Feeling Stressed? Some simple steps to becoming more emotionally resilient

We all get stressed at times in our lives, sometimes we don’t even know we are stressed until it’s too late. Stress takes it’s form in many ways and has a habit of catching up on us.

 In order to cope with stress as well as prevent it we need to build our emotional resilience

Emotional resilience is partially inborn, but it can be learned and developed. If you’d like to be able to handle life’s challenges (both major and minor) with greater ease, to grow from adversity, and to turn potentially negative events into positive ones we have some simple strategies to help you.

The key to preventing and dealing with stress is underpinned by some simple strategies that you can develop within your own lifestyle and career. Take action now so that you can start taking charge of your life rather than it controlling you

Physical Exercise, Rest and Food

We all know that when we sleep well, eat well and exercise we feel like a different person. Make a commitment today to do something to change some of your physical habits so that you start feeling better immediately. You may go to bed early, go for a long walk or even change how much you drink or eat. Whatever it is, just make a change and see the immediate impact.  

Mindset – Calm, Confident and Visualisation

This is a tricky one as our lifestyle and working habits do not generally support this. This takes time and commitment to build.

Start by thinking what it would take you to become more calm and confident, what would you need to do today to become calm and confident? Maybe some more time for yourself, a walk in the park or even a meditation CD. What could you do that would make you more confident in who you are and what you do?

Visualise the things that you want and NOT about the things you don’t want. If your thoughts are negative and not helping you, think about how you can shift these to thoughts that are kinder and more helpful for you. Our thoughts are critical to our happiness

Social – Giving to Others, Empathy and Connection

When was the last time you gave something of value to another person? We know that kindness in itself can have huge benefits not only to others but also to ourselves (increases of the right chemicals in the brain that increases happiness and feelings of well being)

Do you truly listen to others and genuinely want to understand them?

Have you connected with those around you or are you in your own bubble? Think of people that you would like to connect with and connect with them, you will feel so much better.

Next we will be sharing with you some tips on Self Relationship, Self Awareness & Acceptance, Creating new & Sustainable habits to make a change & Creating an individual and work plan to pull through these changes