Hey there! How are you this BeaUtiFul Friday? I hope you are enjoying your day!
I got a couple questions for you. What is stress? What does the word 'stress' mean to you? Does it mean that you are going through something difficult? Does it mean you are going through something you are unable to handle? Is stress your situation? Is it your job? Your boss? Your spouse? Your kids?
What does stress mean to you?
The reason I ask these questions is because many people have the illusion that stress is a person or a situation and if they aren't experiencing something they believe they are not stressed.
Often times when I ask a person if they are stressed out, they say yes, and blame it on a person or a situation, or they tell me they have no stress at all.
Recently, I was working with this medic who was having anxiety attacks. I asked her what she was stressing over and she said she has no stress.
YOO HOO! HAVING ANXEITY ATTACKS IS STRESS!!!
After exploring a little more, we discovered she had tons of stress.
She was sleeping very little, she was eating unhealthy, processed, fast foods on a regular basis and she was suffering from very low self esteem.
These are all very stressful habits because stress is strain. Stress is not a person or circumstances we are going through, it is caused by the strain we put on ourselves emotionally, mentally, and physically.
This medic had stress because she was putting strain on herself physically through lack of sleep and unhealthy eating habits and she was putting emotional and mental strain on herself through all of the unhealthy thoughts she was creating through her low self-esteem.
Lack of sleep and unhealthy eating habits weigh on you because it takes energy to sustain yourself through out your day. Your body needs rest and nourishment to maintain it's healthy immune system. When we do not take care of our bodies we cause physical stress.
Emotional strain comes from our mental process. If we think that we aren't good enough we start to worry about that and we begin to feel anxiety or depression. Worry is mental strain (or stress), and anxiety and depression are emotional strain (or stress).
When we have emotional, mental, or physical stress we are unhappy. Learn to destress yourself by eliminating your strain so that you may experience happiness, energy, and vitality which truly is HAPPINESS!!!
One of the best ways to discover your stress is to look at how well you are taking care of yourself emotionally, mentally, or physically. Discover one thing that you can change in any of these areas, make it a goal to change it, and watch yourself make a shift in destressing yourself.
That's all I got.
Have a great weekend!
Until next post, don't forget to have fun and be playful.
Elizabeth
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Destress Yourself By Eliminating Doubt And Creating Faith
I would like to ask you if you believe you can? What I mean is, do you believe that you have the ability to accomplish any goal you set your mind to, with ease and comfort?
Ask yourself, "Do I have the ability to accomplish any goal I set my mind to, with ease and comfort?
I BELIEVE!!! I believe you do and I believe I do.
In order to accomplish any goal that we set, we must believe that we can. So many people set goals and never accomplish them because deep down inside their self-confidence and self-esteem are so low that they do not believe it is possible.
It may sound simple and it may sound silly but it is true.
When you say to yourself, "I have the ability to accomplish any goal I set my mind to, with ease and comfort." Do you think and feel like you do? Do you think and feel that this is true?
A big part of Destressing Yourself is eliminating doubt and creating faith in yourself, others, and in life.
So, when you make the statement above you should believe it, believe that you can. If you don't believe that you can, say to yourself, "I have the ability to accomplish any goal I set my mind to, with ease and comfort."
Now, write it down, memorize it, say it to yourself often, and say it until you believe it.
Do this my friend, and I guarantee, if you don't believe it, you will. You gotta have faith!
If you would like to learn more about having faith in yourself, others, and in life, please join me for our FREE Teleclass this month on meditations, affirmations, and visualization. These three habits will help you accomplish any goal you set your mind to. In addition, these habits will assist you in increasing your self-confidence.
Meet you there!
Have a wonderful week!!!
Don't forget to have fun and be playful!
Please email me if you have any questions, I would love to hear from you.
If you have not, please add me as a friend on facebook, Elizabeth M. Stanfill.
Elizabeth Stanfill
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
HOW TO DESTRESS YOURSELF
I have five major web sites, Destress Yourself, Destress Yourself Blog, Destress for the EMS, Elizabeth Stanfill (which is our newsletter archive), and Frazier Park, CA. I also have some research tools to each of these web sites, that show me what people type into the search engine to get to my web sites. Really cool huh? I love that stuff!
The number one phrase that is used, everyday, to get to my websites is, "How to Destress Yourself."
Everyday, I am helping people to 'destress yourself'.
If I only had a few minutes to talk with you and you really needed help to Destress Yourself, this is what I would tell you.
There is a stress response, better known as the 'fight or flight' response, that is activated when we face stressful situations. When the stress response is activated it increases our heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, blood circulation, and causes our blood-flows and many other body functions to shift.
Now, not everyone reacts to each situation the same way because we all think differently. Our reactions (thoughts about a situation) are what causes this stress response. So, a situation happens (it could be anything), we see it as stressful (we think doubt, fear, and worry), and then our stress response kicks in.
Negative emotions like anger, frustration, disgust, sadness, anxiety, irritation, aggravation, hatred, misery, depression, grief, and nervousness, imitate the stress response. So every time you have a negative emotion (for some, this could be all day long) you are creating wear and tear on your body.
SIDE NOTE: these negative emotions are standard and repetitive for many (the stressed) and that is why I call them habitual ways of reacting. These habitual ways of reacting can be decreased and eliminated.
So, in order to Destress Yourself, you must discover how, when, and why you are activating this stress response, and then learn how to decrease and ultimately eliminate it. Or, you could just change your negative reactions. This may be very easy or this may be very difficult, it just depends on your willingness and commitment.
Let me give you and example of activating the stress response. A very stressed out person has a habit of worrying about everything because of the way they look at the world and a very relaxed person has a habit of having faith about most things because of the way they look at the world.
So, if I were to ask a question like, "I wonder what is going to happen to our economy?" A stressed out person would think and talk about all the things that could go wrong, all the while experiencing the negative emotions mentioned above. A relaxed person would think and talk about all of the positive things that are in store for us and experience more positive emotions.
When the stressed out person starts to think and talk about all the things that could go wrong, guess what? That's right, the stress response kicks in. The stress response may kick in all day long for this person because of the way they think. Their thought process is full of doubt, fear, and worry (stressful). Not only does this person have a very habitual and stressful way of thinking, they also have a very stressful habit of kicking in the stress response.
This stress response is causing emotional illnesses like depression and anxiety, mental illnesses like a racing mind, the inability to concentrate, and indecisiveness, and physical illnesses like gastrointestinal problems, head aches, neck aches, and shoulder aches from the tension.
This stress response is causing individuals to do things, that they think make them feel better, like binge eating, drinking, smoking, numbing through drugs and medication, as well as immoral behavior like addiction to pornography or inappropriate sexual behavior.
This stress response is wearing out the mind and body and therefore, causes exhaustion and fatigue. This causes mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion, also known as Burnout.
STRESS IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF EVERY ILLNESS! I believe this with all my heart and if you knew what I know, and see the things I see, and have seen, you would believe it too.
The best way to Destress Yourself is with education and action. Last week we discussed that "IT IS TIME' to take responsibility for your life.
Take responsibility for your life by learning how, when, and why you are activating the stress response. The best way to do this is by learning to relax. I mean really learn how to relax, which is the opposite of the stress response. We can call it the relaxation response.
Once you learn to relax, or activate the relaxation response, you will be very skilled at noticing when you are activating the stress response because of your awareness. When you learn to relax you become more aware of your mind and body because of your ability to implement the relaxation response at anytime and anywhere.
You have a choice, you can activate the stress response, which is unintentional, or you can activate the relaxation response, which is intentional. That is the difference between a stressed out person, who lives their life unintentionally, and a relaxed person, who lives their life full of intention.
With that said, I would like you to join me for our FREE Tele Class on, you guessed it, Learning to Relax.
This Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 7 am Pacific Time (10 am Eastern).
Dial in number 1-213-289-0500
Access Code 205356#
Meet You There!
Have a wonderful week!!!
Don't forget to have fun and be playful!
Please email me if you have any questions, I would love to hear from you.
elizabeth@destressyourself.com
The number one phrase that is used, everyday, to get to my websites is, "How to Destress Yourself."
Everyday, I am helping people to 'destress yourself'.
If I only had a few minutes to talk with you and you really needed help to Destress Yourself, this is what I would tell you.
There is a stress response, better known as the 'fight or flight' response, that is activated when we face stressful situations. When the stress response is activated it increases our heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, blood circulation, and causes our blood-flows and many other body functions to shift.
Now, not everyone reacts to each situation the same way because we all think differently. Our reactions (thoughts about a situation) are what causes this stress response. So, a situation happens (it could be anything), we see it as stressful (we think doubt, fear, and worry), and then our stress response kicks in.
Negative emotions like anger, frustration, disgust, sadness, anxiety, irritation, aggravation, hatred, misery, depression, grief, and nervousness, imitate the stress response. So every time you have a negative emotion (for some, this could be all day long) you are creating wear and tear on your body.
SIDE NOTE: these negative emotions are standard and repetitive for many (the stressed) and that is why I call them habitual ways of reacting. These habitual ways of reacting can be decreased and eliminated.
So, in order to Destress Yourself, you must discover how, when, and why you are activating this stress response, and then learn how to decrease and ultimately eliminate it. Or, you could just change your negative reactions. This may be very easy or this may be very difficult, it just depends on your willingness and commitment.
Let me give you and example of activating the stress response. A very stressed out person has a habit of worrying about everything because of the way they look at the world and a very relaxed person has a habit of having faith about most things because of the way they look at the world.
So, if I were to ask a question like, "I wonder what is going to happen to our economy?" A stressed out person would think and talk about all the things that could go wrong, all the while experiencing the negative emotions mentioned above. A relaxed person would think and talk about all of the positive things that are in store for us and experience more positive emotions.
When the stressed out person starts to think and talk about all the things that could go wrong, guess what? That's right, the stress response kicks in. The stress response may kick in all day long for this person because of the way they think. Their thought process is full of doubt, fear, and worry (stressful). Not only does this person have a very habitual and stressful way of thinking, they also have a very stressful habit of kicking in the stress response.
This stress response is causing emotional illnesses like depression and anxiety, mental illnesses like a racing mind, the inability to concentrate, and indecisiveness, and physical illnesses like gastrointestinal problems, head aches, neck aches, and shoulder aches from the tension.
This stress response is causing individuals to do things, that they think make them feel better, like binge eating, drinking, smoking, numbing through drugs and medication, as well as immoral behavior like addiction to pornography or inappropriate sexual behavior.
This stress response is wearing out the mind and body and therefore, causes exhaustion and fatigue. This causes mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion, also known as Burnout.
STRESS IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF EVERY ILLNESS! I believe this with all my heart and if you knew what I know, and see the things I see, and have seen, you would believe it too.
The best way to Destress Yourself is with education and action. Last week we discussed that "IT IS TIME' to take responsibility for your life.
Take responsibility for your life by learning how, when, and why you are activating the stress response. The best way to do this is by learning to relax. I mean really learn how to relax, which is the opposite of the stress response. We can call it the relaxation response.
Once you learn to relax, or activate the relaxation response, you will be very skilled at noticing when you are activating the stress response because of your awareness. When you learn to relax you become more aware of your mind and body because of your ability to implement the relaxation response at anytime and anywhere.
You have a choice, you can activate the stress response, which is unintentional, or you can activate the relaxation response, which is intentional. That is the difference between a stressed out person, who lives their life unintentionally, and a relaxed person, who lives their life full of intention.
With that said, I would like you to join me for our FREE Tele Class on, you guessed it, Learning to Relax.
This Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 7 am Pacific Time (10 am Eastern).
Dial in number 1-213-289-0500
Access Code 205356#
Meet You There!
Have a wonderful week!!!
Don't forget to have fun and be playful!
Please email me if you have any questions, I would love to hear from you.
elizabeth@destressyourself.com
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