Week Three: Simplify your Life and Self Care

Welcome to the third week of Healthy Lifestyle's Healthy Holidays program! 

The focus this week is on finding ways for you to become more organized by taking care of yourself; physically, mentally and spiritually. During the holidays it is important to simplify your life by getting organized, and managing your stress levels. Taking the time to care for yourself will help you to meet the demands of the season. Below are some benefits, tips, and ideas to simplify your life!

Tips:
Do you know anyone who isn't stressed out these days? The pace of our lives makes stress management a necessary skill. Learning to identify your problems and implement solutions is the key to successful stress relief. Taking time to manage your stress will not only help you feel better, but it will help you to prioritize and get things done.

Everyone can benefit from learning de-stressor techniques such as; relaxation, physical activity, or laugher. Relaxation techniques usually involve refocusing your attention on something calming to increase awareness of your body, and to repair the damage stress causes. Common relaxation techniques include guided imagery, meditation and yoga. Physical activity is also a great stress buster because it reduces stress hormones and increases the body’s ‘feel good’ chemicals. Laugher helps to strengthen your immune system, boost your energy, diminish pain, and protect you from the damaging effects of stress. Best of all, this priceless medicine is fun, free, and easy to use. It doesn't matter which de-stressor technique you choose. What matters most is that you practice it regularly.

Week Three Challenges:
Pick four of the following de-stressor techniques to work on this week. Choose something that will help you individually to manage your stress. Remember to track if you completed the challenge on your tracker sheet each day.

-Assign tasks for everyone instead of taking it all on your own
-Quit thinking everything depends on you
-Play a game
-Go outdoors for a walk
-Try to get a full 8 hours of sleep one night
-Read a good book
-Listen to uplifting music
-Enjoy some quiet time
-Meditate
-Do yoga
-Clean your desk
-Organize you home
-Have an employee idea exchange on 'Simplifying your Holiday Season'
-Schedule a 10-15 minute Relaxation period
-Write in a Journal
-Listen to holiday music
-Try making a schedule, and figure out how best to maximize your time
-Learn how to say “no” to commitments that you don't think you can manage
-Go on a walk
-Reflect on what the holidays mean to you personally
-Give service to someone
-Laugh
-Take a warm bath
-Get a massage
-Go to bed and wake up at the same time everyday this week
-Reduce your intake of caffeine
-Focus on eating nutritious foods
-Pray
-Enjoy a night out with friends or family
-Practice Gratitude
-Create a budget for the Holidays and stick to it
-Clean your car
-Limit your media consumption; spend time with family or friends instead
-Hold Hands (a recent study found that handholding calms the body’s reaction to stress)

Watch these funny videos below to relieve stress!

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