How to Destress while Traveling

When you travel for business or pleasure and your schedule is hectic, don’t let yourself get depleted. Conserve your energy during your free time and reset your bio-rhythms. Here’s what worked for me:

• When picking up luggage from the ground, protect your back by squatting and driving your power up from your legs. Don’t hunch over.
• Go with the flow. Don’t get upset about airport delays or traffic. Accept these glitches and emotionally prepare for them before you travel, so if they happen, you are not shocked. Humor is a great coping device.
• Take a walk in the light to reset your internal clock. Exercise releases stress and the light elevates your serotonin. If the hotel has a gym, pay that gym a visit.
• Eat as healthy as you can on the road. Even in airports you can eat salads, fruit and lean proteins. Don’t skip breakfast. All hotels have healthy cereals, fruit and eggs. Make breakfast the most important meal of the day.
• Drink plenty of water to flush out toxins and keep yourself hydrated during flights. Drinking water was especially important in a city like Denver which has a high altitude.
• Get your sleep. Even if you are too wound up, lying in bed with your eyes closed and breathing deeply will help quiet your mind and give it some rest. Don’t get obsessed about how little sleep you got. Resting with your eyes closed really helps. Catch a power nap whenever you can.
• Should mistakes occur, on your part or others, accept them, learn from them and be flexible enough to wing it. They are only mistakes if you don’t learn anything from the experience. Learn to be e resilient and transform a failure into a triumph.
• Be friendly and kind to others. Strike up conversations and listen to what other people tell you about their experiences and their city. You will be surprised at the good energy that redounds to you. Many