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Stress Relief Tool – Engage Your Senses

Stamp out stress by engaging one or more of your senses to rapidly calm and energize yourself.

If you are having a stressful day, the speediest way to stamp out stress is by engaging one or more of your senses – your sense of sight, smell, sound, touch, or taste – to rapidly calm and energize yourself. With that in mind, here are some ideas for letting your natural senses help you reduce your stress.

Sense of Sight:

Sense of Smell:

  • Use aromatherapy
  • Light a scented candle
  • Bake your favorite bread, muffins, cake, or pie
  • Savor the smell of a fresh cup of tea or coffee
  • Appreciate the aromas of the season, such as pumpkin spice around the holidays

Sense of Sound:

Sense of Touch:

Sense of Taste:

  • Chew your favorite flavor of gum
  • Eat a piece of dark chocolate
  • Sip a hot cup of coffee or tea (this one engages all of your senses at once)
  • Treat yourself to your favorite dessert (within moderation)

So enjoy a little sensory stimulation and the stress relief that comes with it.

Professor Pete Alexander
Professor Pete Alexanderhttps://petealexander.com/
An accomplished business professional with over 35 years of sales, marketing, educational and entrepreneurial experience, Professor Pete Alexander hosts the popular Winning at Business and Life 7-minute leadership podcast focused on successful business leaders and their insights. He is also the President of the greatest interior landscaping company in the San Francisco Bay Area - Office Plants by Everything Grows. In addition, he helps people more effectively deal with their stress because, without your health, nothing else matters. This was a very hard lesson for Professor Pete to learn, and he is proud to have successfully battled the negative effects of stress head-on and developed the LIGHTEN™ stress management model that motivates you and/or your team to take action in only a few minutes per day. After learning the stress management techniques he facilitates, participants can better protect their health and handle challenging situations with grace and success.

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