{"id":21870,"date":"2025-04-25T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wowbeauty.co\/?p=21870"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:35:16","slug":"stress-is-a-part-of-life-dont-let-it-run-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wowbeauty.co\/health-and-wellbeing\/stress-is-a-part-of-life-dont-let-it-run-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress is a part of life, don’t let it run yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Stress Awareness Month<\/a> again\u2026 a whole year since the last one: so the question is – firstly, have you taken any steps over the last 12 months to understand how stress affects you and secondly have you taken any steps to manage its effects better? We absorb so much information on a regular basis about stress and yet the one thing that we know for sure is that we still find ourselves experiencing increasing levels of it! It shouldn\u2019t really come as a surprise that chronic has almost become the new normal in western societies.<\/p>\n

\u201c74% of adults have felt so stressed at some point over the past year that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope\u201d – Priory Group<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the plus side thanks to the research being done on the subject we are gaining greater knowledge and awareness about just how much stress can affect multiple aspects of our lives – from our physical health, mental and emotional.<\/p>\n

Stress Awareness Month has been running for 30 years and the theme for this year is #LeadWithLove the idea is that\u00a0\u201cThis theme encourages us to approach ourselves and others with kindness, compassion, and acceptance, no matter the challenges we face.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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