Posts Tagged ‘coping with stress’

Feel Crappy? Here is how to change it immediately.

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Here is a Tip to improve outlook on life to improve your health.
It is called the Psychosomatic Response or The Mind-Body Connection

We all know that a more positive mind and attitude will lead to better health and greater levels of overall happiness. But how can we quickly get there anytime we want, in just a few seconds? Here is how.

The Mind-Body have a remarkable connection. Both are organs with independent thought but have the ability to control/influence the other.
For example, have you ever had a dream that you were flying? Or being chased? Or playing a sport? Or being embarrassed in public? Of course you have. We all have. The remarkable part is not that we all have had these dreams or even what the dreams may mean; but what is truly remarkable is that our mind was imagining it and our body was BELIEVING it; yet we were sound asleep in our bed.

Psychologists call this the Psychosomatic Response or Mind-Body connection.

Now, since we know this exists inside all of us, as a peak performance coach, I have learned to teach my clients how to reverse the process so that they can use their BODY to convince their MIND that something is happening. And the end results is that they can change their mental outlook in a few seconds, just by changing their BODY posture (see Chapter 5 in 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and In Your Life).

For example, if you are feeling down and blue or unmotivated, all you have to do stand up-straight, shoulders back and force yourself to do a super confident walk; you know the kind of walk you do when you just had a great day or did something really wonderful and are feeling great. All it takes is just a few steps up and then a few steps back and your mind switches on like a light bulb and says, “Hey, my body is looking confident and energized, so I guess I should be confident and energized too!”

Its that simple, in just a few seconds, you used your BODY to convince your MIND to change what it was thinking/feeling much in the same way your MIND is able to convince your BODY while you are sleeping that it is doing something it really is not.

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8 Ways to Cope Better with economic stress when worried about your job, finances and health

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

 

1)      Immerse yourself in a hobby (if you don’t have one, find one)

a.       puzzles, games, reading, building model airplanes…anything

 

2)      Help someone less fortunate than you

a.       Volunteer at a charity or foodbank or homeless shelter

b.      These types of activities put things in perspective for you

c.       They also give you a feeling of self-worth, value and optimism

 

3)      Do an act of random kindness for a stranger

a.       I went to a coffee shop in grand central last week and bought a coffee for the person in line behind me.

b.      It cost me, $3. It made me feel good and made them smile

 

4)      Hang out with positive minded people, not “Debbie Downers”

a.       There is not a single person in this country that is unaware of what we are dealing with and being reminded of it all day long adds to the problem, not the solution

 

5)      Increase your Education and Learning

a.       Education is power and once you have it, NO ONE can EVER take it from you

 

6)      Write down your goals for the next few years

a.       See yourself in a better situation economically, professionally and personally

 

7)      Do not allow yourself to operate out of fear

a.       Fear clouds judgment and causes us to make bad decisions with

                                                               i.      Our time (ie. Worrying about the economy when we should be enjoying our family on the weekend)

                                                             ii.      Our investments (afraid to take advantage of a great investment opportunity)

                                                            iii.      Our careers (afraid to speak up at work because we don’t want to be viewed as a problem employee)

 

8)       Eat Better and Exercise

a.       Instead of sitting around feeling miserable and scared, be proactive and get in the best shape of your LIFE. It is totally IN YOUR CONTROL. Just takes discipline.

b.      Lowers stress levels, increase self-confidence

 

Dr Doug

 

 

 

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