America's Most Stressfull Cities

What can you do if you live in one of Americas most stressfull cities? Although Stockton, CA is not on the list, it certainly has most of the factors that the study looked at: porr air quality ( over 20% childhood asthma rate), poor air quality, and is the center of the foreclosure meltdown with unemployment at record highs.

Although these events are considered stressfull, the real stress comes in how we react to them. Learning to create and maintain a positive emotional state can go a long way in bouncing back from stress. If this positive approach can become a habit, you can actually prevent the damage that stress does to our bodies!

Free stress management tip: It costs nothing to examine our expectations and adjust them. Sometimes the stres we experience is entirely due to oue unrealistic expectations. Commuters who get frustrated with traffic should shift their perspective. If you expect that traffic every day, you can adjust and adapt. You could get books on tape and get some value out of that commute time. I got hooked on a book series that hd me wishing I had just another half hour in the car to finish the story!

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