As mentioned in my last post, stress is and will be part of our lives. But what we need to get better at is how to increase our resilience and ensure we are not knocked off our feet and when if do get knocked off we can spring back up ready to dodge the bullets as Pedram Shojai, the creator of well.org says. He also says that the Western culture is mistakenly thinking of mediation only once one is stressed and he funnily associates this with the practice of stretching after one’s pulled a muscle. In order to stay afloat it is important to look at these practices as a preventative cure.

Here are 10 ways to deal with stress that can help you build resilience. I would say 1-5 need to be looked at together in order to be effective (and it is what I practice) and 6-10 are additional ways that you can look at doing depending on what resonates best with you.

1.Eat right for stress

This means a diet high in plants based foods, with complex carbohyd