Dr. Penrose and Dr. Cordis discuss COVID-19, protests/racial injustices, kids learning remotely are all factors creating more stress for everyone! It starts with mental health and what you choose to focus on. Chronic stress causes the brain to release signals to the endocrine system that cause cortisol levels to stay high which decreases our immune system. We discuss practical strategies for stress management and how important it is to schedule de-stress times in your day. Simple practical tiny habits make all the difference over time. Managing your stress and keeping your cortisol levels down will decrease your risk for diseases and viruses. We also discuss nutrition and things that are found to help with your immune system during this time. We are not claiming to prevent COVID 19 with these strategies, but we are trying to help give you all the things you can do that will help you stay as healthy as possible and give you control over many areas when everyone feels they have very little control these days.