As a business owner or entrepreneur, it can be very easy to feel overwhelmed. It’s almost always impossible to strike the right work-life balance when you are responsible for the well-being of your company and your employees. Time management can help prevent stress but proper stress management is just as important to avoid burnout and maximize your productivity. These are five of our favorite ways to de-stress during the workday:

Get Moving to Relieve Stress

Especially if you spend most of the workday at a desk or conference table, one of the best things you can do to reduce stress is to stretch or go for a walk. Moving around gets your blood flowing, increases energy and mood, and helps you think through problems. Just stepping away from your computer helps you think more abstractly and calm your mind.

Don’t wait for stress to build up, either. Schedule mini-breaks to move around, taking 5-10 minutes off every hour or so depending on your work style and amount of stress at work. It’s better to take a proactive stress management approach and calm your mind before you start to feel overwhelmed. Taking time to unwind is the best way to reduce stress.

De-stress by Listening to Music

Music can be a powerful way to relieve stress at work. Pump up music can give you energy and help you execute tasks while relaxing music can calm your mind and encourage creative thinking. Even if get distracted by listening to music while working, you can turn on some tunes during your mini-breaks.

Calm Your Mind at Your Desk

There are plenty of other ways to give your mind a rest beyond listening to music or taking a walk. One proven method to reduce stress is deep breaths. Just close your eyes, focus on your breathing, and take several deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. You can try counting your breaths in and out, adding to the count to take increasingly deep breaths.

You can also use a mindfulness app, read for a few minutes, or even take a power nap to recharge your batteries, break free of the stress cycle, and calm your mind. Reading for just six minutes can relax your muscles and lower your heart rate, making it a surefire way to reduce stress at work. These strategies can be just as effective at helping you de-stress after work as well.

Schedule Worry Time

If you feel overwhelmed, a great stress management technique is to set aside some “worry time” to de-stress during workdays. Scheduling time to focus on what is causing you stress at work helps you compartmentalize your worries, focus during the rest of the workday, and confront the underlying issues. Take a few minutes at the same time each day to write down what worries you, why they worry you, the worst-case scenarios, and what you can do to change the situation.

Socialize with Coworkers

Humans are social animals and talking with coworkers can seriously relieve stress. Talking about your favorite sports team, your kids, even the weather can reduce stress and distract from your worries. Plus, there’s no reason to see this time as wasted just because you’re not talking about work. Building connections with your coworkers and employees helps create team unity, support company culture, and boost employee engagement.

As a business owner, it might be a good idea to make yourself available to employees at set times during the week. This fosters a culture of openness which increases employees’ job satisfaction and productivity. As you have more conversations with your team you get to know them better, which helps you leverage their strengths and fill in their gaps. You also get the chance to solve their problems – which will relieve stress about your own.