I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday.
Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.