Factors that are mostly likely to cause stress are as follows:- <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">lifestyle</li><li class="ql-align-justify">profession</li><li class="ql-align-justify">coping style</li><li class="ql-align-justify">personality</li><li class="ql-align-justify">childhood trauma</li><li class="ql-align-justify">genetics and much more</li></ul>

Why do we feel stressed?

Stress is a room to many diseases, so we should know how to cope with it and make sure it doesn't effect us and our wellbeing.

How to relieve stress?

There is a saying that body is connected with our mind and that healthy body is a healthy mind, so if we want our mind to be healthy and stress free we should make sure we spend at least 20 mins per day moving our body let it be yoga, dancing, workout, jogging, running and much more..

Get more physical activity

Our diets not only affects our body but also affects our brains, the more you eat processed food items the more you are open to feeling stressed, so make sure you include the following in your diet:-<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">vegetables</li><li class="ql-align-justify">fruits </li><li class="ql-align-justify">beans</li><li class="ql-align-justify">fish</li><li class="ql-align-justify">nuts and etc.</li></ul>

Eat good feel good

Spending more time on our screens we feel more stressed and that not only affects our mood but also disturbs our sleep so, fix a time for screen for example:- 2 hrs from 4-6pm, then after that no screen, this would help you to reduce screentime and lead to a better lifestyle.

Reduce your screentime

If you are living alone or not have someone to talk to or even if you do have someone to talk to make sure your have a notebook where you write everything that's going on, on your mind, this has proved to be one of the methods that help relieve stress levels and makes us feel better day by day.

Journaling

The more you keep the work for tomorrow the more you would feel stressed because your mind won't stop thinking about the tasking that you are keeping pending for days, that leads to stress and as you are not completing it and the deadline is coming closer, so make sure you plan out your tasks and make sure do things before deadline so that at the end moment you are not stressed out.

Avoid Procrastination

Not all stressors are within your control, but some are. Putting too much on your plate may increase your stress load and limit the amount of time you can spend on self-care.One way to help reduce stress and protect your mental health may be to say “no” more often. This is especially true if you take on more than you can handle.Creating boundaries especially with people who add to your stress levels — is a healthy way to protect your well-being.

Learn to respect your boundaries and Learn to say NO.

Even though stress can sometimes become unavoidable but the above methods would definitely help you relieve stress and lead you to have a better lifestyle!!!!!!!!

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Excess stress is a common problem. Learn effective ways to relieve stress and anxiety.

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Mindfulness

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Health

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Mental Health

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Meditation

Simple Ways to Relieve Stress and Anxiety

Well, we might all know that feeling of why life is not moving?  Even though you get up everyday, you keeping thinking about how you could have spend the day instead of actually doing it.

How does it feel when you are stuck?

There are many ways to avoid feeling stuck:-<ol><li>Stop feeling sorry for yourself</li><li>Watch your mouth</li><li>Don't make excuses</li><li>Don't compare</li><li>Keeping moving</li></ol>

How to get out of it?

Don't even think second time, just get up and do it. Do whatever you should be doing at that particular moment don't wait life to make things happen for you. Only you can just get up and do it.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself

The way you think a situation is going to be or the way you think about everything is going to be, will effect your reality. The way you look at a situation is the way it is, if you take it in a positive way it is positive, if not then, not. Whenever you are alone guard your thoughts, don't let negative thoughts flow your way interpret them and end it with a positive thought.

Watch Your Mouth

I know you might have said to yourself i will do it tomorrow today i am tired.Stop doing this and just do whatever you are planning to do all this time, it can be  writing your first book, learning something new and anything else. Don't think too much, start it and commit to it.

Don't make excuses

If you are trying to do something, first things first don't look at others and feel bad that you have not yet reached where they have reached. Just remember that you have just started and you will reach there too.

Don't compare

Exercise. Yeah as simple as that. The time you spend on scrolling YouTube shorts, Instagram reels and what not, can be spent in exercising and taking care of your body. Spare some time for workout, it can be from 20-40 mins and you would notice difference in your mood and your body.

Keeping moving

You control your life or else your life will control you.

Ways to keep going when you life feels stuck

When life feels like it's on hold, don't sit around feeling sorry for yourself. Take positive steps to keep moving in the right direction.

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Habits

5 Ways to Keep Going When Life Feels On Hold

Self-love means that you accept yourself fully, treat yourself with kindness and respect, and nurture your growth and wellbeing.Basically, you love your self even if u mess up or even if u feel sad, at the end of the day you forgive yourself because you love yourself and trust yourself that you will be alright.Self-love is sometimes mistaken being "happy all the time", well NOPE that's not the case. Self love is when no matter what happens you love yourself and be your side and pick yourself up when you fail in something or feel sad.

What is self love?

The following are examples of what self-love can look like in action.<ul><li>Forgiving yourself when you mess up</li><li>Not letting others take your advantage or abuse you</li><li>Prioritizing your health and wellbeing</li><li>Spending time with people that help you be the better version of yourself</li><li>Valuing your feelings</li><li>Pursing you goals and interests </li><li>Challenging yourself</li><li>Accepting your imperfections</li></ul>     and etc...

What does self-love look like?

If you don't love yourself you will fall into the trap of people-pleasers, you would allow people to abuse you or make decisions that you don't like. Why? Because you are highly critical of yourselfWe need to love ourselves, because it allows us to be more assertive, self-confident, set boundaries, create healthy relationships and be proud of who you are and the way you are.

Why do we need to love ourselves?

Narcissism:-It means when you don't see your mistakes, think that you are above everyone and don't care about anyone, you need external validation and you lack empathy for others.Self-love:-It means when you see your mistakes, accept them and try to improve in the future, you give the same kindness to yourself that you give to others.

Self-love vs. narcissism

Now, how we do love ourselves? <ul><li>Start by seeing things that you love about yourself.</li><li>Write down what efforts or actions you would take for loving yourself on a paper because that increases accountability.</li><li> Start saying things like, my hairs look so good today or i love my smile, etc.</li></ul>With practice, self-love becomes a second nature.

Putting self-love into practice

What is self-love? Theres a lot of talk these days about self-love. It sounds great, but what does it actually

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Psychology

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Love & Relationships

What is Self-Love and Why Is It So Important?

It is someone who seems to be every nerve recking to be around.Here are some examples:-1) Narcissists2) Control freaks3) Compulsive liars4) Gaslighters and etc...Let's now look at the 7 ways to deal with these toxic people:-

Who are these toxic people?

When you are living with a Toxic person you need to create a separate physical to just be at peace.Like:-1) Go for a walk outside2) Go to another room and close the door3) Have your meals alone

1) Use physical space whenever possible

Home is where you are usually meant to feel "safe", it is not possible when you are with a toxic person.Here are some ways you can make a safe space:-1) Take a place in your home where u can calm yourself down or just breathe.2) Go to a religious place3)  Do meditation for 5-10 mins4) Create a safe place in your mind and imagine it

2) Create an emotional "Safe Space"

You will not feel drained when you have something else to occupy your mind with.So, don't mind start blogging,  joining music classes or just make an effort to spend time in your hobbies.

3) Occupy your mind

You should be smart about how to deal with tension and conflicts with toxic people.Here are few strategies you can use to de-escalate an explosive situation:-1) Try to change the topic2) Pay them a compliment3)  Walk away4) Let them have their opinions

4) De-escalate 

Just be a rock, not matter what they say or do, just don't react because toxic people seek your attention and if you be like a rock, they will leave you alone.

5) Be a rock

A toxic person always tries to isolate you so that they can have a good control on you, therefore you should be in touch with your loved ones...maybe like your friends and etc.

6) Stay in touch with the support system

Despite your best efforts, the tensions with a toxic person can reach a dangerous point. So have the resources and an escape plan in case things go bad.Call the <a href="https://www.thehotline.org/help/">National Domestic Violence Hotline</a> if you’re in a domestic abuse situation. They are available 24/7 to talk confidentially, and to give you the information you need.

7) Know your rights and be safe

If you're stuck at home with a toxic person, things could go from bad to worse quickly. Here are 7 ways to survive the nightmare.

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Stuck at Home With a Toxic Person: 7 Ways to Keep Your Sanity

We think that, people who have achieved a lot in their lives are very motivated and so on.But, that's not the case those achievers have build habits which they follow on daily basis which helped them to be an achiever. Well, the ways to build habits to make your life more productive and to customise your autopilot mode are as follows:-

Why we need to build habits?

Whenever you are trying to build a habit, you say to yourself that u will meditate everyday which is abstract.Try saying yourself "i'll mediate 10 mins everyday".This helps to get you started and you can see your progress effortlessly.

1. Set a specific goal

Scientists have proven that you’ll make more progress toward your goal if you decide not just what you’ll do, but when you’ll be cued to do it, as well as where you’ll do it and how you’ll get there.Make your habit more detailed for example:-"i have to hit the gym everyday 5 days a week" instead say "i will hit the gym after my last meeting, every 5 days a week".

2. Create a detailed, cue-based plan

You need make your habit fun.For example:- if you are going for Zumba classes try going with a friend.Because you are far more likely to stick with something you enjoy and <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3982/ECTA7416">repetition</a> is key to habit formation, making the experience positive is <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/634510">critical</a>, but it’s often overlooked.

3. Make it fun to repeat

Successful habit building relies on<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3982/ECTA7416"> frequently repeating a behaviour</a>, and if your routine becomes too brittle, you’ll follow through less often. A flexible habit means you can still do what you need to even when a wrench is thrown in your first best plans – say, a traffic jam on the way to dropping the kids off at school that gets in the way of your morning meditation.

4. Foster flexibility

This idea is mostly overlooked, but it is crucial to have some people around you who help you achieve your habits and your goals. Joining a running club than asking a few friends who aren’t yet in the habit of jogging to get in shape with you. People in the running club have already built the habits you want. You can learn from them about what works and gain friends who will make you feel like a slouch when you slack off.

5. Find the right kind of social support

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5 steps to create a habit, according to science

We’ve all made them. In fact, they’re a part of life. But what would you do differently if you had the chance? Ask someone about their regrets and you will learn a lot. That’s because everyone can think of at least one thing they wish they had done another way.But the guilt over past mistakes can become paralyzing if it consumes us.Take a look at these steps for reframing your regrets and doubts of the past, and turn them into the possibilities of today.As our good friend, Bob Ross, used to say, “There are no mistakes – only happy accidents.”

Why it’s Important to Get Over Past Mistakes

Occasionally we go through life unhappily and not truly knowing why. Regret over a past mistake you committed could be causing you to feel this way. Being regretful involves feeling bad about something you wish you had done differently. You may regret things you did do (regret of action), or regret things you didn’t do (regret of inaction). It’s important to understand the source of your remorse and to acknowledge your rationale for doing, or not doing, whatever happened at the time.

Understanding Your Mistakes

If you feel you mistakenly missed out on an opportunity because of past decisions – such as not having children or not being closer with a family member, then take the time to grieve that loss. If it’s not too late to alter the feeling of regret by taking some kind of action like reconciling with that family member, then take advantage of the opportunity now. Sometimes we have the opportunity to apologize if we regret how we handled a situation with another person. If there is something you can do now, do it!

Take Time To Grieve

Write your feelings out – if only just for yourself. Bring these swarming, remorseful feelings out of your head and onto paper. Write them in a journal, or write them on a piece of paper to destroy in a way that makes you feel more fulfilled – like burning it.Furthermore, while you’re in the process of writing, remove the words, “If only…then” from your vocabulary. Understand that worrying about the past is a potent prescription for stress and health problems. Do not make the guilty feelings more powerful by your fixation with them.

Express Your Feelings

Remember that line from Bob Ross we mentioned earlier? “There are no mistakes – only happy accidents.” We have no choice but to accept what has happened and to think of the current options we do have. And, while you may not be able to get over the consequences of prior decisions, you can let go of obsessing over them.

Accept Your Past Mistakes

Stop “beating yourself up” emotionally because of yesterday’s decisions and instead assess what choices you do have! It is never too late for many life opportunities – to go back to school or to learn a new skill, to connect with others in meaningful relationships, or to change your negative self-perception or attitude. Grow past the pain of mistakes. Grow past the shame. Be involved in things that will bring you gladness, not guilt, for today and for the future.

Learn From Your Mistakes

Learn five tips to help you forgive yourself and get over the past mistakes that are keeping you from moving forward.

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"We are so wrapped up in a world of "staying positive" that we are ashamed to actually feel anything else."

Toxic Positivity.

Today's parents and people around us are always encouraging us to keep going through "hard times" by saying "JUST BE POSITIVE". But have you ever thought if too much of positivity can even be inimical?

Nowadays:-

Toxic Positivity is feeling that, we have to be happy, if not we are ashamed of ourselves thinking that we are feeling sad. When we cry most of our parents say HEY DON'T CRY LIKE A BABY ALWAYS SMILE. What it actually means is that, this statement is forcing us for stop crying, put our real feelings behind and always SMILE. This is what toxic positivity is. This is the current situation of our society, we have to open our eyes and see what are we really doing.

What is toxic positivity?

<ul><li>WE FEEL ASHEMED OF NOT BEING HAPPY. </li></ul>Here toxic positivity tells us that feeling sad is not acceptable.<ul><li>WE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TO EXPRESS OUR REAL FEELINGS.</li></ul>Toxic positivity forces us to not be open to the other person regarding our feelings.<ul><li>IT PREVENTS THE STRONG GROWTH.</li></ul>	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Toxic positivity makes it difficult for us to struggle, go through our hard times and learn something from it. Why? Because it would disallow us to have negative thoughts.

The harmful effects

<ul><li>YOU WILL RUN AWAY FROM PROBLEMS</li><li>HIDING FEELINGS</li><li>TELLING OTHERS THAT IT IS NOT GOOD TO FEEL SAD.</li><li>TRYING TO IGNORE PROBLEMS BY SAYING "I WILL GET OVER IT."</li></ul>

How do you recognize if you are in grip of toxic positivity:-

<ul><li>Learn to manage your sadness or any other negative thoughts.</li><li>Be honest with expressing your-self.</li><li>BE REAL OPTIMISTIC!</li></ul>

Here is how you can avoid toxic positivity :-

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Here are five characteristics of grit Have a loo:-

5 Characteristics Of Grit

While courage is hard to measure, it is directly proportional to your level of grit. More specifically, your ability to manage fear of failure is imperative and a predicator of success. The supremely gritty are not afraid to tank, but rather embrace it as part of a process. They understand that there are valuable lessons in defeat and that the vulnerability of perseverance is requisite for high achievement.

Courage

The achievement-oriented individual is one who works tirelessly, tries to do a good job, and completes the task at hand, whereas the dependable person is more notably self-controlled and conventional. Not surprisingly, Hough discovered that achievement orientated traits predicted job proficiency and educational success far better than dependability. So a self-controlled person who may never step out of line may fail to reach the same heights as their more mercurial friends.

Conscientiousness: Achievement Oriented vs. Dependable 

“… achievement is the product of talent and effort, the latter a function of the intensity, direction, and duration of one’s exertions towards a long-term goal.”They provide the context and framework in which to find the meaning and value of your long-term efforts, which helps cultivate drive, sustainability, passion, courage, stamina…grit.

Long-Term Goals and Endurance: Follow Through 

(1) the belief one can find meaningful purpose in life, (2) the belief that one can influence one’s surroundings and the outcome of events, and(3) the belief that positive and negative experiences will lead to learning and growth.”Optimism + Confidence + Creativity = Resilience = Hardiness =(+/- )Grit. So, while a key component of grit is resilience, resilience is the powering mechanism that draws your head up, moves you forward. In other words, gritty people believe, “everything will be alright in the end, and if it is not alright, it is not the end.”

Resilience: Optimism, Confidence, and Creativity

Excellence is an attitude, not an endgame. The word excellence is derived from the Greek word Arête which is bound with the notion of fulfillment of purpose or function and is closely associated with virtue. It is far more forgiving, allowing and embracing failure and vulnerability on the ongoing quest for improvement. It allows for disappointment, and prioritizes progress over perfection. Like excellence, grit is an attitude about, to paraphrase …seeking, striving, finding, and never yielding.

Excellence vs. Perfection 

 Recently some close friends visited, both of whom have worked in education with adolescents for over 40 years. We were talking about students in general and when I asked what has changed with regards to the character of kids, in unison they said "grit” – or more specifically, lack thereof. [...]

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5 Characteristics Of Grit -- How Many Do You Have?

Let's learn a little bit with these brilliant entrepreneur words. Here are the top Elon Musk quotes.

Elon Musk Quotes

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

No, I don't ever give up. I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

There are way easier places to work, but nobody ever changed the world on 40 hours a week.

You have to be pretty driven to make it happen. Otherwise, you will just make yourself miserable.

Magnate and genius Elon Musk has a lot to teach us. Here we list 101 most famous Elon Musk quotes that can change your perception about business & life.

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101 Elon Musk Quotes That Will Inspire Your Success | Totempool

Manage how you live with these five tips to feel less stressed:

5 Tips To Manage Stress

<a href="https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/overwhelmed-by-anxiety">Guided meditation </a>is a great way to distract yourself from the stress of day-to-day life. There are many guided meditations available on the internet that can help you find 5 minutes of centered relaxation.

Guided Meditation 

<a href="https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/mindfulness-meditation-improve-your-quality-of-life">Deep breathing </a>is a great way to reduce the activation of your sympathetic nervous system, which controls the body’s response to a perceived threat. Deep breaths taken in to a count of five seconds, held for two seconds and released to a count of five seconds, can help activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which helps reduce the overall stress and anxiety you may be experiencing.

Practice Deep Breathing 

<a href="https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/establishing-healthy-behaviors-that-stick">Physical exercise and nutrition </a>are two important components in how you respond to stress. When your body is healthy, your mind can be healthy and vice versa. Physical exercise is proven to be a great stress reliever and also helps to improve your overall quality of life. Nutrition is important as stress can deplete certain vitamins, such as A, B complex, C and E. Maintaining proper nutrition not only helps your body feel better, but your mind as well, which allows you to better combat stress.

Maintain Good Health

Spending time on social media sites can become stressful, not only by what we might see on them, but also because the time you are spending on social media might be best spent enjoying visiting with friends, being outside enjoying the weather or reading a great book.

Manage Social Media Time

Humans are social beings. You need to have <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/social-support/art-20044445">connections with people </a>to feel supported. Finding a sense of community — whether at work, with a religious organization, or through shared activities, such as organized sports — is important to your well-being. Enjoying a shared activity allows you to find support and foster relationships that can be supportive in difficult times.

Connect With Others

Your life can feel overwhelming and stressful at times, but you can manage stress by incorporating these five tips into your lifestyle.

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