7 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress

Our daily life, often, requiring us to work long hours and engaging us in some very tense situations with a little or no spare or leisure time to relax and disconnect, is to blame for rising levels of stress; a hormone known as cortisol that the body releases in response to a threat.

Releasing cortisol in response to stress is a leftover process launched when in front of dangerous situations we encounter on a daily basis. Cortisol speeds up our thoughts and helps release nutrients that our muscles need to use when reacting to a “fight or flight” situation. Generally, …read more