Professionals reduce stress with variety of approaches

Eat chocolate, share a joke, power up the Harley, work out, do yoga. Professionals around Northern Colorado take a variety of actions when they feel job-related stress coming on.

Most who have reached pinnacles in their careers as top managers, directors and business owners have stress and its related ailments pretty well under control. These are even-keeled professionals well schooled in dealing with high-pressure jobs.

Take Jeanine Truswell, for example. Truswell is executive director of the United Way of Weld County, a job she has held for 20 years.

Whether due to nature or nurture, Truswell says she has a high threshold…