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How to start coping with work stress

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    Dr. Yael Varnado with tips on how to deal with stress, and help save your job and your health

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Mac come Lawrence amenity and pound giant joins me now by the lovely after -- -- all of our not a -- need to have any good afternoon.

Up -- today.

Everyone might feel stress -- many -- mom -- when it's Friday we can't wait for the weekend course.

And there are signs that youths can spot to prevent workplace stress -- right.

So it's -- this debate topic but where do let's start with this island.

Well I think you're in I think a lot of us and Europe are really looking forward to Friday's and remember Friday's live for Friday's by home they were so excited for Friday.

So as you leave the office today think about some of the things that kind of get too worked up we start to feel a little bit more -- in your shoulders in your neck and and reflecting wonder what's.

Actually causing that stress and if you can identify those then we have some tips that -- and I -- with all stressed that appeared you know really -- having yesterday so what because I see that's so was there when you into bed well I welcome that he woke up with and yet you toss and turn and I.

At the -- apparently got good currency getting good sleep C not worrying about working you think that's one of the things that few problems that people can have.

That they worry about markets -- -- -- -- sleeping so.

You can have a poor sleep which means that you don't get really good chance let your body heal up.

-- -- has probably not getting enough sleep.

So while you're at work towards the needs you can do you say here learn to respect your feelings -- appropriately his son.

Well have you ever read -- -- and -- -- thank you an area before you had think about it you're firing up another one so does the best thing to do is draft that email.

And then stand up walk away and come back then -- -- -- -- it -- right here and it took me awhile to -- at a -- true because.

A lot of times our motions a very powerful only take us over for a moment.

You know we can lose sight of what the greater goal is and -- can really get yourself into some some trouble professionally.

Pound away and you kind of get that worked happen.

And so not only can it affects your your job it affects your body -- that -- now that the stress reduction.

And in this case anyone's still one thinks to need to express to do -- it really think about those take a moment.

And to step back and that actually might be.

When you're getting worked up over a story -- putting together.

And you've been stressing visiting -- -- get up and take a walk you know go look out the window -- -- see what's going on from the building again I didn't actually say make sure you do at several times a day absolutely thirty seconds in just look at the rainfall like it is today are.

Exactly and a lot of people who don't have time for that without -- meantime I'm so busy I can't do that you have at least.

Five minutes that you have to find every day for yourself even if you.

-- you -- toilet somewhere ten years in a stall take some nice -- deep breath find some time for you where you can meditate pentagon go to a quiet place for yourself.

Okay okay -- -- ECB assertive not aggressive.

When -- work right so.

As women we've probably been told from time to time when we.

Get worked -- we can be very emotional and municipal perceive it as being aggressive or perhaps we we can be passive when we want to communicate.

It's better than to assert yourself.

It's better they -- you logically.

Explain your position because your feelings your emotions your positions they're valid and people should listen to them.

And if you constantly.

Either lash out or you hold on to them you can actually faster -- -- view and actually end up getting you physically ill and speaking of physically see it work out that angered -- -- physically working out.

That's really -- they.

Let -- and yes -- -- always you can do it you know at the end of the day and coming up Friday were -- in the -- running to the gym to work out our workplace stress that.

Middle of the week or the beginning of the week you know you need to actually get those endorphins and all of that -- is circulating around and stress and tension in your body out.

Now working out could be vacuuming it could be hanging out walking your dog we having -- opinion bunch of different things whatever it is that kind of like gets your heart rate up and -- This lets you kind of release -- IRA.

And -- ways to deal with -- workplace stress you have or work related even distressed doesn't necessarily have to be at the workplace.

Tuesday night expectation of them admit you can't control everything and minds and know I think that's a big one that's a huge run -- -- -- -- NM and that that -- that may have taken me years as well to that you feel bad thing you know yeah you must surely it's gonna be.

A black -- right career right you wanna say yes but when you take over to me things -- you can't do all those things well so if you can't really learn how to say no then get help.

You start to delegate tasks and don't be so hard on yourself when you can get things always accomplish -- you want him.

Delegation is -- from my -- a lot of people about this friends colleagues and there.

There apprehensive.

Delegate work because they say every time that they do it.

They want to have an excellent Pakistan this disease if you want -- -- -- -- he wanted to write just doing -- we all believe that that's -- But that it is also a good sign of -- of a great leader and porcelain and manages people works of people well according you can delegate -- They don't necessarily -- you're in the southeast -- and we also stress and anger it actually physically shows up on -- house up.

So the body gives you clues in keys we just don't always like.

The key into those things -- -- so anxiety can be stress related sleeplessness can be stress related.

People -- -- -- their -- don't grow well there Harris falling out completely against having us.

Absolutely that the -- any anything is going on inside your body can -- an outside migraines high blood pressure.

Right headaches chronic fatigue mean diarrhea constipation you literally every organ system of the body.

Can be affected by stress OK and there are some behavioral warning signs as well -- and these are some of their minds.

Yeah I hear acting out of work of pure appeal find nothing handle really easily if you're fighting -- -- cleaning jobs and just walking out -- frequently.

It's probably a sign that you're not managing -- coping well.

I name would have to imagine that you get stressed being picnic and -- and successful as you laugh how do you personally feel.

Well one of the things I do it actually they just take time for myself every day I don't really get a lunch but for myself might -- in the morning is actually therapeutics so.

I like to listen to music in the car they drive to work and that's in my time to kind of get my mind's ready for the day.

And I do try to find at least ten minutes where I might go to the locker room or into the women's through insists.

You know he's still be silence -- I really I need that for myself.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Yeah -- -- and as a compliment you look beautiful thing I'm sure that's an added stressing their life making sure that your -- your hairless couldn't does that.

Stressful sometimes -- they can't -- I didn't want to -- that keeping ourselves.

Also.

I found this slow the.

Medical school of that when you feel good about the way you look you feel good.

All the way around and so whatever it is that you might actually.

Finds some benefit in if it's going to nail shop if it's getting a massage you for spending time with friends.

If it's with family make sure that you do deaths of its you can actually.

Receive that benefit doctor -- thank you so much for joining us overlook your web say ask that you're.

-- dot com now and -- on Friday as her at all heading into the weekend.

Some great tips so we can start the week ambulance Brussels summit on the basis yeah contributing very do you have do you have any upcoming week -- -- you so much for joining I think you are a.

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