Good morning!
Hope you’re enjoying your weekend.
It’s been a fun few days with the air festival running.
Luckily we’ve had some sun (unlike today) and hopefully you’ve been out in the sunshine to grab some vitamin D and spent your time with the people you love . Wouldn’t it be great if we had a 3 day weekend and not 2? That really would help with stress levels… so 4 days of work and 3 days of play to do what you want.
How you manage stress can really have a great impact on your mood, your body and how others perceive you. Everyone reacts differently to stress, such as, a situation that could cause someone to have a total meltdown could inspire someone to use the same energy as motivation. Stress is not an illness but it can certainly cause it if not addressed. The trick is to find ways that can help you cope with it so you don’t end up getting yourself in a mess. I recently met Becki Houlston and asked her what her top tips are for managing stress so she gave me her top ten stress busting tips. Hope this helps!
Guest Post By Becki;
On a scale of 1-10 how stressed are you now? *10 being high
1-4 Share your secret!
5-8 Your adrenal systems are over active. You will be showing symptoms of stress. Important notice -take time to relax
8+ Stop and assess your life. What’s working? What isn’t?
Unlike pressure, stress is never good for you and never a positive thing. Stress is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that the demands placed on them exceed the resources the individual has available. The symptoms of stress significantly affect both your mind and body. If you scored high, imagine how much better you would feel and look without it.
SAY ‘NO’ TO STRESS - 10 TOP TIPS TO BECOMING STRESS FREE
- Be Honest – Listen and trust your instincts. Identify what is really causing you to feel stressed? What’s stopping you from making the changes you know you need to make? Stop making excuses.
- Slow Down – do one thing at a time and finish it
- What makes you happy? – do more of it
- Be thankful- what are you thankful for in life? List 20 things
- Be kind – to yourself. Check your self-talk, you wouldn’t be that hard on anyone else would you?
- Simplify your life – let go of clutter, dramas, and people pleasing
- Ask for & Accept practical/emotional help – people like to help
- Body Care – Get the right fuel into your body. There are links between vitamin deficiencies, dehydration and high stress levels.
- Move it – dance, skip, break-dance, whatever floats your boat. Unused energy turns into negative, lethargic energy and can turn against you.
- Relax – park your brain, breath in slowly through your nose… breath out slowly through your mouth. Just 5 mins sitting with a quiet mind will put a spring in your step even when chaos surrounds you.
If you or someone you know is stuck with stress or suffering stress related illnesses, there are so many amazing options to help them and their brain change the way they feel.
For more information on stress http://www.beckihoulston.co.uk/stress-management.php
Becki Houlston
‘the people whisperer’
www.beckhoulston.com
Great tips, so don’t forget to refer back to this blog if you’re in need of a reminder.
Not sure if you’ve heard of Becki before, but because of the success with her clients, I’ve got her onboard my 6 week body transformation program. Becki and myself have clubbed together to help you unlock your FULL potential to not only lose weight, but to discover more about the mind and body connection, and begin to understand how your mind may be holding you back in your life and fitness goals. This will be some VERY powerful stuff ,which will change your body and life.
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