This article was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Stress and anxiety are normal parts of life, but that doesn’t make them any easier to deal with. Whether you’re living with an anxiety disorder, ...

If you search “how to calm your nervous system” in Google you’ll find hundreds of options—and I’m very intentional about how I do this too. It’s something we talk about all the time at Lindywell. A ...

While parenting has always been challenging, raising kids in today’s world is uniquely stressful. In addition to balancing work and family life, parents are anxious about the state of the world, their ...

The secret to calm? Your nose knows. Much has been made about how meditation and breathing exercises can reduce stress, but there’s an easy nostril exercise that proponents say can calm you down in a ...

Humming can have positive effects on the part of the brain that controls mood, anxiety, cognition and memory. Follow these exercises to use your voice to relax.

Psychologists have worked with clients for decades in an attempt to help overly anxious people learn to calm down. It was believed that to reduce stress, the body’s “relaxation response” had to kick ...

Reducing stress over the long term involves eating a nutritious diet, getting adequate exercise and logging sufficient hours of sleep. But when Uncle Joe at the holiday feast is repeating a story that ...

For years, I’ve taught others that using your voice is one of the easiest ways to calm down. As a clinical speech-language pathologist, I support people with communication and voice disorders and ...

When life starts piling on faster than you can process, the smartest move isn't pushing harder — it's pausing on purpose.

Recognize the five stages of burnout and take practical steps to prevent the progression of stress into harmful, habitual burnout. In the age of disruption, human resources (HR) departments are the ...