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Action Oriented Strategies
1. You've got to name it to tame it. Label your anxious thoughts and feelings 'False Alarms' and turn your attention to something else. You're disrupting your reaction in order to loosen its' hook on you. For more info check out this short post http://bit.ly/LabelFalseAlarms.
2. Do Four Box Breaths. If this strategy is good enough for Navy SEALS and Brene Brown, it good enough for us! Breathe in for a count of 4, hold for a count of 4, breathe out for 4 and hold breath for 4. Do this four times. For more info check out this short post http://bit.ly/BreatheLongerExhale.
3. Work out. When your anxiety is rising and thoughts are looping, take a short break and hit the gym, run up Sanitas, go to that impossible yoga class or do whatever you do. It's helpful to assist our bodies in ushering out those stress hormones that are coursing through.
4. Reach out to a friend, colleague, partner, family, member, etc. to get some of this stuff off your chest. Even if it's not something you usually talk about.
If you have any questions or want to learn more strategies to help you manage your worry, stress and anxiety better please visit me at www.eileenpurdy.com. You can also drop me a line at eileen@eileenpurdy.com.