I find that I have two types of stress in my life. One of these is home life stress. The other is work life stress. I have had great luck with divide and conquer. I can deal with each of these just fine by themeselves but have issues when I get hit by both at the same time. So I have a coping mechanism that I use that has helped me. I have a point olong the route too work that I call the turning point. I shut off the home life when I pass this point and turn on the work life. The same works at the end of the day only in reverse, shut off work and turn on Home. I dont allow myself to think of the other while in the mode of one. Now only once in a great while do I ever become overwhelmed.