Stress Management

Discover just how big an impact stress has on your heart health. Use these stress-management tips and tricks for letting go, loosening up, and enjoying life.

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Easy Ways to Manage Work Stress
With demanding bosses and hectic office environments, it's easy to feel stressed at work. But excessive stress can be bad for your heart. We show you how to de-stress in the workplace with tips from cardiologists, psychologists, and stress-management experts.
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RELAX & RECHARGE

• Girlfriend Getaways
• Is Tea Good for Your Heart?
• Road to Family Fun
• Pamper Yourself
• Pets Are Good for Your Health
• Some Guilty Pleasures are Good for You
• The Vacation Cure
• Write Off Your Worries
• Quiet Your Mind
• Create Calm

REDUCE STRESS

Stress-Management Tips

• 12 Free Ways to Stop Stress
• Take the Stress Out of Money
• Take the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping
• Tips to Stress Less
• Stop Stress in 60 Seconds
• Tips for Staying Stress-Free
• Holiday Stress Management
• Art Linkletter's Guide to Less Stress

Stress-Reducing Activities

• Gardening Can Help Heal Your Heart
• The Heart Benefits of Massage
• Books and Bubbles Relieve Stress
• Knit Away Your Worries
• Lower Blood Pressure with Music
• The Healing Power of Music
• Use Music to Improve Your Health
• Outdoor Meditation: Nurtured by Nature
• Reduce Blood Pressure with Tai Chi
• Transcendental Meditation May Lower Blood Pressure
• Video: Cardiac Yoga
• Cardiac Yoga Video Transcript
  
• Meditation: Stress Antidote

STRESS & YOUR HEART

• A New Resource for Caregivers
• Effects of Stress on the Heart
• Is Your Family Too Stressed?
• Moodiness and Heart Health
• Stress and Heart Disease
• Stressful Marriage, Unhappy Heart

MOOD-BOOSTERS

• Health-Boosting Calendar: 4 Weeks of Heart-Healthy Tips
• 6 Ways Pets Help Your Heart
• Thank Your Way to a Happy Heart
• Don’t Act Your Age … Play!
• Dump Your P.M. Slump
• Find Bliss Among the Blossoms
• Why Forgiveness Is Good for Your Heart
• Random Acts of Kindness
• Shift Your Mood in Minutes
• The Healing Benefits of Laughter