Stress Management Tips for the Small Business Owner
Owning your own business comes with a set of stressors and anxiety-producing moments — that’s an inescapable fact. What is also fact is that there are ways to handle those moments of stress and anxiety and perhaps even to reduce them. Our March 2026 Threads of Change podcast featured therapist Kevin DeBruyn, who detailed some ways to combat stress and anxiety. Here are some additional ideas for being a more relaxed and less stressed entrepreneur.
Kristine Shreve is the founder and CEO of Kristine Shreve Consulting. She is also the Director of Marketing and Outreach for Applique Getaway and Lynnie Pinnie. An advocate for women, Kristine is the creator and host of Women + Business, a weekly show that discusses being a woman and being in business and how those two states of being intersect. In 2019, Kristine founded the Women in Garment Decoration group on Facebook, which is now over 1,200 members strong. Kristine also has a long history of writing for industry publications and giving seminars and speaking on panels at industry trade shows. She can be found at www.kristineshreve.com.
