Why do I stress about this?

Have you truly ever asked yourself this question?  Why do I stress about all the things that I may have no control over?  Take for instance, your boss making demands on your time, the family needs attention, will I have enough to retire on, the environment, global warming, how will I pay for college, my health care, the political wars, Iran?

Now simply notice what happens in your body? your emotions? your thoughts?  Most of us will notice a tightening, someplace in the body hurts, or we feel numb, our thoughts racing, perhaps even holding of the breath.

These are all signs that our stress response is on!  We are dumping over 1400 biochemical reactions into our bodies that will age us, diminish our capacity to think, and truly make us sick.  85% of all doctor visits are due to this stress response being turned on.

This is truly an old survival mechanism we have as humans.  It is the intelligence within us to survive.  We need this mechanism if we truly are in danger and need to escape.  Otherwise it is just a habit of our own making.  We worry, fret, get angry, fearful, etc.  Why do we do this to ourselves?

Once I began to realize what I was doing to myself, I began to look at my behavior in this state, the thoughts in this state and how I related to others from this state.

I no longer found it appealing.  I began to shift every time I was aware of doing this.  It began to change my life, my relationships, my health and most of all my perceptions of the world.

Next time you find yourself in the stress response I invite you to do this simple act:

Focus on your heart, imagine the breath coming in and out of your heart/chest.  Slower than normal, deeper than normal.  Do this for a minute or two and simply notice what happens in your body, your emotions and your thoughts.

Next activate a regenerative emotion.  Perhaps appreciation, gratitude, or simply a feeling of ease.  Notice what happens now to your body, emotions and thoughts.  For me, things quiet down, I feel my shoulders drop, my heart soften.  Then simply ask your heart for guidance.

Try it!  If you would like a complementary 20 minute coaching session give me a call 574-292-4975.

The more of us who address this within, we will begin to shift the world without.  This is quantum science in action!!!