If you’re feeling a looming sense of existential panic right now, you’re not alone. Stress is our body’s natural (and highly effective) way of protecting us from imminent threats to our life. Our body triggers our stress response, also known as the “fight, flight, or freeze” response, in order to help us make appropriate and immediate decisions to get out of any dangerous situation we are in … or at least, the one that the body thinks we are in.

Unfortunately, our bodies can’t tell the difference between the normal stress of work, our stress about coronavirus, stress from a fight with our partner, or the stress of running from a lion. So what can we do when the stress is overwhelming us? Read on for a collaborative idea bank from our team of wellness experts at On the Goga, drawing from the fields of organizational psychology, nutrition, financial wellbeing, mindfulness and more:

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