Four tips to a stress-free me in 2015In gauging the past year's stress, people need to review the triggers that can affect their overall wellbeing and ability to live a healthy and productive life and make a plan to change things in 2015. © Ann Dudko – 123RF.com According to Graham Anderson, Principal Officer and CEO at Profmed, stress is one of the main contributing factors of illness in the lives of professionals. "The new year presents the perfect opportunity to consider decompressing and getting your stress levels under control. While stress will always be a part of our lives, there are a number of things we can do to alleviate this." He notes that a number of factors exist that add substantially to the stress levels of professionals. "The company's annual Stress Index, which collected data from over 3000 of South Africa's professionals, revealed that in 2014 40% of respondents ranked family as the leading cause of stress, with 27% citing health, 17% work and 16% citing financial issues as their leading cause of stress." Four healthy tips
"The above are just a few key elements that people can implement in their day-to-day lives to make sure that their stress remains at a manageable level. Studies such as the Stress Index Survey will continue to provide us with further insight on what causes our stress, how our stress is managed, and what can be done to better combat the consequences it has on our wellbeing," concludes Anderson. |