We live in a world where stress and anxiety are at an all time high. Many agree that it is now an epidemic. According to statistics Canada the Perceived Life Stress by Age Group in 2018 was 13.8% (up from 11.6% in 2017) of teens ages 12 to 17 years of age, “perceived life stress most days quite a bit or extremely stressful”. Between ages 18-34 that number climbed to 22.4% (up from 23.3% in 2017). And between ages 35-49, 29.4% of Canadians (up from 27.5% in 2017), which is almost 1/3 of the population, over 2.1 million people felt stress most days quite a bit or extremely stressful! The age group 50 and older are the only ones that showed a reduced percentage from 2017 to 2018. This means that the the younger generation is feeling the most pressure, stress and anxiety and that these numbers are continuing to climb.