TRICARE Newsroom – Moving your family is a huge life stressor by itself, not to mention all the other changes, and how we respond to major changes and uncertainty about the future is important.
Practice just a few of these habits a day to build and maintain a strong psychological foundation and help protect against stress and negative, depressing thoughts, such as:
- Exercise not only improves your physical health, but may help reduce the cumulative impacts of stress to your brain and body.
- Balanced nutrition from your diet directly fuels your ability to cope with physical and emotional stressors.
- Quality sleep is healing and restorative.
- Relaxation and meditation practices can enhance physical and mental health for stress management.
- Setting goals helps to reduce stress hormones and increase a sense of control and accomplishment.
- Break your big goal down into chunks so they are realistic and obtainable.
- Positive perspective provides hope and helps us to keep moving forward.
- Social connections help to reduce stress, increase your sense of well-being and positive experiences.
