It may seem that there's nothing you can do about your stress level. Your career or family responsibilities will always be demanding, the bills arent going to stop coming, and there will never be more hours in the day for all your errands. But there are ways to better cope with the stress in your life. Healthcare professionals recommend stress management based around changing the stressful situation when you can, changing your reaction when you cant and adopting a healthy lifestyle.

Healthy ways to relax and recharge include exercise, meditation, yoga, gardening, reading, and having a massage or long soak in the bath. Alongside these psychological and behavioural techniques, there are ways to adjust the physical and mental effects of the stress response. In particular, there is now increasing evidence that a medicinal plant called Rhodiola rosea has impressive stress-lowering properties

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