I can recommend to listen to a few talk by Robert Sapolsky who dedicated the majority of his life researching that kind of questions. To summarize a bit (and l

I can recommend to listen to a few talk by Robert Sapolsky who dedicated the majority of his life researching that kind of questions. To summarize a bit (and likely leaving out a lot of important details), do stress reducing activity if you can find one that you genuinely enjoy. Meditation is great if you enjoy it, but if you hate it every minute it going to just increase your stress. Same with finding a physical activity. Studies on stress show great results if and only if the subject enjoy and do it volunteerly because they want to do it. The second way to reduce stress is to have control over things in life, but with a major caveat. A bit cliche, but have a feeling of control for things you can control, do not try control that which you can't, and have the wisdom to know the difference. Its a complicated balance. The third way is to be respected. Studies show that judges, conductors and similar professions have significant lower stress and live longer. Being part of a community and receiving genuine respect is great in order to reduce stress. Don't need to be ones professional life, as family or hobby can achieve similar results.