Category: Managing Stress
Stress and anxiety don’t have to limit you. Learn to rewire your brain and change your beliefs around fear and stress.
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How to Breathe Correctly for Optimal Health, Mood, Learning & Performance
A Huberman Lab Resource The respiratory system is unique among brain and bodily functions in that it interfaces between our conscious and our subconscious. Breathing does not require that we pay attention to it or that we are even aware of it (it’s an automatic function like digestion or heartbeat). But, at any moment, we… Read more
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Lovingkindness Meditation
Calm Down While Lifting Others Up Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) is intended to develop feelings of goodwill and warmth toward others. It has been found to quickly increase positive emotions and decrease negative ones, decrease pain and migraine headaches, reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress, increase gray matter in the emotional processing areas of the brain,… Read more
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The Link Between Alcohol and Depression
Does Depression Lead to Alcohol Use – Or is it the Other Way Around? In a normal state, when we feel generally calm, the level of dopamine in our bodies is considered at baseline. When we experience pleasure, our dopamine spikes above baseline, and when we experience pain, it dips below baseline. Our body (and… Read more
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Emotional Triggers Worksheet
A Practical Tool for Processing Emotions If possible, write out your answers, it’s proven to be more effective in processing than mental practice alone. First: Separate yourself. Breathe deeply and slowly 5-10x. Feel the emotion. Then: Say to yourself, “It’s okay to feel this.” “It’s an experience that will pass.” Questions for discovery: I feel… Read more
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8 Beliefs That Will Keep You Stuck
… and What to do About It! Beliefs drive behavior. If you want to change what you do, you have to change what you believe! Do any of these sound familiar to you? Belief # 1 I assume I will grow. On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher.The supermarket… Read more
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Managing Stress in the Workplace
Before You Do Something You’ll Regret … GOOD STRESS = appreciated and managed stress = compels us to become better and stronger. Stress is what inspires innovation and problem-solving, but sometimes our job isn’t the best source of healthy stress. Even in a great work environment, where opinions differ, stress can move from healthy to… Read more
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Discover False Beliefs
Find the Beliefs that Drive Your Behavior “The best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.” ~ Scott Adams What are core beliefs? How do we discover them? And can we… Read more
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7 Ways to Calm Your Mind
Calm Yourself Fast 7 ways to make yourself feel better fast when you’re feeling anxious, depressed, stressed, or overwhelmed. They are very simple to do, they work quickly, and they have no downsides. 1. Havening. Practice havening whenever you’re upset, stressed, or anxious. Havening is a very simple strategy—so easy even children can do it—you… Read more
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Overcoming Panic Attacks
Strategies for in the Moment Working with the experience instead of resisting it can significantly reduce the intensity of panic attacks over time. The key is to approach the panic with acceptance rather than resistance. Struggling against it often intensifies the experience, while a calm, accepting approach can help defuse it. Here’s a quick outline… Read more
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The Science Behind our ‘Comfort Zone’
What is it, and How Do We Change It? Have we ever wondered why we love to stay in our comfort zone? Like, what is the actual science behind it? Neural pathways, like ruts in soil from water, are created in our brain by repetition – stuff we’re used to doing all the time. So,… Read more