Leverage Stress, Boost Productivity and Well-being
1 minute mindset: Reframe your relationship with stress and leverage it to get more done without feeling atrocious.
Quick Tip
How to recognise stress before it controls you?
Notice when you can’t think clearly, fidget, feeling of dread or displeasure.
Action: What (quickly) calms you? Deep breaths, a swim or a short walk?
The important thing is to interupt the (mental) cycle you’re in.
Insight of the Week
"Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose." - Maureen Killoran
Tool Highlight: Calm
I’ve been using this app a few months. The meditations, music and short
stories have been most useful to help me settle, re-focus and even sleep.
Success Snapshot
Stress Expert Sara Pittaluga Stressed Twin Technique.
Recognising how you react under stress and removing the judgement with lighthearted relfection can un-do your sabotaging stress responses.
Book a consultation with Sara Pittaluga here.
Action
Pro-tip
Managing stress appropriately is a state of mind and way of being.
How do soliders or pilots act responsibily in high-stress situations?
Recognise how you react to stress. Decide how you would like to act
apply 1% per day.
e.g Feeling stressed with work calls. Close computer, take a 5 minute
walk, hydrate, breathe. Enjoy the surroundings. Return to work, try again.
See you next week,
Stefano