5 Tools to Ease Stress & Anxiety and Restore Calm
Feeling Overwhelmed?
5 Simple Tools to Calm Stress & Anxiety Fast
Life can be a lot.
And not just a lot of one thing, but a lot of many things.
The space between heavy, breath-stealing events feels shorter and shorter these days. There’s less time to recover, less time to re-focus, less time to remember who we truly are and what we want for our lives.
But here’s the good news: we don’t have to hand over our power to stress and anxiety.
Because while stress left unchecked wreaks havoc on our wellbeing—impacting sleep, mood, energy, digestion, and even the immune system—we have tools to support our body, mind, and spirit. Tools that can bring us back into balance and help us feel calm again, even in the middle of life’s chaos.
Today, I want to share 5 of my favorite practices for reducing stress and anxiety. Three of them take a little intention and prep, and two can be done anytime, anywhere. All of them are simple, powerful, and deeply supportive.
1. Mineral Replacement
This is my number one go-to tool for calming the body.
Most of us are mineral deficient. Our soils are depleted, food spends weeks traveling before hitting store shelves, and most salts are processed and stripped of their full mineral profile. Yet minerals are essential for healthy cellular function—and when they’re missing, our bodies struggle.
Here’s the key: minerals don’t work well in isolation. They need to be together to be bio-available and beneficial. A complete, unaltered salt that retains its full mineral spectrum provides the nourishment our cells crave.
When you replace minerals with a pure, full-spectrum salt, you’re feeding your cells what they need to restore balance. The results can be profound: improved sleep, more steady energy, healthier digestion, a balanced gut, and a calmer mind. It’s truly foundational support for every system in the body.
2. Supporting the Nervous System (Especially the Vagus Nerve)
The vagus nerve is like the body’s reset button. It helps determine whether we’re stuck in fight/flight mode or resting and digesting.
But most of us are shallow breathers, which keeps the vagus nerve from functioning optimally and keeps our bodies on high alert.
One of the simplest ways to shift this is through diaphragmatic breathing:
Inhale through the nose for 4 counts
Exhale through the nose for 6 counts
Even 1–2 minutes of this practice signals the body to calm down, relax, and restore balance. Done consistently, it retrains the body to find peace more easily and naturally and helps us to be embodied where we are more effective.
3. Flower Essences
Nature provides powerful, gentle medicines, and flower essences are some of my favorites.
Unlike essential oils, which are concentrated and heavy, flower essences are subtle and light. In times of stress and overwhelm, that lightness is exactly what we need.
Flower essences can support us through insomnia, grief, anxiety, isolation, or even breaking old patterns and addictions. They bring a sense of brightness and ease when everything else feels heavy.
4. Direct Sunlight
Sunlight is one of the simplest and most potent stress remedies available to us.
Just 10 minutes of direct sunlight each day can reset your circadian rhythm, improve sleep, stabilize mood, and provide your body with vitamin D in the most natural, bio-available way possible.
It also counterbalances the constant blue light exposure from screens, which strains the nervous system. Think of sunlight as a daily dose of calm, clarity, and nourishment straight from nature.
5. Fascia Work
You’ve probably heard the phrase: “the issues are in the tissues.” Our fascia—the connective tissue that surrounds every cell, muscle, and organ—stores unprocessed emotions, stress, and trauma.
Deep fascia work, through modalities like Rolfing or Block Therapy, reaches into the layers where fascia meets bone and organs. This is where true release happens: old toxins, adhesions, and stuck emotions are cleared away.
Paired with diaphragmatic breathing, fascia work improves circulation, oxygenates the cells, and shifts the nervous system into rest/relax mode. Clearing the “clutter” on this deep level creates space for calm, peace, and vitality to flow.
Bringing It All Together
Whether you start with one or two of these practices, or weave all five into your life, each one helps clear the physical, emotional, and mental clutter that fuels stress and anxiety.
They create strong foundations that support your body, calm your mind, and restore your sense of self—even when the outside world feels like “a lot.”
Because while life may always be full, you have the power to choose how you meet it—grounded, nourished, and calm.