Stress Relief Balls

At some point in life, we all do face situations where we deal with stress. We all face stress that is a result of work issues, relationship troubles and finances. This stress comes into our lives and goes away or it stays. A given types of stress require medical attention. They affect our emotional and physical health negatively. In such cases, you have many ways to combat this stress and continue the daily life with a calm and a refreshed mind. The smallest tool that victims of stress usually use for temporary stress is a stress relief ball. It requires minimum effort in order to enjoy the benefit fully.

Stress relief balls are squishy balls that that you repeatedly squeeze and roll between palms. Any stressed up person who wants to relieve the tension can use this special ball. These ball other names are stress toys, and stress relievers. Musical balls, Steel balls and Chinese balls are all types of stress balls. The robustness and texture of any stress ball is necessary for proper use. The common stress ball is spherical in shape, although they are available in many sizes, shapes and colors. Since they are available in so many different kinds, one has a variety to choose. Make sure you pick a unique ball for yourself.

Anger Managing Breathing Exercise

The Energy Guru explains what an anger breath is and how to do it to cleanse yourself from anger.

Three Simple Ways to Relax and Refresh

Simple as it can be, this are some very simple ways to relax, refresh & unwind.

When you’re not at work, consciously switch from busy-life mode to vacation mode—you know, the one where you’re not annoyed by a slow store clerk or frantic to get to the next thing on your schedule. “When you’re away, you look at everything in a completely different way,” “You’re more relaxed and patient, and you enjoy everything more.” 

You don’t have to make big trips to the beach to enjoy the summer. Each morning, think: “What can I do today that will make it an amazing day?”. Maybe it’s sipping lemonade on the patio before work or catching fireflies with your kids after dinner. Create your own personal list of simple pleasures, and work them into your day.

Just 30 minutes in the sun can boost your mood. So “go for a morning walk or a lunchtime stroll. It’ll lift your spirits way up naturally,”

Stress Management

There are many ways of managing your stress for us to stay healhty & stressfree. Though some instances we cant really avoid it, here's some ways of better coping with it.

1. Learn how to say no! Know your limits. We are not a superhuman to do everything possible.Wheather its in your personal, social, physical or other means you can always refuse if you really cant do it.

2. Avoid people that stress you out. You can either limits your time with them or end the relation early.
3. Take control of the environment. Adjust yourself! If instaance traffic gives you stress, take another route that is less traveled. If doing shopping in the supermarket, mall or gadget store. You can always do online shopping which can surely ease your stress.
4. Avoid hot button topics. If your in a group or in the office that usually talks about religion, politics & other views in life that might ignite a unfavorable discussion. Cut them off.
5. Manage your time better. Poor time management can lead to a very stressful & tiring day. Plan ahead, that way you can alter the amount of stress you're under.
6. Adopt to stressors. If you can't alter the stressors, be the one to adjust with it and gain your sense of control by changing your expectations & attitudes.
7. Be Positive! Look at the better picture of the stress. Ask yourself will I be benefited with this in the long run? Take a moment in your life to make a reflections on the positive things happened in your life and other things that this might give you.
8. Adjust your standards. We're humans, we're not perfect. We can always adjust ourself in a way that we can set ourself in a very reasonable standards that prevents us for future failures.
9. Learn to forgive! Let yourself free from negative energy by forgiving and moving on.
10. Make some time for relaxation and fun. Nurture yourself. There are many ways to have fun and relax a bit.
11. Adopt a healthy lifestyle. Proper diet and exercise are the key for this.

Unhealthy Ways Coping with Stress

Think of your ways you do stress management. Are they healthy, helpful or productive? Unfortunately, majority manage stress in a way that compound the problem.

Consider this as list of improper & unhealthy ways of managing stress.

• Smoking
• Drinking too much
• Overeating or undereating
• Zoning out for hours in front of the TV or computer
• Withdrawing from friends, family, and activities
• Using pills or drugs to relax      
• Sleeping too much
• Procrastinating
• Filling up every minute of the day to avoid facing problems
• Taking out your stress on others (lashing out, angry outbursts, physical violence)

For as we know this provides temporary relief but more likely aggravates in the long run. 

Laughter and Stress

Stress is the number one enemy of health today. It is estimated that majority of all doctors’ visits and medication prescribed today are for stress-related illnesses that accounts for 70% or more.

Some stress symptoms include:

* a negative state of mind with a cynical, sarcastic and critical outlook;
* lack of motivation;
* irritability and lack of patience;
* lack of energy;
* lack of satisfaction with one’s own life and personal achievements;
* disillusionment;
* the feeling of facing insurmountable barriers;
* lack of productivity and efficiency;
* self-medication using food, alcohol and drugs to feel better or to not feel;
* changes in sleep and appetite habits;
* headaches, neck and lower back pain;
* loss of the ability to experience joy.

Laughter is nature’s counter to stress ─ they are physiological opposites. As what we all know - laughter is the best medicine.

A clue to this may be found in the body’s typical actions after extreme stress of the fight or fight kind: deep panting and using laughter make light of events that provoked fear.

The predominance of one (deeper breathing and laughter) tends to prevent the other (fear).

In short:

* Laughter quickly reduces the levels of stress chemicals and hormones in our body. Significant reductions can occur in minutes and last for days;
* Laughter switches on and boosts physiological systems that stress switches off, including the circulatory, digestive, sexual and immune systems;
* Stress, worry, fear and emotional problems stifle learning ability, creativity, teamwork, productivity, efficiency and motivation while laughter boosts and strengthens these attributes;
* Stress promotes illness, depression and anguish. Laughter promotes health, wellness, emotional balance and joyfulness;
* Laughter can not only help reduce stress levels, it can also effectively protect our systems from the effect of further stress.