Beat Stress: Try tea. By now, most of us know about the calming properties of chamomile tea. These days there are lots of options out there for calming teas.

Beat Stress: Recognising your personal stress triggers can help you to avoid them, deal with them better, and resist the build-up of negativity and anxiety.

Beat Stress: We cannot change the past or control the future. What we can do is deal with the here and now, so try to slow down and go with the flow.

Beat Stress: Limit your daily information intake. This makes it easier to focus on what truly matters for you, and to not get stuck in information.

Beat Stress: Visualise your stressful thoughts as a way to sweep out whatever is buzzing around unhelpfully in your head.

Beat Stress: Wake up early. Giving yourself an extra 15 to 20 minutes before you head out the door out the door will leave you feeling more refreshed.

Beat Stress: If you don’t get done what you had planned, simply tell yourself that tomorrow’s another day, and you can do it then.

Beat Stress: Get difficult tasks done first. An unfinished task that is tumbling around in the back of your mind can cause quite a bit of stress and negativity.