When You Can’t Change It, Change the Way You See It Environmental Stress Environmental stress is the stress that you can do absolutely nothing about. This includes things like the weather, traffic, and being stuck in the slowest line at the post office. Since there is not much we can do about environmental stressors, an effective way to deal with them is to let go of the hold they have on us and reframe the experience. Here are a 2 simple ways to re-frame an environmental stressor: Gratitude: For example, instead of being overwhelmed…
Oftentimes, when feeling stressed, our minds go into overdrive and everything on the “to do” list can feel like it was suppose to have been done yesterday! This naturally leads to even more feelings of distress and overwhelm. Worries will start to creep in and all those “what-if’s” will start dancing around our heads. What to do? STOP, BREATHE, ASK! This is the perfect time to STOP!! Just shouting in your head STOP!! can give you a moment’s reprieve to regain a bit of balance. Or you can imagine a STOP sign or even a…
Feeling stressed, anxious, or worried can upset your heart’s natural coherent rhythms, which in turn send electromagnetic signals to the brain to release stress hormones. By focusing in on your heart as you breathe and engaging in a positive emotional feeling, you are supporting your heart’s innate intelligence to get back into a state of coherence. This quick exercise is a modified version on “The Quick Coherence Technique” created by The Heart Math Institute, and is Stress Relief Tool #4 in my book: The Stress Relief Toolbox: For Women Who Take Care of Everyone But…
Would you be surprised to discover that stress has been named as an underlying factor in up to 90% of illnesses? Would you be surprised to find that most of the people around you feel stressed much of the time? One of the best ways to manage stress in your life is to first become aware of exactly what it is that causes you stress, because if you can name the stressor, then you can take the necessary steps to minimize or eliminate it. One technique for dealing with stress is called, “Name It, Tame…