6 Unconventional Ways To Deal With Stress

This track shares a few unexpected, practical ways to release stress when your mind won’t let go. You’ll hear simple techniques that help interrupt spiraling thoughts and bring your body back to calm—useful for those intense morning waves you’ve been dealing with. The tone is supportive and grounding, focusing on small actions that create real relief. By the end, you’ll have fresh tools to steady yourself and feel more in control.

Transcript

Hello, Welcome to 6 Unconventional Ways to Deal with Stress. We're going to learn how to not sweat the small stuff in life. And there's a lot to be stressed about these days. Artificial intelligence, Your job, Finances, Taxes, Parenting, Taking care of aging parents. There's a lot that we can swirl in our mind, Whether you're a child, A teen, A CEO. So what do we do with those 60 to 90, 000 thoughts that we have each day? How many of those thoughts are stressful? Well, We know that the majority of them are negative. They're judgmental, Critical, Punitive thoughts about ourselves, About others. And this voice in our head is trying to be helpful. But it's actually stressing out our body. And our body can take that as hypertension, Not able to sleep well at night. It can be pain, A whole host of things, Irritable gut syndrome. And when our body starts to go out of whack, Along with our mind, We know that we're feeling stressed out. And some of us are in a state of chronic stress or burnout. So most of you know that stress response is the fight or flight response. And in those cases, We're ready to get ready to run or fight, Meaning that our heart rate increases and we tense up and we get ready to burn off cortisol. And when we don't do that, When we don't complete that stress cycle, That stress hormone stays in our body. So if we don't have the ability to run three miles every time our boss micromanages us and to burn off all that frustration, Anger, And resentment, What else can we do? Exercise is one of the best ways to complete a stress cycle. Getting physically engaged and exhausted and being able to relax into our parasympathetic nervous system is a good way. But there are also other ways that we can begin to release stress. And one is to love your stress. Love and stress are two different states that are really hard to have at the same time. So when you're feeling that tension, When your mind is on repeat, Like a broken record over something small that's happened, And it's draining your energy and it's depleting you, Send your stress some love. Send yourself love. And as you do that, Notice what begins to happen. You might start to see that the stress that you're feeling begins to lose its grip. It's not twisting you up as much as it was before. And you can see this love as a pure golden light. You can imagine the love that your mother gave you as a child, Just a state of unconditional love. And center yourself, Ground yourself in this loving energy. Love your stress. The second thing you can do is see stress as your teacher. So we have the actual external stress, And we have the internal response to the stressor. So there's the external stress, Our internal response to what's happening. And sometimes our internal response goes in overdrive because whatever's happening around us, Maybe we're being silently excluded at work or somewhere, And that sense of excommunication is bringing up some really deep fear, Even the fear of death. It just feels really threatening. And once you begin to sit with that and you see, Oh, I am having a really strong overreaction, A really strong stress response to what's going on. And it's in these cases that stress becomes your teacher, That it's showing you where you need healing and balance. That just because you're perceiving the stress doesn't necessarily mean that it's real. And it probably doesn't align to what you might believe about what's happening. Like I'm not good enough, Or I don't belong. Whatever negative beliefs or thoughts or feelings are percolating under that stressful event. So starting to see stress as your teacher, That when you're having a strong stress response, It's a good opportunity to stop. And one of the best things you can do is write in detail what you think is happening, What you feel is happening, And why it's stressing you out. Write it out in detail. Don't hold back. Brutal honesty. Write all the small things that are bothering you. And when you do that, You begin to see the story a little more clearly from a more neutral point of view. And by writing it all out in detail, Anything that is keeping you up at night, That's bothering you, That's bugging you, That's in the back of your mind, Silently draining your energy, Write it down in detail. And you will begin to see what's there and what needs to be released. The third thing that you can do is pray. Now, If prayer doesn't resonate with you, You can use other words like intention or affirmation, A positive affirmation. But prayer is that communication we have with the universe or higher power. You could even call it life force energy of the universe. And it's calling upon this energy to communicate with it to help you, To ask for help in releasing the stress. And for assistance in centering yourself in a higher energy. Because stress is a lower vibration. It's based in fear. And we get easily stuck in the fear response because so many people around us live in that state constantly. So it's easy to get knocked down. And by calling upon something bigger than you, An expansive, Inspiring energy, Whether they're angels or past loved ones who have passed away, That we can call upon this energy for strength and for insight, For wisdom, For centering in a higher, More grounded and compassionate energy. So you can pray and the prayer might be a focus. So if an intention or affirmation resonates with you more, It's, I am centered in myself. I'm willing to detach from what's going on around me and connect to the truth of my being. And even silently repeating this over and over and over again will have an effect. And the way affirmations or prayer works at first, It might feel like it's nothing, That it's not really working. Maybe it even feels like a lie, You know, That I'm strong inside myself. I'm calm, I'm confident, I'm grounded. And at first it might feel disconnected and that's okay. That's oftentimes why we use affirmations is because those positive feeling thoughts aren't grounded in our body. And so we're grounding them by focusing on them and inviting them in to our consciousness, Letting them sink deep into our consciousness. The fourth thing you can do is to have fun and to engage in funny things, Whether that's going to a comedy show or hanging out with friends. Although something I've noticed is that a lot of people struggle in this, That it seems that people these days have a hard time finding ways to have fun and finding ways to laugh. And so if you feel this way, You're not alone because more and more people are feeling that their circle of friends are shrinking. After the pandemic, It shifted around a lot of relationships. And if you feel that having fun can be a challenge, That's okay. But if there's anything that you like to do, Whether it is playing a sport or knitting or some kind of hobby or interest, Just allowing yourself to do those things can be nurturing and stress relieving. But it's about that connection, Right? Connection with others, Having social connection, And then laughing really instantly kind of magically releases stress. Anytime you're deep belly laughing, Being silly, Not taking life seriously, That can easily let go of stress and tension. So letting yourself hang out with funny people and do fun things, Make an effort. And these days you have to make an effort to have fun sometimes. The fifth thing you can do is create a resolve. So a resolve is deciding. So let's say something, Some drama is unfolding around you. You're having to deal with somebody who's really controlling, Who's nitpicky, Who's micromanaging, Whatever, Negative energy. And you're having to deal with this maybe at work or somewhere where you have to kind of encounter it daily is to have a resolve that, Yes, This is happening, But I'm not going to let it bother me. Resolve within yourself that this isn't going to stress you out, That this is something small, It's petty. It's something that can just easily flow like water off your back into the ground. And, You know, Seeing it as not necessarily the person, But the situation is minuscule as tiny compared to the bigger picture. What's real and important in life, Keeping your eye on the bigger picture, Your focus, Your intention, Resolving, Having that resolve that I'm going to stay grounded in my attention and I'm not going to let these stressful distractions throw me off course, Throw me out of my center and make up your mind about it. Have a little swag and that's okay. The sixth thing you can do is imagine, And this is a fun practice and it's just, What would it be like if you didn't have the stress? What would you do? So let's say you got a pile of stuff to do. You got, You know, People you've got to account for that you're responsible for. You've got bills to pay. You've got this pile of stuff, Right? And just imagine that pile of stuff isn't there. Just for a moment, Imagine none of that is there. It is not there. Imagine that you have no responsibilities. You have nothing to do right now. Nobody to account for, No stressors to deal with. What would you do? What would you choose to do? So imagine making choices without taking your stressors into account. And this is just to show you what's possible. Because sometimes we bring the stressors in our life and we make decisions based on our stressors. And that's one place to make decisions from. But what if you made decisions from a place without those stressors? What if they weren't dictating what you had to do? And this is just to open up the space to give you a sense of possibility and to create that feeling of lightness. And what I've noticed is that when I do follow the things that I'd imagine without the stress, The stress takes care of itself. Somehow it sort of magically realigns and I become more aligned because I have not taken all that stress into account. So that is the sixth tool. Hope you found these ideas helpful. And here's to less stress, More freedom, More joy, Laughter, And fun. Fulfillment in our lives.

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