Hey Spartans, it's Dr. All here, your Chief Mindock for Spartan, and today we're talking

about managing your stress levels.

I've got a few tips to help you stay calm, cool, collected during times of stress,

which we're in right now, right? Okay, the first is don't try and avoid stress. I know that seems totally counterintuitive to probably what you've heard before,

but stress is everywhere. Resistance is what we wake up to nearly every morning.

And when we try and actively avoid stress actually what happens

is we can integrate unhealthy behaviors into our world right so we can actively

try and avoid stress by drinking or by binging on Netflix or by drinking a lot more

caffeine. Just acknowledge that stress is going to happen. Stress is going to be

present for you. So the point is to not necessarily avoid it, but to figure out how to manage it and

tolerate it right so that leads into our second tip which is maintain your

routine now during stress often what we tend to do is grasp at things that

are going to make us to try and feel better right and not always are those things in

your routine. Your routine is your foundation. It's like the thing that keeps you cool

when everything else is chaotic, right? So why would you get rid of that during a time of stress?

Don't. Make sure that you're sticking to your routine routine that you're doing what you normally do because that provides consistency and certainty during times of uncertainty.

Now the next is physical health. Now if you're a Spartan already you know that

physical health is key and if you ever listen to Joe Descenta you know that his

most favorite point is what you put into your body fuels your entire life and the truth is he's

right so you want to make sure that your physical health is on point that you are

feeding yourself nutrient-dense foods, not moving towards

those processed items which we normally do during times of stress and getting rid of

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