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@colleenyoung

@hals Now that's advice to live by! To have one heart attack is tough, but get another a year later must've been a heavy mental blow. Really glad you're here to tell us this story.

@joem - I like your thinking around the team approach. How are you managing stress these days?

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Hi troops! Ok lets talk about stress. I call it the invisible killer.The more technology embraces our lives, the more stressful you become. I"ll give you my experience , we have everything now, news,weather,situations, requests, email, notifications, etc.,tens of them a minute! We eat more, we want to do more, like watching TV and eating at the same time,but time has not changed, its still 60 seconds to the minute, 60 minutes to the hour, its the same time , the thing is we want to squeeze more and more into it.
It starts to take a toll on our bodies. This is where "sickness" starts to pop up, combine this with "not enought time" (physical inactivity)and ( bad food habits) ...and we end up talking here! I imagine the brain getting ready before you wake up, when you wake up, you are already "stressed".
I do recommend a book called Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living or similar that you can use as a guide to organize, minimize, contain,handle your stress. Yes, my friends, I do feel stress, I talk to friends and family, l listen to music, I read , all this helps!

Hi Coleen, Managing by listening to 70's music, Having a glass of wine every now and then (tempranillo red spanish wine) and helping other folks with their problems and situations. Its gets the mind thinking about other things and not myself.