Handling Stress and Anxiety

     There is no advice from me on how to cope when the pressures of life and hard to manage stress manifests itself into anxiety. We are dealing with a lot of this right now in my household and family. After the long weekend trip, work and school and home beckoned. DD2 is overwhelmed with half of her subjects after missing so many days of school in a row, plus two separate full day required field trips in March. No kids got a reprieve from the College Psych test on Monday or AP Calculus test on Tuesday so despite trying to study as best she could on the way to Nashville and back, she woke in tears and under sleep both days, sure she was failing both.
     DD1 has some work issues with a restructure and a newly appointed project lead that seems to want to make sure she is the only woman in the office with respect, even though her project management style is out dated and her technical skills are sub par. My daughter shared how she has already marginalized her,  a group meeting with the three men in the small office that have the same job title as my daughter, but met about changes with DD2 and the part time support staff separately. In general, my daughter feels she is either condescending to her or just rude. While grossly underpaid, she misses the fast pace of her old job, and the community of friends she had built up.Starting over is stressful. 
     DH managed to still have a job when he got back, though had to take several calls and texts while we were gone. A retired man came back to help out while he was gone. DH will work until close every night this week, and worked his day off Thursday. We have had almost full executive turnover since last November, with only two of eight the former execs remaining after my favorite, one of the leaders that recruited me, shared her notice last week when I was out. We all keep doing our jobs but are very unsure of the new priorities or work style of the new team, but a few changes have already been major. I suspect by June the remaining two former team members will be replaced as well. 
     Even pup was feeling stress and anxiety. DD1 was so worried about him because he wouldn't poop and wasn't eating or drinking well while we were gone. Right now, we're managing to try and normalize despite changes, and illness, and people being pushed and pulled in different directions. I'm trying to do a lot of good breathing and trying not to eat poorly, which too often is one of my bad stress management tools. I'm also trying to make the easy choices whenever possible. I was supposed to travel earlier in the week for a meeting in northern Minnesota. The agenda changed drastically, and now I had only about 30-45 minutes as part of the agenda. Despite the organizer wanting  people from our organization present, I told him I could not justify the significant time away from home and the office for a 10 hour round trip drive and overnight. Instead, I'll join via Skype for the section of the agenda where I am most needed. Dinners have been easy this week, with trying to just load up on vegetables and simple sides like rice and  baked sweet potatoes. We ate our fill of good Tennessee BBQ, so need to wean ourselves anyway for rich and calorie laden meals.
    There is already flooding throughout the Midwest. Water levels are rising and we will have homes and business at risk in our community. Driving routes have changed as certain roads have been closed and more will continue. There is a lot going on to feel stressed about-enough to create debilitating anxiety if I don't manage it.I'll be spending this weekend focused on my home and getting rest. I'll get done what needs to be done without a major to do list hanging over me.  I can't manage anyone else's stress, but hopefully keeping myself in a good place is a benefit to them as well.