You know you deserve it!!

Is life a little hectic at times? Well of course it is! We have school, kids, work, and situations in our lives that put stress on us every minute of every day. How do you handle stress? What are ways you de-stressify yourself? Everyone is different and prefers many different techniques to relieve stress.

Any situation can bring stress to your life in some way, shape, or form. The first area of stress that comes to mind is at work. Popular ways to resolve work stress is 1. Working out and keeping a balanced mind set and emotional well-being, 2. Try avoiding negative people, 3. Learning better communication skills so you feel more comfortable amongst co-workers, getting enough sleep, time management,

Signs that you're stressed on the job include but are not limited to: fear of layoffs, being short staffed, meeting crazy expectations, pressure to work at optimum levels all the time.

Another area in life that's stressful is your kids. Nobody's kids are perfect little angles and parents aren't perfect either. Sometimes people are worked up over money or relationships and take it out on their kids by snapping at them and God forbid, hitting them. There is a lot of ways to help you overcome these sorts of issues. Here are 12 ways to prevent yourself from lashing out at your child:
1. "Take a deep breath..and another. Then remember you are the adult"
2. "Close your eyes and imagine you're hearing what your child is about to hear"
3. "Press your lips together and count to 10.. better yet 20"
4. "Put your child in a time out chair. Remeber this rule: 1 minute for every year of their age"
5. "Put yourself in a time out chair. Think about why you are angry. Is it your child, or is your child a convientient target for your anger"
6. "Phone a friend"
7. "Go outside and take a walk"
8. "Take a hot bath or splash cold water on your face"
9. "Hug a pillow"
10. "Turn on some music, maybe even sing along"
11. "Pick up a pencil and write down as many helpful words as you can think of. Save the list"
12. Call a hotline.

The next stressful thing on the list is being in labor. Yep, I went there! The bottom line here is, the only way you're going to be relieved of this stress is by having the baby. But in the meantime here are a few ways to cope: Yoga, Deep breathing, massage, Enough sleep, walk, clean ;), Sleep (ya, I said it twice!), and make sure you plan things so they don't creep up on you.


Those are just a few things in life that can bring you stress, my advice is take care of yourself and be a positive person.