4 steps to battle everyday stress

Keep the stress at bay with these 4 steps. What can you do if you feel like your life is just rushing by and you can't seem to keep up? These four steps will help you manage stressful situations and help you slow everything down a little.

Stop

Slow down the pace, stay calm, and experience what actually happens at the moment. Try to take some deep breaths to calm yourself.

Note

Observe your thoughts, feelings and surrounding without judging or evaluating what you experience.

Accept

Accept what happens here and now, accept the thoughts and feelings you receive and accept that you can't influence everything that's happening around you. However, you can choose how you respond to what's happening and that's where your active choice comes into the picture.

Let Go

Consider and let go of your thoughts when they come and go. Let it be right now, be it for a little while. To distance yourself a bit from what is happening and not acting on impulse, you give yourself time to act and respond in a meaningful and conscious way.

Top Tip: Create Order and To Do Lists

"Stress is related to not feeling like you are in control, it is beneficial to take a couple of moments to step back and look at the whole picture. Try to write down all of your tasks for the day, separate them into categories, and prioritise the most urgent ones within each category. There are a number of apps that can help you with this - from Remente which allows you to create and set goals, to apps like Wunderlist, which lets you create straightforward lists and tick the tasks as you go along." - David Brudö, CEO and co-founder of mental health and personal development app Remente