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STRESS Management
1. Put your life in perspective. Try not to sweat "the small stuff". Be grateful for every tiny blessing in your life. Begin your day thinking about what you have to be grateful for.
2. Make downtime a daily practice, even if just 15 to 30 minutes. Use the time to pray, journal, read or relax and reflect on the day.
3. Get enough rest. Go to bed 15 to 30 minutes earlier at night than usual. Try to be in bed by 10:30PM.
4. Keep track of stress signals. How does your body try to tell you when it is time for a Stressbuster?
Achieving Emotional Balance Can Be Different For Each Blood Type:
Blood Type O benefits tremendously from brisk regular exercise that taxes the cardiovascular and muscular skeletal system. The act of physical exercise releases a swarm of neurotransmitter activity that acts as a tonic for the entire system. A Type O who regularly exercises has a better emotional response.
Practice anger management techniques.
Plan your weeks and days to minimize monotony.
Break up your day with physical activity.
Set up small rewards you can give yourself when you accomplish tasks.
Stop smoking and avoid stimulants.
Blood Type A's have a harder time recovering from stress because of high cortisol levels. They do best with a regular program of exercise that provides focus and calming effects. Good examples are yoga, martial arts, and meditation. They can participate in more intense physical exercise when you are healthy and in good condition, but be aware that these forms of exercise do not act as safety valves for your stress. TypeA's can do well is aerobics and weight lifting, but they have to be very careful not to over do it. You are overdoing it if you are very tired 2 hours after exercising.
Speak up when you feel anxious or overwhelmed. Don't repress your concerns.
Before you add a responsibility, give up one you already have.
Use natural light therapy in your work space.
Schedule a full day of solitude and silence once a month.
WHen exercising, stop before you reach your limit.
Blood Type B's seem to just be meant to be in balance. When they are in balance, they can block stress, anxiety, and depression, using their powerful gifts for relaxation, meditation and visualization. Simple visualization techniques work as well or better than drugs or other interventions in controlling stress for Type B's.
Alternate Nostril Breathing is a powerful anti-stress tool for them.
Martial Arts and Tai Chi are ideal because they require focus and concentration.
Combining music with guided imagery is an excellent techinique as well.
Blood Type AB's should avoid caffeine and alcohol when in stressful situations. Caffeine can be particularly harmful because of its tendency to raise adrenaline and noradrenaline, already high for Type AB's.
Plan your days and weeks to minimize surprises and avoid rushing.
Break up your day with physical activity. You will feel more energized.
Set up small rewards you can gice yourself when you accomplish tasks.
Stop smoking and avoid stimulants.
Spend time "giving back". Type AB's are natural philanthropists and have a gift for empathy.
Stress Busters For Everyone:
Do just a few minutes each day of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) see www.eft.com
www.celebrationhealing.com
Get a massage regularly. Even exchanging a 15 minute back rub with a family member or friend can do wonders.
Jot down your thoughts and feelings in a journal daily. Use dominant and non-dominant handwriting! www.LuciaC.com
Write down everything you are grateful for. Express those feelings in writing that you don't have an opportunity to verbalize.
Get a haircut, manicure or new outfit. Looking better will make you feel better.
Read a book that interests you.
Take a long, warm bath. Romanticize the atmosphere with bubbles, music, a candle, and a glass of wine.
Nourish your friendship circle. Keep in regular touch with friends. Sharing unsettling feelings with people you trust is the first step toward resolving them.
Limit activities with negative friends who reinforce bad feelings. You know who they are!
Be an optimist. Think about what you do want....not what you don't want. Spend a few minutes every single day imagining your life the way you want it to be. Think about it and get in touch with the feelings associated with having your dreams come true. Imagine how you would feel in great detail......as if it were already happening. Now you will be attracting just that!!
Hug your children and/or friends. The power of touch is enormous. Hold a baby for a little while. Your perspective about life often changes.
Get out of your head and go into your heart and feel what is really bothering you. Take that part of you to God in your prayers and ask him to fill that place with His love. Try the Serenity Prayer: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference." I often ask God not to change my circumstances but to change me so that I can be open to learning what it is that I need to learn from each and every challenge in my life.
Do some volunteer work if you feel you are bored or have too much time on your hands. Helping others is a natural mood elevator!
Start a hobby. Take a class in painting, drawing, pottery, carpentry, knitting or cooking. What is your passion? What are your gifts or talents? Take time expressing those gifts.
Catch your breath. This quick exercise helps you learn to relax your breathing: To a count of four, inhale slowly. Imagine the inhaled, warm air flowing to all parts of your body. Pause. Slowly exhale, again counting to four. Imagine the tension flowing out. pause, then begin again. Repeat several times.
Get away for an afternoon, a day or a weekend if you have the time and can afford it. What's your favorite getaway spot?
Go to a movie. Wear something soft and warm. Take some nourishing comforting snacks with you!
Simplify your life. Cut out a few activities or delegate tasks whenever you can.
Learn to say no. Never give an immediate answer to a request for volunteering.
Schedule worry time and worry only during that scheduled time! Keep worry time to a half hour or less each day and use that time to work on solutions to problems. If a worry crops up outside of worry time, write it down and worry about it later.
Don't procrastinate. Remember the old saying, "Lead with the body and the mind will follow." Stay there. Spend at least 5 minutes at the task before you leave to do something else.
Stop and smell the flowers. Sit outside under an awning when it's raining. Listen to music you love. Walk on the beach. Hold a child.
Go for a walk in the fresh air.
Laugh regularly! Hang out with friends who make you laugh. Choose movies that will make you laugh.
Write a letter or e-mail to a friend. Keep in touch with the people you care about.
Have mercy on yourself! Sometimes it is so easy for us to be kind to others but we are just so hard on ourselves. Do something realy nice for yourself once in a while...and DO NOT feel guilty about it, or it would be like giving yourself poison chicken soup!
See the beautiful creature that you are and recognize the awesome gifts that God has given you. God made you in His image. You are a mirror of all of His beautiful qualities....love, kindness, generosity, peace, kindness, mercy, and so many more. All that you seek on the outside is already within you...peace, love, acceptance, unconditional love.
Sending you a hug right now through cyberspace,
Dr Pat Felici
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