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What is holistic stress management? It is a whole person approach to  three types of stress - mental, physical, and spiritual.  It offers a  wide array of strategies for managing stress in each of those domains.

Holistic stress management addresses three aspects of stress relief:

When asked to define different types of stress, most of us think of  unpleasant situations that originate outside ourselves. Annoying  coworkers, crying children, a scary diagnosis, or burgeoning debt are  blamed for your feelings.

What you may not pay much attention  to are the troublesome undercurrents inside your mind and body. You may  become so used to them that you consider them part of your personality.  You may not realize stressors stirring up trouble deep in your  subconscious or affecting you on a silent cellular level. Out of sight,  out of mind.

Distressing beliefs, feelings, thoughts, and physical  toxins act out beyond your awareness. Some are just under the surface;  they bubble up every once in a while until you push them down again. All  play a part in adding health-negating distress to your body, mind and  spirit.

The  idea of holistic stress relief may seem overwhelming but it doesn't  have to be. It does require some out of the box thinking and a  willingness to explore your situation in multiple areas (not all at  once!).  As you become aware of the problems causing physical and mental  distress, the natural stress relievers that will help you become  obvious.

The goal of holistic stress management is to reduce and  alleviate chronic and acute stress at the physical, mental or spiritual  levels. The good news is that as you eliminate stressors in one domain,  you positively impact your whole self. This is holistic stress relief.  Expect this approach to impact your mind, body and spirit in a powerful  way. And with that, miraculous healing of mind, body, and/or spirit  sometimes occurs.

Let's take a look at the different types of stress and what you can do to relieve them.

Our bodies are continually being challenged. Some stress on your body  is necessary or unavoidable. Your body is well-equipped to handle them.  For example, weight-bearing under the force of gravity keeps your  joints, muscles and bones strong. Your body also experiences a certain  amount of metabolic stress as part of being alive.

What the body  isn't equipped to handle as well is the onslaught of man-made chemicals  coming in via the air, water and food supply. There are thousands of  chemicals on the market and more being developed all the time.  These toxins accumulate in your cells and create an environment that  puts us at risk for cancer and other diseases. The liver and other  organs of elimination become burdened trying to eliminate them.

If  you doubt that they are a potential danger to you, just walk down the  store cleaning supply aisle. The strong smell of chemicals permeates the  air, right through their packaging. Check in with your body - does it  want to stay there or get away?

Outside influences aren't the only stress your body has to deal  with. It may also have to cope with continuous or combined burdens of  too much or too little exercise, sleep deprivation, illness, overeating,  under-eating, poor diet, medications and substance abuse.

When you are triggered by mental upset, your body is bombarded with stress hormones. When  this happens too often, it takes its toll on your body. Add to this the  challenges of coping with occasional and chronic pain, inflammation,  illness and addictions, and it's easy to see that our bodies are under  tremendous stress.

It may be impossible to avoid all of these  physical assaults, but there is much you can do to greatly reduce this  burden. This is the first prong in your holistic stress management plan.  When you support and protect your body by practicing principles of  healthy living and wellness, your physical stress load is lighter. Your  body is more resilient and better able to handle challenges.

Your mind is often bombarded by messages coming from the media,  authority figures, and family. Messages that stir up fear, sadness,  confrontation, and mental discomfort challenge your sense of security,  control, and self-worth.

Add to that the inner voices that  criticize you, push you, and hold you captive to the traumas of the past  and worries about the future.  Mental distress happens when you think  about something or do something that isn't congruent with your core  values or subconscious programming.

You perpetuate mental  exhaustion when you berate yourself for making a mistake, relive past  wrongs, worry incessantly about the economy, or repeatedly work too long  and too hard.

Of the three types of stressors, spiritual stress may be the most  elusive to pinpoint. You many not be aware of its undercurrent in your  life. It may manifest physically and/or mentally. Spiritual stressors  may enter your awareness as thoughts, or as feelings and illness in your  body. They may show themselves as inklings, intuition or dreams.

Addressing  spiritual issues is often the missing prong in holistic stress  management. This is unfortunate because it may well be a most important  factor for healing and wellness. It affects us deeply in ways we are yet  to fully understand.

Spiritual distress occurs when you are  out of alignment with your inner truth, your true Self, and your sense  of connection with others and 'all that is'.