Originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Robb Report Health & Wellness as “Ohm. Oomph. Aha!”

Five strategies—from meditation to exercise to psychotherapy—for managing stress.

When we lament that we feel stressed, we have a Czech biochemist to thank. Around 1950, Hans Selye was the first to use the term “stress,” borrowed from metallurgy, to refer to the mental and physical pressures that tie the stomach in knots and thwart the mind from slumber. Since then, scientists’ understanding of the mech…