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8 Easy Ways to Relieve Stress At Work (Backed By Science)
The document outlines eight effective methods to relieve stress at work, emphasizing the prevalence of workplace stress affecting 80% of employees. Suggested strategies include incorporating indoor plants, practicing progressive muscle relaxation, maintaining work-life balance, and utilizing deep breathing techniques. Additional tips involve engaging in office yoga, drinking tea, desk meditation, and using stress relief tools like a stress cube.
8 Easy Ways to Relieve Stress At Work (Backed By Science)
- 1. 8 EASY WAYS TO RELIEVE STRESSAT WORK (backedbyscience)
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- 3. 80% of employees feel stressat work
- 4. 25% say their jobis the most stressful part of their lives
- 5. 1/5 employees have quit because ofjob stress
- 6. What Can You DoTo Beat Stress?
- 7. 1 BUY ANINDOOR PLANT According to multiple studies, plants can: Increase attentiveness Boost productivity Lower blood pressure Lower anxiety Give you a more positive perception of your workspace
- 8. 2PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION In one studyof progressive muscle relaxation on student athletes, this stress management technique was shown to help regulate the players' mood states.
- 9. 3 LEAVE WORK ATWORK Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business study found that people with high- stress jobs with little control over when they work are more likely to die sooner than people with more work/life balance
- 10. 4TAKE A DEEP BREATH Studieshave shown that deep breathing calms your body's stress response, which makes it perfect for high pressure situations like the minutes leading up to a big presentation.
- 11. 5 TRY OFFICE YOGA Astudy from Frontiers in Human Neuroscience looked at the physical and mental effects of a three month yoga retreat, and saw that participants experienced reduced inflammation and stress in their bodies.
- 12. 6DRINK A CUPOF TEA In a 2007 study, researches tested black tea against a placebo for six weeks, and concluded the tea lead to lower post-stress cortisol and more relaxation.
- 13. 7 DESK MEDITATION Neuroscientists researched theeffects of meditation on the brain over an eight week period and saw differences in brain volume in five different regions of the brain, including the part responsible for the fight or flight response.
- 14. 8GET A STRESS CUBE Thecognitive load hypothesis says that when we're forced to deal with complex problems or thoughts (i.e. stressful situations) we exert some of that cognitive load into movements like fidgeting. As a result, we're able to free up some of our mental resources to focus on the mental process and actually think through what's going on.
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