There are many types of stress that are part of the lives we live. The ones listed here are just a few for review. Most of the important choices we make in the moment have to do with thinking and reacting/non reacting strategies we choose to manage stressful situations. To understand as thoroughly as possible these thought processes enables us to become more masterful in taking the best care of ourselves. The idea is to manage these challenges with effective thought patterns that we can build on into the future.