{"id":61,"date":"2008-04-11T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/stressed-to-your-last-nerve-ho.html"},"modified":"2008-04-11T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T06:28:13","slug":"stressed-to-your-last-nerve-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/stressed-to-your-last-nerve-ho.html","title":{"rendered":"Stressed to Your Last Nerve? (How to Pray, Chant and Play it away.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Are you stressed<\/em><\/strong>? Irritable? Having trouble sleeping? Do you feel like screaming? Crying? Pouring a jug of water over your boss&#8217;s head?<br \/>\n<strong><em>We all feel stressed from time to time<\/em><\/strong>, so it is essential to have an arsenal of coping mechanisms at hand. Instead of heading for the refrigerator, here are some stress management tips that should help ease the pressures of life!<br \/>\n<strong>Breathe.<\/strong>  No kidding! Taking in a few deep cleansing breaths and slowing down does wonders.  Are you ready?  Breathe deep&#8230;. inhale, exhale.  Ahhhhhh.<br \/>\n<strong>Change your routine<\/strong>.  Shake it up baby.  If you&#8217;ve been sitting all day, get up! Let&#8217;s get physical! Stretch. Walk.  And &#8230; if you&#8217;ve been lifting heavy boxes <em>(anyone out there lifting???)<\/em>, then sit down and take a load off.  Think deep thoughts.<br \/>\n<strong>Keep things in perspective<\/strong>.  When you find yourself in an emotional twist, ask yourself &#8230; &#8220;Will this matter in ten years? Five years? Tomorrow? In ten minutes?&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Smile and Laugh<\/strong>.  Every chance you get. (<em>Laugh lines are sexy!)<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Add Vitamin C to your diet<\/strong>.  Studies show that vitamin C knocks out the secretion of stress hormones.<br \/>\n<strong>Pray<\/strong>: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. ~ Isaiah 26:3 KJV<br \/>\n<strong>Chant<\/strong>: Aum Mani Padme Hum (pronounced &#8220;Om mahnay pahdmay hoom&#8221;).  The most popular translation is &#8220;Hail the Jewel in the Lotus.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Have Fun:<\/strong>  Enter the <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/janice-taylors-forgiveness-giv.html\"><strong>FORGIVENESS GIVEAWAY<\/strong><\/a> now!  Win ME!<br \/>\nHow do you <em>let go of stress<\/em>?  Leave a Comment below, please!<br \/>\nAnd visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.community.beliefnet.com\/kickinthetushclub\">Kick in the Tush Club community<\/a> (I&#8217;ve just added the &#8220;Dump Your Stress Here&#8221; post.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you stressed? Irritable? 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