Stress

Stress can have long-lasting effects on your life and health, but you can use healthy lifestyle changes and relaxation tools to help you cope with stressors. Things like exercise, a healthy diet, mediation and positive self-talk can all help relieve the mental and physical symptoms of stress.

Everyone experiences stress at some point in their life and it affects people in different ways. When creating a stress management plan, it is important that the plan be specialized to your own symptoms and the stress relief techniques that work for you.

If chronic, ongoing stress is a part of your life, it's important to make healthy lifestyle changes that can help ease your symptoms. Exercise, eating a healthy diet, and cutting back on alcohol and caffeine will not only improve your general health but will also ease the physical and mental symptoms linked to stress.

Mindful breathing is a technique people can use to calm themselves during stressful times. In this American Lung Association video, viewers will learn how to practice mindful breathing.

Pursed lip breathing is a technique that helps reduce stress and control breathing. In this American Lung Association (ALA) video, ALA Director of Promotions Candace Alexander teaches viewers how to use pursed lip breathing.