How to make Stress Management as easy as ABC!
There’s no getting away from stress, it’s simply part of life. Anything that places a demand upon you, i.e. elicits a response, is considered stress(1). Technically that means: losing your job, receiving a promotion, going down to the police station, or going on a holiday, are all stressful, as they all place a demand upon you.
However, some of the above are welcome and some of them aren’t. And that’s really what decides whether ‘stress’ is a negative or a positive ~ your perception. So this little ABC list of Stress Management is about ways of staying positive in amongst it all, of staying chill even when the demand is an unwelcome one, and as the mantra goes ~ of not sweating ‘the small stuff, and remember, it’s all small stuff’.
All of the following should lighten the load in some way; they’ll either calm your nerves, quieten the din, delight your senses, or bring a smile to your face…
- A is for apples (pectin is brilliant for alleviating stomach stress), afternoon tea, art, adapting, adventure, aromatherapy, and acts of beauty, love and kindness
- B is for bath, bath-bombs(2), books, butterflies, berries, loving your body, and Bach flower remedies(3)
- C is for colour, cats, crying (tears release stress hormones), creating, crafting, and candles
- D is for dandelion tea, daffodils, dogs, dancing, don’t hold grudges (the other guy really is out dancing) and daily practice (whether it be tai chi, yoga, gardening, bathing, or boxing, a daily practice of anything is a buffer from the world)
- E is for earthing(4) (walking barefoot on the earth), exercise, and getting your endorphins moving (endorphins are your happy-chappy hormones, that kick in the moment you start to exercise)
- F is for faeries, faerie books, creating faerie paths at the bottom of your garden, in fact anything faerie’ish at all ~ I am sure it’s been scientifically proven somewhere, that it’s impossible to connect with faeries and stay stressed
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I wrote an entire paragraph and then hit undo lol
That is so easy to do… I am glad you re-wrote, thanks for taking the time xx
Here’s a thought to my daily stressers, everything I am has changed for the better.
My journey is about to be one of incredible kindness; I pray I am up for the task at hand!
Your blog has given me a wonderful place to land, and just gratefully adjust my mindset accordingly. I’ve seen myself in the progressive dementia, that my mother in law suffers from. It’s like she’s bipolar at times! So we take little trips everyday. It all a mental trip anyway and never more have moments ment so much! Thanks for the Help!!
That’s a magickal path to be on Sandra ~ ‘a journey of incredible kindness’. All power and energy to you, the world is crying out for more compassion, thank you. And I love giving you a safe and soft place to land, yaayyyy…
Everything is precious isn’t it, especially humour… Love and Light )o(
My mind and heart are seeking knowledge my friend. I need the best mind boosting foods an elder may benefit from. I’m realizing of late I have to keep watch and boost her energy subtly. It was a good day here! Feel honored caring for her.
You are such a beautiful and compassionate spirit Sandra… Some of the more brilliant foods for the brain include: foods rich in omega 3 (which for us vegans inc: linseeds, flax seed oil, hemp, chia), leafy green vegetables, walnuts, avocados, berries (especially blueberries), coconut oil and turmeric. Oh, and of course green tea (it has a huge variety of brain-health-good-stuff, see one of my earlier blogs on health & green tea: https://greenwitchtea.com/health-benefits-green-tea/ )
You are looking at caring in such a deep and loving way… Many blessings to you.
Oh my Narnia – what a brilliant photo of the bear!
Yes, Bear is just gorgeous, thanks. We could all learn from just how totally present s/he is :-))
Oh and I love that: ‘Oh my Narnia’!!! Brilliant!
Thank you for helping guide my hand in changing breakfast muffin into sassy senior power breakfast :)) Flaxseed pancakes, and organic blueberries, smoothie ( almond milk) shhhh
All in all,I’m tickled to finally have one so open to try my cooking,
Brilliant!!! That is a power breakfast for anybody ~ I hope you are eating it too :-)) And well done with the almond milk… xx