3 Simple Steps To Take Control Of Your Stress Today

Often times stress will manifest when we carry over yesterday’s
concerns into our present day concerns An accumulation will
almost always end up in a high stress level Therefore, we must
be able to “dump” all of our concerns from the previous day or
days and concentrate wholly on our today
Step 1: Releasing Yesterday
Resolve right now to release every thought from yesterday and be
only mindful of the now this thought onlythis
breaththis moment Take in three very deep breaths and slowly
release each one
Use this special time and place to be calm Free your mind and
body of all worry, all regret, all disappointment, all anger and
grief
Now go to your inner quiet place Go deep inside to a place
where you feel that you are at peace and then just relax and
breathe in deeply and enjoy the feeling of being at one and at
peace within yourself
At the same time feel each and every concern, each and every
problem, and each and every unresolved moment, begin to
dissolve You can deal with them at a later time For now, you
are only to be in this very moment
Step 2: Clean Up Your Diet
The very best thing that you can do for yourself is to eat,
drink and rest – to your health!
Stress is easily brought on by not eating and drinking properly
When you don’t get the number of hours of sleep that you need
each night, you are only setting yourself up for additional
stress
Limit the amount of salt, sugar, caffeine and alcohol in your
diet Drink plenty of clean, pure water each day and do at least
moderate exercise each day This will breathe new life into your
skin, hair and will nourish all of your vital organs
Step 3: Take Control
Often times when we have too much stress, we want to just give
up We must always hope for something better! When we give up
our fight-or-flight seems to just fizzle and we become caught up
in a maze of one unfortunate event following another
You can take control today! Isolate only one particular stressor
in your life and then work on it until you regain control At
the very least, have some new hope!
Being hopeful is a quiet confidence that eventually, all will be
well Write out a plan today about how you will tackle just one
major problem in your life Write it out step-by-step Make an
action plan about how you will tackle each of those points
Slowly, as you begin to work on your problems, you will start to
see that there is hope for a brighter tomorrow You must believe
that, otherwise, you will feel defeated before you even begin
To actualize the hope you feel, sit in a comfortable chair and
close your eyes Take your mind to a place that pleases you and
begin to feel every one of your muscles begin to relax Command
each muscle to relax Constrict and then relax each of your
muscles
Have a beautiful picture in your mind Imagine you are a part of
that beautiful picture now and imagine that as you work on your
problems you will become that beautiful picture Your life will
become that beautiful picture
Sit and relax, deep breathing, seeing only that beautiful
picture See all of your most pressing problems resolved See
how you will work to resolve each of your problems When you sit
up from your relaxed state, write out how you will tackle the
problems you have just imagined
Now, go about doing what you have written one step at a time
The ability to relax, meditate, imagine and plan to resolve a
problem is a proven stress buster You can take control of each
and every problem in your life that causes you undue stress
You can make the stress work for you!

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