NO Brand is your friend
Smart people can do dumb things with money - rather ‘show up’ - don’t buy love. Over the following weeks television and social media will be bombarding you daily with ‘spend’ messages - all in the name of goodwill and celebration. This year why not rather...
Is this a lonely time for you?
Draw on your courage, reach out, connect with the many other lonely people who are in need of your kindness. Often in lonely times we need to offer to others what we most want ourselves – someone to connect with who can give us attention. How about finding...
Get out and about
Have you ever done the ‘Broccoli Dance’? Check out this video. Dance, dance, dance … for inner joy and stress release Dance classes are a time to let your inhibitions go, express yourself, let the stress flow out and just feel good all over. The Psoas is the muscle in...
Tech
This special ‘Notice and Ease Tool’ helps take the intensity out of stress responses. The simple steps of the ‘Notice and Ease Tool’ will guide you. It will teach you how to take the intensity out of negative emotions, ease them, and experience more good feelings such...
Get outdoors
Get outdoors - visit a farmers market this weekend - tasty food, space for the kids to run. Farmers markets usually have a fun–filled, almost festive atmosphere, so they are great places for family outings, and even to meet friends. Many kids do not know much about...
Video
Although a humorous video about stress, it does not pull any punches. Sadhguru has a lovely light-hearted touch, but the message is serious and very helpful. It is within our power to manage ourselves by stopping, reflecting, making new choices, and deciding on a life...
Stress gets to us all
We cannot control what comes at us - we can manage our response. The funny thing is that you may often feel that you are getting a rough deal from the world, which, of course may be true. Rather than fighting back at the world, being in control is expressed in how you...
Know your red flags
Awareness enables you to catch and control your response. Make a list of your red flag stressors, and then write down how you responded in each case. Now the subtle part, describe how you felt afterwards about how you responded. This quality of self-reflection enables...
Breathe to break stress
Focus on your heart, breathe in for 4 secs, out for 4 secs. Repeat 10 times. This is the simplest, and probably most accessible stress control technique; you don’t even have to learn anything new. You just must ‘do’ it - sure to help every time! To supercharge the...
Your body holds tension
Release with a 5 min. walk, thinking calming thoughts. You can find all sorts of valid reasons to get up from your desk. You can go to the loo on a different floor, or take the longer route to make yourself a cup of tea. Or even take a solo trip in the lift and do a...
Eject the stress
Imagine one hand shooting stress out, the other drawing good stuff in. You can only really manage your stress responses better when aware that you are tense. Are you biting your teeth - clenching your fists - or frowning? When you notice that, use your imagination to...
Practice positive self-talk
Convert ‘I failed’ to ‘I didn’t get it right this time, I will learn from this’. Unhelpful self-talk can easily aggravate your stress. When you might be grumbling internally, or, even worse, criticizing yourself, you can become stuck in a negative feedback loop. So,...
