Your Journey to Career Success: Stress Management

Source: https://careernetwork.msu.edu/blog/2024/03/11/your-journey-to-career-success-stress-management/ Parent: https://careernetwork.msu.edu/channels/international-student/

Thuy-Tram Butler, Career Consultant, College of Social Science

There are times when stress can feel overwhelming. The combined stress from classes, work, and life can take a toll on your mental and physical health. Implementing stress management techniques is an important strategy to help you move forward that often involves experimenting with multiple approaches. Learn from alumnus Nick Haughton, in this featured video, how he implemented stress management practices and which resources were helpful to him while managing stress during college, amidst personal and family challenges.

Maintaining your physical health is an important aspect of stress management. Physical fitness can have an impact on both your body and your mind. Keith Spencer, alumnus, discusses in this featured video, how working out helped him to feel physical better, more mentally focused, and how it contributed to building connections with people in new places.

Each person manages stress in different ways, and perhaps one of these suggested techniques will work for you.

What will you try this week to manage your stress? How can you help a friend going through a stressful period? Sometimes it starts by simply asking, “How can I support you?”

Learn more about Your Journey to Career Success Series.

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Thuy-Tram Butler Career Consultant, College of Social Science

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