National Stress Awareness Day, which falls on the first Wednesday of November, puts a spotlight on the importance of relaxing one's mind to relieve stress.

The occasion was created by Carole Spiers, the chairperson of the International Stress Management Association, to increase awareness about stress and to help people manage it in their daily lives.

One of the best ways you can celebrate this special day is by learning about the different steps you can take to cope with stress, just like the following. (Courtesy: Healthline)

  • Listening to music - Studies have shown that playing calm music can help reduce stress levels as it can lower your blood pressure and reduce cortisol, bringing an overall positive effect to your body.
  • Venting to a friend - Talking to a friend and sharing your worries with them can help take the burden off your mind and, in turn, make you feel more relaxed.
  • Eating right - Following a healthy diet with less sugar and fatty snacks when you are dealing with a lot of stress can do wonders for your mind and body.
  • Exercising - Doing simple exercises can help release endorphins and improve blood circulation which can elevate your mood.
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In case you need some extra push to work on lowering your stress levels, you may want to take a look at the following quotes that can help you relax. (Courtesy: Canva)

  1. "Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax." – Mark Black
  2. "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes...Including you." – Anne Lamott
  3. "The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities." – Stephen Covey
  4. "It's not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." – Hans Selye
  5. "Stress is the trash of modern life; we all generate it, but if you don't dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life." – Danzae Pace
  6. "It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life." – Paulo Coelho
  7. "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  8. "We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it." – John Newton
  9. "A good way to overcome stress is to help others out of theirs." – Dada J. P. Vaswani
  10. "In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers." – Fred Rogers
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