One of the best stress reduction techniques is frequent exercise, exercise is not only healthy for you but it also relaxes tense muscles and helps you to sleep. By exercising you speed up the flow of blood which improves the flow of blood to the brain, which clears the brain and the toxins out of the brain and you can think clearer, which is needed when you are thinking intensely, this is why when you are stressed you tend to get headaches. We often say to our friends and colleagues, I am just stressed out, now we can see that it is not “just” a just, it is something that affect our bodies and our lives in every area.
A simplified definition many people often use for the word “self-esteem” is that it’s “How we feel about ourselves.” But self-esteem includes broader and more important parts of ourselves, so I would prefer to define it this way: High, or natural self-esteem is manifested in a wonderful feeling of inner-balance, grounded on self-acceptance and a healthy, comforting self-respect towards yourself. This is very different from self-confidence which is grounded in what you know you can deal with and accomplish. |