Some women find writing their thoughts in a journal very beneficial. Just getting it out and on paper can be very cathartic. If you eat nutritiously, get enough exercise, take some time for yourself, affiliate with people that love and care for you, get enough rest, find time to play, connect spiritually - those things help prevent the ravages of stress. An important distinction, said Russo, is not that we avoid stress. It's that we learn to manage it.
Good things are stressful, too.
Loving someone is stressful. That doesn't mean it's to be avoided. We have to learn how to deal with stress. Women need to know what their limits are and when they need to say no. We need to be able to operate in our own best interests.