5 ways of dealing with stress;
The way that
we deal with our emotions has a strong impact on the way we ultimately feel
within ourselves. Everybody knows people with specific character traits we
associate to that person. We know a happy person will always have a happy disposition
or at least most of the time, no matter what is happening in their lives. We
become ultimately what we feed our minds and behave how we programme ourselves
to behave.
Feed your mind
Every day I encourage my students to feed their brains
with something healthy and positive. Whether it be reading something that will
enrich them or listening to inspirational speeches. This helps to both keep
them grounded and realign them with their ultimate desires. Believe it or not,
I do understand that not everyone has the same passion about education that I
do but even the smallest effort can bring great rewards.
Physically exert yourself
I personally
love a long walk to clear the cobwebs away. Being physical, strengthens your
body. People who suffer from anxiety for example may feel that they are unable
to breathe; depressives may feel overwhelmingly tired etc. Physical activity
not only releases endorphins but it helps to link your positive thoughts to a
positive action thus reinforcing the behaviour into our subconscious. It doesn’t have to be hard physical
activities, some exercise will give to your body good positive chemicals; your body
is the shell that houses your wonderful mind.
Look outside yourself
Aspire to
something; find a mission bigger than yourself inspire to something bigger than
your pain. Do you know that once stress has passed you do no even remember why
you felt the way you did in the first place. Look outside yourself. If what you
feel internally is dark then look to the light in other situations. “Even as fire finds peace in its resting place
without fuel, when thoughts become silence the soul finds peace in its own
source. When the mind is silent, then it can enter into a world which is far
beyond the mind. This is wisdom, and this is liberation.” --The Upanishads
Look to someone else
There are
people who have done what you want to do or similar. Look around you, there is inspiration
in everything. When I feel low, I look around. I watch videos by Tony Robbins
(a great motivational speaker). I watch motivational videos on Youtube. I read
the stories of unlikely heroes. The heroes
in the women who paved the way to make it possible for me to do something as
simple as vote. For some people, it is just one inspirational person they look at
to know they can achieve something, for me, it is many people. But, I do not
just look at any role model, for instances pop, movie or sports stars are all
around us. We just need to find the right one. Well chosen role models and
mentors help us to help ourselves improve.
Help your fellow man
To help your
fellow man is the greatest way to help yourself. There is always someone worse
off than yourself. But to be kind, is not just to help the sad or poor it is to
look for opportunities to share yourself and to build someone else’s strength.
Helping others can be a gift to yourself as you enjoy a self esteem boost for
making others’ lives better, and make the world a better place. You feel more
worthy of good deeds yourself, your trust in the decency of people is restored,
and you feel more connected to yourself and to others. Helping others can also
put your life into perspective and could even give you that bit more of a push
to help better yourself so you don’t end up in the same situation.
Cedainne Hart
Centre for Leadership and Management Development
18-36 Wellington Street
Woolwich
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