In this episode, West Wimmera Health Service's own Leanne Yew talks about stress. Leanne is WWHS's lead social worker. She shares her knowledge on stress, our responses to it and how long term stress can affect us. She also share her tips for managing stress and where to get help. 

Interested in the topic and looking for more?

The WWHS social work and welfare department can help with a wide variety of things, including:

• Counselling for individuals, couples and families.
• Support for parenting, grief, trauma and crisis.
• Referral to services such as housing, employment and legal services.
• Help with Centrelink payments.
• Financial counselling and emergency relief.
• Support for child protection and from domestic violence.

For further details contact West Wimmera Health Service on (03) 5391 4222.

Leanne spoke a lot about what stress is and some tips to manage it. For more information check out:

Better Health Channel - Stress

Health Direct - Stress

Suicide Line Victoria - Feeling stressed out and how to get help

National Centre for Farmer Health - Stress

Stress can be hard to manage, and if it goes for a long time you may need to seek professional help. Some place you can go for this are:

• GP 
• Counsellor
• Psychologist
• Rural Outreach program which you can reach at 1300 688 732. You can also hear more about this program in the episode 'From Footy Coach to Rural Outreach Worker'. 
•  Flying Doctor Wellbeing

You can also check out programs like:

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You Got this Mate!

Leanne also spoke about how mindfulness and breathing exercises can help with stress. You can find the Smiling Mind program and app she spoke about here. 

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