In the previous post I introduced you to Linda and her 5 colleagues. They were clients of mine that desperately needed to reduce their stress levels and regain focus inside their corporation.
They had tried to hire organizational consultants, but this only made their stress worse. To deal with stress and overwhelm, we must look at the whole picture – and at the people themselves, not only what tasks they are doing.
At first Linda had rejected the breathing exercises I offered her. But she finally agree to the exercise, after I reassured her that everyone would feel better afterwards.
I want to share the details of the breathing with you too, so you too can benefit from some de-stress right away.
It is easy, and I have actually just learned a new thing to add to the exercise to enhance the effect even more.
This is what to do:
First: when you feel stress come up, pause and simply allow yourself to feel whatever you feel without resisting it.
Then you take 2 or 3 deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling slowly with a soft belly that expands when you inhale and falls as you breathe out – take your time.
Now simply observe and name what you are feeling without judging or criticizing yourself .
Just notice the name of what you are experiencing – for example, “angry”. Say the word silently in your mind and as kindly as you can say “anger, anger”. Or if you feel irritation, say “irritation, irritation”, or it can be fear and then you say “fear, fear”.
This addition to the breathing exercise is based on a recent study from brain experts. This exercise is called “Name It to Tame it”, because the naming of your feeling will cause a shift in your brain that takes the stress from your subconscious to your conscious in order for you to make better decisions and make it possible to change your respond to the situation.
It is very effective and I just love that so much new knowledge is coming out on how the brain functions. When I studied medicine back in the -eighties we were taught that we had a finite number of brain cells, and to take care otherwise they would die. It was always a slope downwards.
Please try this exercise and monitor how you feel.
Anyway, back to Linda. She finally did do the exercise and when I came back a month later she was overly happy because she felt it was possible to take back the control of her situation. She did the breathing exercise daily and had good use of it in stressed out situations.
Besides the breathing we had also looked at her general health situation. That is so important because that is where you get your energy
Secondly we looked at her self-development, how well she knew herself, how much time she spent taking care of herself because that is where you figure out what life you want
And third we had also gone through her financial situation that was an issue for her because that would help let some worry go.
Linda was finally at ease and she thanked me for the very easy tools for that and of course she was happy to have started to care for her body mind and also economy again. She said it was the simplicity that helped her most, that we took baby steps and made it simple.
If this has helped you, then you are going to love my De-stress guide which you can get for free by clicking here .
Please share this with anyone you feel needs to hear it like colleagues, work partners and other you know who also are stressed out, overwhelmed because they too need to get the tools to find the calm and easy life.
To your success and keep smiling!
