Your Stress Toolkit: Strategies That Actually Work

Picture this: it is the morning of your most important exam. Your heart is pounding, your palms are sweaty, and your mind keeps jumping from one worry to the next. You have thirty minutes before you have to leave. What do you do? Think about the last time you felt really stressed — a test, an argument, a big performance. What did your body feel like? What did you actually do about it? Stress is something every person on the planet experiences. The difference between feeling overwhelmed and feeling in control often comes down to one thing: having the right coping tools ready before you need them.