The leading cause of stress... (1 min read)

 
 
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Can you relate?

Thank you Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy for your book "No Hard Feelings" and wonderful illustrations.

Do you create more stress in your mind than you are experiencing in reality?

A set of antidotes to explore when feeling stress;

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  • Ask yourself; "Is it really real?"

  • "Can I do anything about it?"

  • "Is worrying making the situation better?"

  • "What one thing, right now, makes me feel a minuscule bit better?" (it can be as simple as blue sky, hot coffee, lunch, the clothes you're wearing, the thought of someone who makes you smile.)

  • Scrawl words onto a sheet of paper, just keep writing and get it all out

  • Close your eyes and count, breathe in for 4, breathe out for 6, repeat x 3

  • Call someone who makes you smile

  • Take a break; lie on the floor, lie on the bed, read a book, make a smoothie.. do something different

  • Go outside and sit under a tree

  • Go for a walk

  • Move your body, get out of your head and back into your body

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Interrupt your brain patterns and thinking pathways with an unexpected question or activity for your brain to help you reposition your perspective to help you from slipping into a sink hole.

Refocus into exploring, thinking about, and talking about solutions.

 

Be well, live intentionally.

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