke, not one that allows stress to become toxic. He identifies three key factors in handling stress...
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