Stress is very familiar to every bride-to-be. Stress can give you the adrenaline push to get through all the heavy demands on your time during this pre-wedding push. However, if unmanaged, stress can undermine your pleasure, your health, your effectiveness, and your relationships during this critical time period. In this chapter, you will learn what stress is, how stress undermines your health and shape-up efforts, how you can identify stress, and what steps you can take to reduce stress and restore balance to your life.