It is no secret that today we are living in a world with increasing amounts of stress. Below are some stress statistics that you might find interesting.
Three quarters of Americans experience symptoms related to stress in a given month:
77% experience physical symptoms
73% experience psychological symptoms
One-third of Americans feel they are living with extreme stress
About half of Americans (48%) feel that their stress has increased over the past five years.
Money and work are the leading causes of stress (mentioned by three-quarters of Americans)
(Source: American Psychological Association study, 2007)
It is inevitable that we are all going to experience stress in our lives. Managing the way we deal with stress is our personal responsibility and thankfully, there are many tools out there to effectively manage even the busiest of lifestyles. Some of these tools are free and just take focused time and a learning of new skills-examples: meditation and breathing. Others have a cost associated with them, but are well worth it when it comes to optimal well-being- examples: massage and hypnotherapy.
We have many talented practitioners and teachers here at Rose Tree Holistic Health that are also practicing managing the stress in their own lives.
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