After putting the final touches on my new course, From Panic to Peace, it is now available! The course is an inexpensive 8-week training designed to help you understand and learn the principles and skills necessary to overcome anxiety.
All Lessons, PDF’s and audio recordings are available online so that you can take this course wherever you live and without any special computer skills.
The course is designed to give you the information and tools necessary to start taking control of your fears while moving forward in your life towards your dreams and goals.
To learn more, or to sign up for this powerful new course at this initial special price, go to PanictoPeaceProgram.com
During this time of stress, anxiety and change, tension blocks our ability to stay present and be effective in our everyday tasks, relationships and performance. Much of this tension accumulates in our shoulders, neck and upper body.
Tension blocks your power to perform. Much of this tension accumulates in your shoulders, neck and upper body. The following simple exercises are designed to be able to help you release tension quickly and efficiently.
“Reduce Stress Through Focused Breathing”
I hope that you are doing well as we go through this time of challenge together. It has been so amazing to watch those in my community, from places all around the world, share with me stories of struggle as well as amazing victories and breakthroughs.
As I have shared in a past post, there is so much power, especially during times such as this, in practicing intentional Focused Breathing. In all of my work with those who struggle with anxiety or stressful situations, I have found this exercise, when applied and practiced, incredibly effective in inducing a relaxed state in your mind and body.
In fact, research has proven that your heart rate, blood pressure, and even body temperature can be affected by how you breathe! This is certainly valuable while our minds race ahead and question what is to come and when life will get back to ‘normal.’
I have provided an audio of the Focused Breathing exercise that I use in some of my Courses and Coaching work and know that if you practice it throughout your day, it will benefit you like it has for so many that I have worked with.
There are no excuses for not taking advantage of this skill, as you are already breathing, it is free and only takes a couple of minutes to practice! I look forward to hearing how you have used the exercise.
Click on the image above, sit back and get ready for a deep feeling of relaxation!
The Overcome Anxiety Forever course is an inexpensive, 8-week, email-based training designed to help you understand and learn the principles and skills necessary to overcome anxiety.
You can take this course wherever you live and no special computer skills are necessary, only the ability to send and receive emails.
The course is designed to give you the information and tools necessary to start taking control of your fears while moving forward in your life towards your dreams and goals.
Change is not an option. Change is an Opportunity.
In
this series on dealing with change, I have been sharing with you how it
is possible, even during challenging times, to actually thrive rather
than just survive.
As I shared in Part 1, there are 3 keys to taking charge of your life during times of change:
The
question is: How can you take advantage of this opportunity of change
to dramatically move forward in your personal and professional life?
Adjust Your Personal Vision
Discover Hope Out of Helplessness
Turn Powerlessness into Action
In my previous post (Part 2), I discussed that it is possible to discover Hope Out of Helplessness. In my final post in this series I would like to share:
Key #3 – Turn Powerlessness Into Action
Change and uncertainty can lead to feeling powerless, victimized and weak.
In
order to take charge of your life, even during challenging days, it is
crucial to turn our sense of feeling powerless and out of control into
Action. Here are 3 key steps to take back your life during tough times:
Change is not an option. Change is an Opportunity.
In
this series I have been sharing with you how it is possible, during
challenging times, that you can actually thrive rather than just
survive.
How can you take advantage of this opportunity of change to dramatically move forward in your personal and professional life?
As I shared in Part 1, there are 3 keys to taking charge of your life during times of change:
Adjust Your Personal Vision
Discover Hope Out of Helplessness
Turn Powerlessness into Action
In
my previous post, I discussed the importance of adjusting your personal
vision (your unique picture of your personal future) in order to adjust
the way in which we see our future to fit the new situation/condition
by letting go to move forward. In this post I would like to share:
Key #2 – Discover Hope Out of Helplessness
“Change is hard on hope.”
Change and uncertainty can lead to:
Discouragement, losing your spirit
Feeling helpless or out of control
Destroying your self-confidence
Draining your energy
In order to deal with the uncertainty and fear of the future, we often will put on what I call ‘emotional armor’ to protect
yourself. It makes sense that we would want to feel safe and protected
during times of change, yet there is a cost to carrying around such
armor.
In
Medieval times, armies would create more and more armor to protect
themselves from the enemy until it reached a point where the army with too much armor became weighed down and unable to fight!
In
much the same way, extreme caution and fear can lead to emotional
paralysis. You can become so weighed down with anxiety that you freeze while the realities of life keep on going.
Your focus
on current and possible future problems destroys your ability to see
opportunities within the change that is happening.
There are 3 types of emotional armor that many put on to protect ourselves. The key is to identify your armor in order to remove it and to feel lighter.
The Armor of the Fear of Risk-Taking(Resistance to Change)
Change is scary, and our tendency is to lose a childlike response to life.
“One of the most responsible things you can do as an adult is to become more of a child.” ~ Wayne Dyer
In times of change, become more childlike:
Take chances- become creative and more flexible
Change “What if” thinking to “So what” thinking
Allow for spontaneity in your life – start dreaming again!
Give yourself permission to laugh, have some fun and relax
“With a little madness (and childlike thinking) you can cut the rope (of fear) and be free!” ~Zorba the Greek
The Armor of a Lack of Self-Confidence
During times of change, LISTEN to your self-talk – Is it positive or negative?
As I have shared in a past post, quiet that negative and fear-inducing voice in your head!
“You cannot consistently perform or live in a manner which is inconsistent with the way you see or talk to yourself”
The Armor of Stress and a Lack of Balance
Take time for self-care:
Regular exercise, sleep and diet
Slow, focused breathing during times of anxiety
Set aside time for intentional activities for relaxation
“If the snooze button on your alarm is getting as worn out as you are, wake up – you may be burning out!” ~Patty Boyd
Identify and remove your emotional armor.
Change is not an option, but an opportunity to Discover Hope Out of Helplessness
I look forward to sharing Key #3, Turn Powerlessness into Action, in my next Post.
I hope that you are doing well as we go through this time of challenge together. It has been so amazing to watch those in my community, from places all around the world, share with me stories of struggle as well as amazing victories and breakthroughs.
As I have shared in a past post, there is so much power, especially during times such as this, in practicing intentional Focused Breathing. In all of my work with those who struggle with anxiety or stressful situations, I have found this exercise, when applied and practiced, incredibly effective in inducing a relaxed state in your mind and body.
In fact, research has proven that your heart rate, blood pressure, and even body temperature can be affected by how you breathe! This is certainly valuable while our minds race ahead and question what is to come and when life will get back to ‘normal.’
I have provided an audio of the Focused Breathing exercise that I use in some of my Courses and Coaching work and know that if you practice it throughout your day, it will benefit you like it has for so many that I have worked with.
There are no excuses for not taking advantage of this skill, as you are already breathing, it is free and only takes a couple of minutes to practice! I look forward to hearing how you have used the exercise.
Click on the image above, sit back and get ready for a deep feeling of relaxation!