Stress Reduction Resources

Stress is also known as the silent killer that may lead to emotions like depression, anger, sadness, and anxiety, just to name a few. Let’s remember to breathe and learn ways to manage our stress. Some stress is good, but too much may cause harm to health. Below are some helpful resources.

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) has information on stress and ways to reduce stress.
• Kaiser Permanente has stress reduction resources for members and non-members, including general information, audio recordings of mindfulness, articles, guided meditations from Calm, and more
  • Guided meditations for burnout by Calm
• National Today gives information about National Stress Awareness Day.
• Petaluma Peer Recovery Center is working to build a community by fostering growth and recovery through connections with mental health peers.

Mental Health Apps

• Headspace - Meditation and mindfulness tools
• Calm - Mindfulness for sleep, relaxation, self-improvement, and de-stressing.
• Calm Harm - Tools to fight urges to self- harm.
• Breathwrk - Guided breathing exercises for different needs.
• Happify - Activities and games to help stress and negative thoughts.