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Are you stressed out? Could you use a break? If I gave you a cash for every time you heard the word Muuuummmmmyyyy — would you be rich? Well, we have all been there! With babies, toddlers and older children to care for along with cooking meals, paying bills, cleaning and playing taxi, finding time for yourself may seem impossible and when you do find a few quiet minutes, many of us are at a loss for what to do.

Taking time out to recharge your bat­teries is just what you need. So, what’s stopping you? Leave your chores behind, just for a little while, and give yourself per­mission to take a much needed time-​​out.

Here are just a few of my favorite Stress-​​Busters:

Put yourself in time out: Allow some alone time for yourself. Use this time to focus on you. Find a place in your home that you can go to and find privacy. You can ask your partner or a friend to take the family out for a few hours while you enjoy your alone time. Do nothing, sleep, read, watch a movie, and just enjoy your solitude.

Talk to a friend: When you are feeling stressed, lean on a good friend. Sit down and enjoy a good con­ver­sation, a cup of coffee or a girls day out pam­pering yourself. Moms find great comfort, support and love in the company of close friends.

Play: As adults, we sometimes forget the bene­ficial value of play. Play stim­ulates our ima­gination, encourages our cre­ativity, boosts our energy, and best of all, it is fun. Try a game of tennis, a game of cards online or perhaps invite some friends over for an evening of adult board games.

Meditate: Med­itation has been proven to reduce your blood pressure, and helps to dra­mat­ically reduce your stress level. Med­itation and/​or prayer will help you to keep in touch with your spiritual side. Med­itation is a very effective method of relaxation. To meditate, quiet your mind and allow yourself to focus on one thing, such as your breath. Find a relaxed com­fortable position where Try visu­alizing good health and peace as you inhale. While you are breathing out breathe out all of your stress. Set aside approx­imately 20 minutes for this exercise. Upon com­pletion, you will see just how much more relaxed your mind and body is.

Take a nap: Find a quiet, com­fortable spot and take a nap. Even a short power nap can leave you feeling refreshed, renewed, and more focused. Studies have shown that people who spent 30 minutes each day napping had one third less heart disease than those who didn’t nap.

Eat: Not just anything but certain things. Studies show that certain foods can help reduce stress. Car­bo­hydrates, will actually soothe you. Good sources of car­bo­hydrates include rice, pasta, potatoes, breads, air-​​popped popcorn and low-​​calorie cookies. Experts suggest that the car­bo­hydrates present in just one baked potato or a cup of spa­ghetti or white rice, is enough to relieve the anxiety of a stressful day.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​01-​​15 12:08:00.