Here are 8 tips from Dr. Kevin Klassen, a cardiologist with Scottsdale Healthcare, and Dr. Anne-Marie Reed, a board certified family physician at Camelback Health Care, for dealing with workplace stress:

1. Do what you can to have a positive outlook about your job, knowing that better alternatives will be hard to find and that almost anything can be better if you make the effort to do so.
2. Help your coworkers. Promoting a sense of camaraderie reduces everyone’s stress and often causes the others to want to help you, also.
3. Walk during breaks and lunch. Exercise before or after work. Physical activity seems to clear your head and dissipate stress.
4. Limit caffeine during the day and alcohol after hours. Both tend to cause dehydration, which can increase stress and anxiety.
5. Eat healthfully and limit calories.
6. Respect the fact that your body needs to rest and make enough time to get a good night’s sleep.
7. Live within your means. Financial stress is one of the worst types of stresses to live with and it impacts not only coworkers but family and friends.
8. Keep a good support system. Family and friends can provide emotional support without any strings attached. Focus on the simpler things in life. Smile and be positive.


10 Most Stressful And 10 Least Stressful Jobs In 2012

10 Most Stressful Jobs of 2012

1. Enlisted soldier, stress score 84.61, average income $35,580
2. Firefighter, stress score 60.26, average income $45,250
3. Airline pilot, stress score 59.58, average income $103,210
4. Military general, stress score 55.17, average income $196,300
5. Police officer, stress score 53.63, average income $53,540
6. Event coordinator, stress score 49.85, average income $45,260
7. Public relations executive, stress score 47.56, average income $91,810
8. Corporate executive, stress score 47.41, average income $165,830
9. Photojournalist, stress score 47.09, average income $40,000
10. Taxi driver, stress score 46.25, average income $22,440

10 Least Stressful Jobs of 2012

1. Medical records technician, stress score 7.52, average income $32,350
2. Jeweler, stress score 8.21, average income $35,170
3. Hair stylist, stress score 8.63, average income $22,760
4. Dressmaker-tailor, stress score 8.65, average income $26,560
5. Medical laboratory technician, stress score 9.33, average income $36,280
6. Audiologist, stress score 9.37, average income $66,660
7. Precision assembler, stress score 9.40, average income $31,250
8. Dietitian, stress score 10.27, average income $53,250
9. Furniture upholsterer, stress score 10.30, average income $29,960
10. Electrical technician, stress score 10.38, average income $56,040

Arizona Business Magazine March/April 2012