Feeling Bummed Out? You Can Fix That With Simple Stress Reducers.

“Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing Poorly” by Jim Rohn.  

“Shock city!” Right?  
Doesn’t that sound like exactly what NOT to do?  

We were taught that anything worth doing should be done well, or as perfectly as possible, right?  Who would want to do it poorly?  Our parents or teachers would have never approved that.  
It’s definitely counter-intuitive.  Not what you would expect.  

But then again, maybe it’s better than not doing anything.  

Like take Sally, for example.  Sally wanted to write an article.  It would make her feel good about herself.  She knew it was worth doing, but then again, maybe she wasn’t ready.  

Her internal dialogue – what she said to herself inside of her head – was full of all kinds of limitations, like: “Well, maybe I’m not ready.  Maybe I don’t really know enough.  I don’t have enough education.  I don’t know enough about it yet.  I don’t have enough experience with that.”  And on and on and on. (And on a really bad day, it might be: “I’m too old, too tired or just too fat.”)  

So you can see the motivation was just gone by that time, and Sally did nothing at all!

She just talked herself out of it, and aced herself out of action that could really make a contribution, both to the world and to herself financially.  Oh, my. 

What can we do here?  First, let’s talk about “self talk” or the language that’s going on in your head.  It can be very negative, can’t it? 

How can you support yourself to take the action that matters, the action that will change your life? 

So, one of the options that Sally had was this:
You have to change that attitude to have more confidence and move forward on the things that matter to you.

• Where are your opportunities to relieve stress, and have more confidence, and believe in yourself – to be able to take those important actions?
  
• What are the ways to reduce self judgment and negativity towards yourself?
• How can you open up a sense of freedom and confidence and willingness to move forward – and do the things that you want or need to do? 
  
  

One way is to use visualization or meditation as stress reducers, to release negativity and stress.  

There are many approaches to meditation. 

Breathing is one of the most simple forms of meditation that anybody can do.  There are actually hundreds of different kinds of breathing meditations available. 

For now, we’ll start with the most basic breathing meditation, a classic.  It’s easy:

• Get comfortable, quiet.  You can have your eyes open, but you may want to close them to focus more inside.

• Simply focus your attention on your breath – and bring it back whenever you realize there are other thoughts coming in.  Just stay with your attention attached to your breathing.  
  

• Now, just let your attention follow your breath in and out.

• Make no effort to change it.  Simply observe.  Notice the rhythm of your breath and the rising and falling of your chest.   
  

• Feel the feeling of the breath moving in and out of your lungs.  Notice how you feel at the end of the exhale.  Do you feel emptiness or space?  And how you feel when you start to breath in again.  And at the end of your next breath in.  Do you feel pressure or relaxed fullness?    
  

• If your mind wanders, simply place your attention back on your breath.  Do this as many times as you need to, without any judgement. Do it with ease.
  
  
• As you notice your breathing, remember it does not have to be perfect.  You don’t have to make any effort.  You can do it any way you do it.  Poorly is fine, because no matter how you do it, it IS perfect.

• Do this for about 5 minutes (start with at least 3 to get the full experience of settling in to your breath).

 
You will see the way your body breathes. 

As you simply release any effort to control it, you allow it to be however it is (while giving it your full attention). 
You will see that it will start to change.
You will start to relax.

Just having your full attention on your breath is focusing your mind in a way that releases all  other stresses  in your life. It takes your attention off the other worries of your mind.

When thoughts do come in, and as soon as you’re aware of it, you let them go, you are freeing yourself of stress.

Bringing your attention back to your breath gives a new awareness of yourself, of your rhythm.

Your attention is a gift.

It is a gift to yourself to focus it on your breath, or on anything positive of your choosing.

As a gift, you can give it to yourself for your relaxation, pain relief, and your own personal development.

You can give that to yourself every day, in the morning or evening,
or in any moment of challenge, whenever you need stress reducers.

How else can we support ourselves in this way?  
How else can we give ourselves positive uplifting feelings?
What will raise our self-esteem, our confidence and our eagerness to participate in our own lives and give to others?

Another way that’s very simple and beautiful is The 21-Day “I Am a Gift to the World” Challenge.

The Challenge is an opportunity to realize the gift that you offer to the world just by being who you are.

You are naturally a magnificent being.
Just the way that you are now, without making any effort to be perfect or do it right, you are a gift.

If you want to know what your gift is and experience it, go to The 21-Day “I Am a Gift to the World” Challenge now, and open up your new life.

Do you ever beat yourself up in your mind (like most humans do), calling yourself names like “hopeless,” or “worthless?”  NOW you can change that. 
If you ever feel that you are hopeless or worthless or anything bad, remember:… That is NOT true!
 
Honor what IS true about you by doing something you love.
Doing what makes your heart sing is your life purpose.

No one who can do it better than you, because that is your gift.
Without your gift (what YOU offer), something important is missing.  The world will not be the same!
 
The 21-day “I Am a Gift to the World!” Challenge is F*R*E*E,
and it is a wondrous adventure that people love to take.

To take it, Click the link below:
The 21-day “I Am a Gift to the World!” Challenge

Or you can copy and paste this address into your browser:
       www.beherewow.com/liveonpurpose

Take this opportunity to give deeply to yourself, knowing that you are a gift to the world.
This knowing fills you like nothing else does.
 

To your Radiant Health and Happiness!

With Deep Appreciation for You,

Julianne Blake, PhD
Dr. Wow! of BeHereWow.com
Founder of BeHereWow.com
Ambassador for Overcoming Chronic Pain at www.HowToLiveOnPurpose.com
And The 21-Day “I Am a Gift to the World!” Challenge

The Challenge is a beautiful experience of being empowered from within that will give you a way to nurture yourself and be uplifted whenever you want.
And it will be one of your best stress reducers!

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