{"id":414825,"date":"2025-09-11T03:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414825\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:45:13","slug":"stress-and-how-to-manage-it-dr-xand-van-tullekens-five-key-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/414825\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress and how to manage it: Dr Xand van Tulleken&#8217;s five key tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Summer&#8217;s over, the holidays feel like a distant memory and suddenly the world is back at full speed. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And that back-to-it energy can leave many of us feeling stretched thin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stress, in small doses, can help us stay sharp but left unchecked, it can chip away at our health, mood and relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cortisol, often labelled as the stress hormone has become a bit of a wellness buzzword but it&#8217;s worth remembering that it isn&#8217;t the enemy &#8211; it&#8217;s what helps us wake up, stay alert, and handle challenges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trick is keeping it in balance, not eliminating it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here are five simple, science-backed ways to manage stress and get back in control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summer&#8217;s over, the holidays feel like a distant memory and suddenly the world is back at full speed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4317],"tags":[105,218,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-414825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115183611034137048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}