SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - WAIT FOR IT!

Have you ever stayed up all night worrying about an impending event?

Does it turn out to be as difficult as you anticipated?

Was the time spent worrying commensurate with the event itself?

It seems to be part of our human nature to worry.

Perhaps we believe that the internal 'chemical' reactions that we trigger help us with problem solving?

Maybe that energy could be better focused!

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An opportunity to experiment with some fun ideas…

FOCUS THAT ENERGY!

If you think about worrying/stressing as a form of energy, you open the door to re-focusing!

TRY THIS EASY FORMULA:

1)  Describe the worst case scenario of the event you are worried about… Go into as much detail as possible.  Perhaps even exaggerate a little…

2)  Now describe the best case scenario, again with lots of detail and exaggeration!

3)  Finally, give yourself a moment to reflect and then come up with the most likely end result.

What happens as you go through this exercise?

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - 'WORRY BREAKS'

In traditional societies people used prayer as a means of placing their soul in the hands of a greater power that could see them through the night.

Today parents often sit with their young children before bedtime reading them stories, maybe turning on a nightlight - also actions designed to ease their children into a safety zone for the night.

The concept of encapsulating worries - handing them off or tucking them away before sleep is a very powerful and useful modality for deep, refreshing and revitalizing rest.

It is a skill that we can all learn.

(See also:  '4 Sure Fire Ways to Lower Stress!'  6/20/2014)

  

DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun

ideas...

FIVE STEPS FOR RELEASING WORRIES…

STEP ONE: 

Emotional release. 

Allow yourself x amount of time to really get into all your hassles.

List them.

Act them out.

Scream them.

Tell them in 'gobble- de- gook'.

STEP TWO

Create really good fantasies where necessary to punish evil doers in your midst.  You know you've hit the 'release button' if you find yourself grinning!

STEP THREE

Strategize.  Plan and write out some steps for solving your dilemmas.  Plot them on a calendar if that's your style.

STEP FOUR

Use your creativity to take yourself to a favorite beautiful place.  Focusing on nature, even a picture of a sky or birds in flight can be amazingly tranquil. 

STEP FIVE

Create your 'prayer'.  We all have different belief systems.  Honor your own by finding a moment of comfort and solace.  Deep breathing always helps.

REMEMBER:  You can pick up any of your burdens again tomorrow.  Tonight is a time to allow your entire system to go into neutral.

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