I had a client who saved her tears for the shower. Sometimes she was SO scared to cry because she didn’t know if or when she would be able to stop. The shower was her safe place to let the tears run wild.
Then one day, things changed. She didn’t want to cry tears of overwhelm. She didn’t want to have mini breakdowns. She wanted to know that she was safe to cry and could turn the water works off when needed.
She started implementing the key components of Calm the Chaos. Within a week, not only did she find herself in a much calmer and happier state. She could keep her zen even when life was BATSHIT CRAY.
When she did feel overwhelmed, she immediately implemented strategies she learned that no one around her even knew she was doing to remain calm and collected.
It wasn’t overnight that she could have a quick cry in the shower, then move on with the rest of her day.
But within a week of implementing new practices into her daily routine, she felt like a new person. Like a woman that was unstoppable. Aligned AF and no one was getting in her way.
This was a busy woman. A mother. A full-time employee. A woman with little to no outside support. But she knew she needed a change. For herself. For her family. So she decided to commit.
She committed to listening to one lesson a day of Calm the Chaos. She implemented that lesson to see if it worked for her life. It did.
At the end, she had her very own wellness toolkit with the strategies she knew would work best for her. The best part? It didn’t take up a a lot of extra time. Time a full-time working mom didn’t have.
What it did do, is give her peace for the times she spent with her kids. Quality time ensued. Stress melted away.
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We all have regular stressors in our life. Sometimes constant stressors and sometimes stress ebbs and flows. However, the main mistake I see women make is this:
We WAIT:
We wait until we have reached high levels of stress and overwhelm before we take action to calm it down. When we do this, our bodies are reaching high levels of stress (cortisol) more often than is necessary. Most of the strategies we are using when we’re stressed are actually PREVENTATIVE strategies. So, although they kind of work to feel better, they are not actually decreasing our stress long-term. It’s a quick fix. Instead we should be using REACTIVE STRATEGIES during our stressed out moments.
Preventative Strategies are strategies we should be implementing DAILY and sometimes throughout our day to keep stress, feelings of overwhelm, and anxiety FAR away. These strategies include things like better time management, regular exercise, a healthy diet, meditation, yoga, clearing our lymphatic system regularly, journaling, etc. instead, many women implement these practices DURING times of stress. Although we should always be implementing these practices, we shouldn’t ONLY implement them during stressful times.
Instead, during times of high stress, we should be implementing REACTIVE STRATEGIES. Reactive strategies are tools to do IN THE MOMENT of a crisis or times of MAJOR overwhelm. These practices include breath work, practiced self-talk, CBT strategies, boxed breathing, etc. Additionally, RESTORATIVE and HEALING strategies should be implemented during and after times of stress to decrease the amount of occasions symptoms of stress and overwhelm sneak into your life. Healing strategies often include shadow work, ego work, tapping methods, among different variations of meditation and yoga.
Something to think about: What strategies are you currently implementing during times of high stress? What kind of strategy is it categorized as? Do you need to switch things up?
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