Feelings - name them to tame themDr Dan Siegal, Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, calls this technique ‘Name it to Tame it.’ It’s a simple, yet
Stress Management versus Stressor ManagementWhen it comes to stress, it’s better to prevent it from showing up at all than trying to manage it once it’s arrived. The reason most people
“Stress is everywhere.”
This was the first sentence in a report on stress that landed in my inbox earlier this week.
I spent the next couple of days looking for stress everywhere
If you are feeling stressed or anxious, the Physiological Sigh enables you to feel calmer in real time, and without having to disengage from whatever you are doing.
Did you say ‘Yes, I'm a stressed accountant!'?
You’re not alone. Accountants are reporting huge amounts of stress and emotional overload right now.
A recent study led by the UK’s Chartered Accountants
Our three stress responses
How our innate Survival Operating System (SOS) interprets a situation
determines the response the system activates. The three responses are:
Challenge ResponseSurvival ResponseTend and Befriend Response
Each response:
is our body’s
I learned this breath focused meditation technique from the book The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal. Kelly also wrote the book The Upside of Stress which I recommend you read
What is stress?
During our lives we cannot avoid being faced with real and present dangers to our physical and/or emotional wellbeing. These dangers can be one off events (for instance a car
Breathing can lower emotional arousal
Use your breath as a natural, simple and effective way to control your anxiety level. Deep breathing techniques produce a bodily response that lowers your feeling