SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - CREATING STRESS

Some stress is endemic; it comes with survival and is part of life...

But

There's another layer of stress that's self and other generated and unhealthy and unnecessary!

Bullying creates unwelcome and unnecessary stress whether we do it to ourselves or others.

Negative internal dialogs create unnecessary and unhealthy stress…

Competing for imagined scarcity of attention, love and appreciation creates unnecessary and unhealthy stress.

Having unrealistic expectations of self and others creates…

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS                           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

REMOVING STRESS

First give yourself a stress rating from 1-10.  10 is HIGH!

Now ask yourself what is causing this moment's stress.

Is it internal or external?

Is it something unavoidable? (An exam, a performance, catching a plane - all those real life things.)

Now ask yourself if you have realistically done what you can to take care of things.

Finally, ask yourself if your expectations are realistic or if they come from old scripts about what you should be able to control…

Now, take a deep breath and release the part that is really and realistically out of your hands!

What happens as you do this conscious experiment?