What do you do if you're feeling overwhelmed by stress and on the verge of burnout?

Exercise, walking, meditation and sharing how you feel with colleagues, friends and family. Its so easy to carry on working outside of business hours, when we are working from home. Switch off and save your energy.

I prioritize self-care to regain balance. I allocate time for relaxation, exercise, and hobbies to recharge mentally and physically. Seeking support from colleagues, friends, or professionals helps alleviate emotional burden. I reassess priorities, delegate tasks when possible, and set realistic goals to manage workload effectively. Implementing mindfulness techniques and maintaining boundaries between work and personal life promote well-being. If needed, I communicate openly with supervisors about workload concerns and explore potential solutions together. By proactively addressing stress, I aim to prevent burnout and maintain optimal performance.

I teach my clients that one cannot pour from an empty cup, and encourage them to prioritize taking time for their own needs. When I'm feeling stressed, or overwhelmed, I schedule a Zero Balancing session or a massage for MYSELF, and reduce the number of things I plan for myself to do in a day by one thing each day for a week (the next week if possible). Instead of four clients a day, I see only three for a week. Don't work, or chores in that time - spend the time on yourself; get bodywork; take a walk somewhere with trees; dawdle over breakfast one day; read for fun.... The "empty" time gives me a chance to catch up, and recalibrate so that I can return to my usual schedule refreshed, without having to shut down completely for a week.

Identify what it triggers our stress levels sometimes can be easier that what you may think, it's a matter of taking a time to make a self assessment and respond yourself with the truth. If you are not honest with yourself, you'll never identify what is causing you to feel overwhelmed, and you won't be able to work on fixing it. As an example few months back a coworker was constantly angry, was not finishing his assignments on time, was complaining about everything and keep saying that was all because our boss was against him, it turns out that he's mother was having health issues and when he was able to speak it out-loud he's attitude and way to see the work environment changed

Make rituals that will let your brain know that work time is over and personal life is starting. .- Hear a playlist or a podcast every time you drive from work to your home to start your transition .- Leave a pair of shoes or sandals at the entrance of your home so you will know that when you ware them you are no longer working .- Create a habit to do as soon as you get home to help you put your body in rest mode, mine is every time I get home I prepare a matcha latte and every time I finished I feel calm and keep all my work toughs away

Leave a short break (10/15 min) between tasks is essential to let your brain know that the activity you were performing is over, and you are about to start a new activity, the reason why multitasking is not a good way your stress levels down is because you are not giving enough attention to the activity what you are performing and before the brain actually start focus on it, you already change the task, over and over. Focusing on one task at the time and give a decompress time to your mind to prepare for a new task will help you remain calm, feel more focus and lower your overwhelmed feeling

The thing that works best for me is getting outside, away from machines and into nature. That's a great destresser so I recommend doing that if you possibly can. I used to go for "nicotine free smoking breaks" after I broke the habit - why shouldn't I get a break if the smokers were?

I take a Yoga class, or a Hot Inferno Pilates class. Or, I sit in the hot tub with a glass of wine and enjoy the sunset... I take time for me, and work on re-adjusting my priorities and remembering exactly what I need to fill my cup, and what is truly important.

One way I practice it, is to actually schedule a time every week when I go to a specific place (it could be a chair, a tree, a bench in the park, etc.) And during that time I put all my phones in airplane mode, and have that time just for me, read a book, listen to music, or simple sit and watch the time pass. Having that time that I'm technology free it helps me to think in what I want in life, what are my next steps and sometimes just stop thinking at all

I would do an extreme work out at the gym to try to decompress. Sometimes take a long walk and reflect. Remove myself from people that trigger my stress. Oftentimes after a strenuous work out I would end with a long swim and spend some time in the sauna.