Stress relief tips
- Slow down
- Go home
- Make a hot chocolate
- Use some gentle candlelight
- Take a long bath
- Don’t watch The News
- Don’t read The News
- Say ‘no’ if you want to
- Sit still
- Learn to meditate
- Slow down your breathing
- Breathe deeply
- Do manual tasks
- Cut down on caffeine
- Make a cup of tea
- Knock off the sugar
- Avoid alcohol
- Ditch the cigarettes
- Bin the drugs
- Give away your TV
- Go for a walk
- Smile at someone
- Don’t judge your thoughts
- Eat piles of vegetables
- Eat vitamin C
- Eat dried apricots
- Eat sweet potatoes
- Have a good workout
- Go into the countryside
- Write it all down
- Close your eyes
- Listen to music that moves you
- Massage your temples
- Don’t try to be perfect
- Don’t procrastinate
- Fulfil important tasks
- Ditch unimportant tasks
- Don’t compete
- Be flexible
- Get a massage
- Give a massage
- Play with your pets
- Ring a friend
- Cry
- Touch your face
- Don’t react. Move away
- See the humour in everything
- Remove yourself from negative people
- Surround yourself with soft colours
- Don’t expect anything
- Don’t bother criticising anyone
- Live like today is your model day
- Ask yourself whether your thoughts are true
- Wink at someone you wouldn’t usually notice
- Relax. It deflates other people’s stress
- Dream like your dreams create reality
- Resign as General Manager of the Universe
- Make your goals achievable
- Watch your favourite comedy film
- Remember you can’t change anything but yourself
- Plan something you like at the end of the day
- Notice nature
- Get a takeaway
- Curl up with a good book
- Turn everything off at night
- Go to bed early
- Have a Reiki treatment