This week I successfully made the transition into my new office. I'm thrilled to be moving into a more independent setting to meet and work with families. I'm currently accepting new patients, ya know (shameless plug).
Sometimes, change is good. Like, when you move into a new job or office. Change seems especially great when you choose it for yourself or when you feel that you are totally ready for it and it's going to lead to great things down the road. Sometimes, though, change is not so great. Like when someone passes away or you are forced to find a new place to live. In the "bad" cases of change, it's usually a matter of someone else making a choice for you or feeling like it's not a change you are ready to cope with.
Whether good or bad, change can be scary or stressful. Stress can be thought of as any change that threatens to damage your ability to cope and complete day to day tasks. So, for example. Let's say that you are completely excited about an upcoming wedding. You are happy, but the planning is taking up a great deal of time and the whole thing intrudes upon your thoughts all day long. I'm sure we can all think of a comparable negative example, too.
It's important to notice when you are feeling really stressed out. Maybe your eating becomes unhealthy. Or you stop working out. Or you start drinking more wine after work or you start getting snippy with your spouse or children. I can think of 10 unhealthy ways to cope with stress. Let's see if we can come up with 10 healthy ways to do it:
Go!
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