Delilah Quotes

If I'm sending emails, and I get all wound up and stressed and don't know what to do with myself for 20 minutes, I just go soak in hot water and lie there, thinking, 'What should I do?' So it's meditative.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

One of the things I was so glad that happened to me on Knots was that I learned to relax.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working.

I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of.

My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused.

I know I feel crazy when I'm stressed out. You know when I don't feel crazy? When I'm in my nap pod.

If I'm in a pressurised situation, I've learned to breathe, chill myself out and be calm.

Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.

How do I cope with stress? I clean and organize.

When I start getting embroiled in heated debates and feeling stressed, I just turn everything off and disconnect from the world. I simply tell my colleagues and friends that I am not well and need to cancel all meetings for a day or more. I take it easy - go for a long hike, take a vacation somewhere, or just stay at home and read.

Yeah, I try to be really calm.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

My way to de-stress is either listening to music or talking to my sister, Kourtney. She's going to teach me how to meditate, and that should help a lot.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it's really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

I don't put myself under pressure.