Reminder

Hi,

Just a reminder; this series is designed to build on the week before, so the more you reflect upon and work with the material from any given week, the more useful the material of any subsequent week will be.

The key areas from the first week are :\

1. Human Needs
2. Starting the process of discovering "how" you stress, and then unplugging those components so you can do something else.

Remember, the goal of "not feeling stressed" lacks direction. It only speaks of what you don't want, but not of what you'd like to experience instead.

Imagine a waiter asking what you want to eat, and you say "I don't want green beans or chicken" There are still many things left that he might bring you, and the chance of him getting something that suits you well is slim.

Likewise, the brain "shorts" when it is given a directive like "I don't want to be stressed" However, when you zero in on what you DO want, it makes the process of accessing it much smoother. "I want to feel confident"

How do you breathe when you are stressed? Confident?

Facial expressions when stressed? Confident?

What are the maps you use when you are stressed? Confident?

What stories do you tell yourself when stressed? Confident?

During the next few weeks, it might be a good idea to have a spiral notebook nearby so you can get your thoughts down on paper and get these concepts into action.

Here is an exercise for you so you can begin to feel the difference your physiology makes in how you feel.

Look up at the ceiling and attempt to feel sad while doing so. Do this for 30 seconds.

Next, look down at the floor, and discover how much more easily you can access sad feelings when looking down.

Knowing this, if feeling down, or sad has been an issue, simply STOP looking down, and glance up any time you feel yourself starting to get into a funk.

Just this one little shift can be a powerful step in being able to shift into empowering states at will.

Vince