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“It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
Everyone wants to be happy, right?
You’re constantly wishing and/or praying that whatever problems you have in life go away, right? And yet, there’s a feeling, an emotion, that what if you achieve what you want and you fail at maintaining or preserving it?
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
-William Ellery Channing
In several of my previous posts, I have talked about confronting difficult situations in life and remaining optimistic.
However, I understand that sometimes that is more easier said than done. So this post is a little different than others. I thought it would benefit everyone if I actually listed some specific techniques life coaches recommend when dealing with stress. In short, this post will be a little bit more instructional than motivational.
This particular post will focus specifically on stress breathing techniques. Health experts say that breathing has a lot to do with our moods and how you breath can often determine your stress levels. While certainly not guaranteed, the following techniques have proved to be effective with many people.
First on the list would be the 4-7-8 breathing technique. This method is recommended for many different situations, including anxiety and insomnia. While scientific evidence is quite limited, anecdotal recounts are quite large in quantity. Furthermore, there are no side effects so regardless of it’s fruitfulness or lack thereof, there’s no harm in trying.
This other technique is one I read on www.webmd.com. This one does require an appropriate setting and attire so it might be a little harder find the time for it but many have confirmed its veracity.
This last but certainly not least technique combines two of my favorite methods, breathing and self affirmations. This one too comes from www.webmd.com.
The techniques above are just a drop in the ocean. With proper research, there are hundreds of other methods that can be utilized during stressful moments, depending on the context of the situation.
But these three in particular seem to fit more a vast amount of stressful moments and are simple to do so they make for great starting points.
Have you ever tried stress breathing techniques? If so, have they been effective? If not, are you open to trying them? Is there any one exercise in particular that you found interesting in this article? Share your thoughts and experiences by commenting below on our secure servers.
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“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
-Betty Friedan
We all dread it at some point. We try our best to stall it and when we can’t, we’d all like to pretend it’s not there by covering it up in any way possible.
I’m talking about aging.
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
-William Shakespeare
In my previous articles, I had given a brief introduction to Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS). I had talked about what exactly DNRS is and what kind of illnesses it is used to treat, both mental as well as physical.
But how exactly does it work and how does one get into it? I should make a disclaimer here and point out that much of this information I talk about in this particular article is compiled from various interviews given by Annie Hopper, the founder DNRS.
Routines are our Daily Wisdom Word today. This article will cover how to create a routine, keep one and share with you why it is so important to have them. I remember when I was much younger and my children were babies. I subconsciously established a routine for each of them. They knew when to expect what down to the hour. I was not a freak about it. I just found they seemed to thrive better knowing what to expect.
When I was growing up, I did not have a routine. Think about our life, however with the things we do not establish that are routine as we grow up not set by our parents. When children go to school, they learn routines quickly. There is a time for a snack or nap and time for each of the subjects they study. Everything is based on routines. When I was growing up, we really did not have routines around our house. There were four children and things were often chaotic. This did not make me feel very safe and apparently had a huge impact on me. Now that I am disabled, I find it hard to keep with a routine. However, I notice my body does not. I seem to wake up at the same time each morning and go to sleep around the same time. The routine I have now is a routine of no physical activity. This is not healthy and I have developed many new fears that are unrealistic because I am not following an active routine. I am certainly not in the physical health I once was.
We will take a look at the Webster Definition of routine and the Daily Wisdom Words Definition.
Webster Definition of routine-1. a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program.
Daily Wisdom Word definition of a routine-a schedule set and followed at specific times each day.
How do we develop a routine? I have mentioned this in previous articles or blogs. A new routine is like anything new. You start a routine by defining one. The brain plays a major role in a routine. It takes a minimum of 3 weeks for the brain to begin to “anticipate” what to expect, and when to expect it. If you are starting an exercise program, pick the days you will do it upfront, along with the time you will exercise. At first, think of your brain, not your body your working out. For the first month, do the very same exercises you do each day you have picked. Then, you may “alter” the routine which is actually good for the body. The brain and body work opposite each other. The brain thrives on the exact same thing. However, the physical part of our bodies gets used to this such as with a diet, or exercise program so you must change it up without altering the basics of your routine such as the time of day you do it.
You begin again, for three weeks doing what you did before with the first new routine, two days a week, and a new, altered routine three days a week. The brain accepts this. Have you ever quit exercising for example and started back? Especially if you use the same time of day you once did, the muscle has memory!. You usually get in shape much more quickly. Don’t forget as you get older, you lose muscle. Make sure to start back exercising with increased muscle-building exercises.
There are also other tools in our toolbelt in life we have to strengthen routines. One tool is affirmations. Affirmations are writing down what you want as if it has or is happening already. You use “routine” to your benefit, doing these affirmations at the same time of day which creates, after approximately three weeks a new habit or routine. Routines can be a useful tool you can mold like clay to work for you. Try these suggestions and see if they do not work. I have reminded myself now, by writing this to get back in touch with a healthy routine. We have both hopefully helped each other.
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