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Stress Relief Tips for Students & Parents!

My twin boys are in the middle of GCSEs, part of the pandemic’s ‘worst-hit’ cohort. Stress is high, nerves frayed, and pressure mounting. I’m sharing the relaxation tips we use at home to manage anxiety—helpful for students and parents alike, or any stressful life moment.

Bianca Best

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Are your kids in the middle of exams right now?

My twin boys are slap bang in the middle of their GCSEs which means stress levels are high in the house. The Sunday Times have labelled this cohort of Year 11s as the ‘worst hit’ of all the pandemic lockdown impacted school children. Theirs was the brutal jolt of abruptly ending their sweet primary school chapter and starting the intimidating world of secondary school masked and mainly from home that year. There was nothing gentle about their route into learning about big school, independent learning.

And so here they are now, sitting exams, about to leave this chapter of their childhoods and juncture off into new starts again this coming September.

What September holds of course depends on how they do in these exams over the next few weeks, so the pressure is high, high, high.

Nerves are frayed, tempers are short and there’s definitely a crackle in the air.

I’m working with them on ways to self-manage throughout this stressful period and thought I’d share what I’m doing to see if this helps you and your exam-sitting family members too. And actually these tips work for any nerve-wracking life moment from an interview, to a big conversation, basically anything that stimulates fear or worry or anxiety.

So, try these relaxation tips to soothe bubbling anxiety and shift from brain to body, slowing the mental whirring down into physical, grounded calm.

Let me know if they work for you and your family. Bianca x

I’m an energy coach, life coach, holistic healer and so much more.

I’m also a Burnout Authority. Didn’t plan to be one, but hey how, that’s how life rolled for me with 4 kids, businesses to run, a corporate ladder to climb and joy and impact to spread in the world.

I recovered from burnout in 2015 and now devote my life to sharing how I did it. To work with me to establish your own realm of graceful productivity, read my best-selling book Big Impact Without Burnout, available anywhere books are sold, or book a call with me www.biancabest.com. And if you don’t want to chat just yet, enjoy my free audio book written with love from me to you – How to Stop The Struggle and Get anything You Want – https://biancabest.com/how-to-stop-the-struggle-get-anything-you-want/ Enjoy and never forget… You are the star of your own story… And I believe in YOU. B x

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  • Bianca Best | Author, Bio-Energetics Expert, Global Exec, Coach, Mother, Speaker

    The Better Business

    Bianca Best

    Bianca Best is a woman of impact: a two-time best-selling author, award-winning C-suite executive (WPP & Publicis Groupe), techpreneur, energy consultant, founder of The Better Business, and host of The Big impact Show™. A solo-parenting mother of four, she understands how to thrive during intense professional and personal pressures—and equips clients and audiences to do the same with clarity and compassion.

    Her Energy-SCAPE™ system blends psychotherapy, neuroscience and advanced energy management with best-in-class leadership training to unlock maximum Positive Relational Energy (HBR’s key factor in business success). She brings pragmatic optimism to today’s burnout crisis, transforming leaders and teams at organisations including Google, Amazon, Accenture and British Gas.

    As a renowned therapist to celebrities and esteemed leaders, Bianca leads The Catalyst Clinic, grounded in the latest research and best practices across wellbeing and leadership. Regularly consulted by the media for expert opinion, she delivers insights in practical, human terms that resonate from the boardroom to everyday life.

    Bianca’s mission is to inspire success with grace—proving that meaningful impact doesn’t require self-sacrifice. She teaches energy mastery as the liberating magic we all hold, enabling sustained high performance, healthier cultures and results that endure.

    Big Impact Without Burnout (Watkins Penguin Random House 2025) launched as a best seller hitting the charts at no. 7 - available in all major book retailers around the world.

    For more of her work and energy visit www.biancabest.com and BBTV on Youtube.