6 New Ways to Manage Stress and Anxiety

Be proactive and mindful

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This is taking any action to reduce the likelihood of experiencing future stressors, such as making plans or allocating resources.

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Get deep sleep

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Sleep and stress can form a vicious cycle. Just one night of sleep deprivation can boost anxiety by 30 percent, UC Berkeley researchers found

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Talk to yourself in the third person

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Many people may find it odd to refer to yourself by your first name rather than “I”. But speaking silently to yourself in this manner has been shown to help control emotions and reduce stress

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Play a game

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For five days, once they arrived home from work, the participants either played a jigsaw-like game called Block! Hexa Puzzle or used a mindfulness app for 10 minutes.

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Take a mindful walk.

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You may have heard that spending time in nature may help reduce stress and anxiety. And all it takes is 10 minutes, according to a Cornell University review published in February

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Try half-smiling and willing hands

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This technique used in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is kind of a “fake it til you make it.

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