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November 20, 2015

| by The TallTrees

Have You Become Emotionally Exhausted?

Do you have a low tolerance for stress and stressful situations? Maybe you feel inattentive, physically tired or have a lack of initiative and motivation. Did you know that all of these can be symptoms of feeling emotionally exhausted?

Emotionally exhaustedEmotional exhaustion occurs when you have exceeded your capacity for stress. And it can affect you without you even realizing it.

As you can see from the symptoms above, being emotionally exhausted shows up both physically and psychologically.

Let’s face it, when you’re feeling emotionally exhausted you have very little tolerance for … well, just about anything.

It can be tough to be attentive because you just don’t seem to care. You find it hard to be fully present! You lack motivation because you feel too physically tired to do anything. Of course, you become physically tired because the emotional stress is too much to handle. You just want to crawl into bed and sleep to get away from it all…

How Can You Feel Better When You Are Emotionally Exhausted?

It’s important to try and notice the symptoms as quickly as possible. Emotional exhaustion is something that can be avoided if you catch it soon enough.

Using positive coping skills may help you to get out in front of the stress. Examples of what may work for you are:

  • relaxation
  • saying no when you need to
  • meditationHarness the Power of Your Emotions -- WATER ... from HowToLiveOnPurpose.com
  • staying in the moment
  • taking breaks when you need it
  • taking things one step at a time, and
  • asking for help

Emotional exhaustion comes from feeling stuck, and unexcited. Recovering from emotional exhaustion is all about changing what you’re focused on. Your mind and body are trying to tell you something — trying to help you, trying to give you hints. You need to listen to them.

Be silent for a bit and listen to what your body is saying.

How to Be Silent and Listen

The first thing you need is to acknowledge and accept that things aren’t right with you right now. Notice that and then you’ll be able to make the change.

Slow your pace, be patient, and don’t hurry. Find a nice comfortable place, just sit and be quiet. Make sure to slow your breathing and just relax.

What if you could recover from emotional exhaustion … right now? You can! Here’s how!

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"Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe

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November 13, 2015

| by The TallTrees

3 Tips to Help You Regain Your Focus

You have family issues, a busying work schedule, and week after week of kids sports practices and games. All of these things can lead to a mind that won’t stop racing.

Regain Your FocusThis can lead to stress. When you have an overwhelming amount of tasks that need accomplishing the human response is typically to procrastinate everything. But, as you know procrastinating is not an effective strategy. All that does is delay, and build, the stress.

Your mind isn’t made to focus on multiple tasks at one time. That’s why when you have a cluttered desk, at work or at home, it seems like your whole life can be thrown out of whack.

Much like that cluttered desk that needs reorganizing, you need to clear your mind of mental clutter to refresh and regain clarity — and get back to firing on all cylinders.

Here are 3 things that you can do to regain your focus and bring some joy back into your life.

Remove Negativity From Your Life

A good place to start when trying to refocus is to start removing negativity from your life.

Your work reflects your state of mind, so take some time to think about some negatives that you can eliminate or minimize from your life so you can get in a positive state of mind.

Here are a few tips for you to start minimizing negativity in your life:

  • Stop doing things you don’t want to do
  • Say no more often
  • Take care of your bills ONE time during the week
  • Stop complaining
  • Forget what other people are saying — and don’t participate in talking about others behind their backs

Think About It

When your to-do list keeps on growing, many people may find it counter-intuitive to take some time before you start and reflect on what really needs to be done.

If you’re like most people you think that charging ahead on your tasks will help you complete them quicker. That isn’t always the case. In our experience attempting to do it this way makes a bigger mess.

Start by reviewing your tasks and figuring out how you’re going to spend your time. How much time you have to devote to different tasks, plan out how to move forward, and what ways you work best.

Consider why you’ve been putting things off, what’s been stressing you out, even what time of the day you work the best. Write these reflections down before you start so you can plan out how you’ll prioritize your list.Harness the Power of Your Emotions -- WATER ... from HowToLiveOnPurpose.com

Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help

Be willing to let someone help you. You don’t get what you don’t ask for.

If you feel like you’re up to your eyeballs in things to do, don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Reaching out to others doesn’t make you weak. Everyone needs some help from time to time. So find someone that you love and ask for a little help. It will help you accomplish your tasks and grow your relationship with whoever it is you asked.

What tips have you learned over the years that help you out when you lost your focus?

If you need some help regaining your focus download our book “3 Deadly Mistakes” to help you manage your stress, overwhelm and burnout.

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Robert and Terri TallTree, Founders of HowToLiveOnPurpose.comGakina-awiiya (We Are All Related),

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"Teach us love, compassion and honor ... that we may heal the Earth and heal each other." - Ojibwe

 

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November 6, 2015

| by The TallTrees

How to Say No… and Why You Need to

It is hard to say no.

When you do you can feel selfish or guilty. When you say no you can feel as though you’re letting people down. A lot of times it can be easier to just say “yes” than deal with the disappointment and angst that you feel you may cause the other person.

Why you need to say noSure there are different ways to justify it:

  • “It’s just one time”
  • “It won’t take up too much time”
  • “It’s for a good cause”

You may even think that it isn’t that big of a deal. But every time that you say “yes” when you want to say “no” you’re giving up a little piece of you. You’re ignoring what you feel in your heart and in your gut.

Now that we have established why it can be hard to say no, we need to figure out how to know when it is the right time to say no.

Trust Your Gut

After you say yes, notice how you feel. Naturally you’ll want to say yes — it feels good to be there for people when they need you. But when you say yes and shortly after you feel resentful or irritated, then you should have said no. When you feel that right away then you know that you didn’t say yes out of generosity but out of obligation … because you felt like you had to.

Feeling anxiety right after saying yes is a red flag that you should have said no. Pay attention to when you feel this way so you can be prepared the next time a choice must be made.

Avoid the Quick “Yes”

Once you feel that someone is going to ask you something that you may not be able to do start asking yourself some questions:

  • Do I have time to do this?
  • Are they trying to take advantage of my generosity?
  • Is this in my (and everyone else’s) highest good?

Take a few deep breaths and get past the initial anxiety. If you aren’t sure how you feel about it, let the person know that you need to think about it and you will get back to them shortly.

Start With the “No” Piece of it

When you start with the no piece of it, then you’ve gotten the hard part out of the way. Make sure that you’re honest with the other person and don’t make up excuses.

Once you say no, try and keep your enthusiasm up. “I really wish I could make your party this weekend, how about a rain check?”

One of the best strategies for this we learned from best-selling author Steven Covey in his book “Seven Habits of Highly Successful People.” Practice saying this so when it’s appropriate, you’ll be able to respond naturally: “I would love to, but I already have a previous commitment.”

Covey says you don’t need to defend or justify what that commitment is. It may mean you’ve made a commitment to take care of yourself, or spend time with your family. Only you need to know what that is, so you don’t need to offer an explanation.

It also can be a good idea to show some empathy when saying no. Something like “I know you were really counting on me for this, so I’m even more sorry that I can’t do that for you.”

Harness the Power of Your Emotions -- WATER ... from HowToLiveOnPurpose.comWhat are the Benefits of Saying No?

  • Lower your stress level

Saying “yes” when you want to say “no” causes stress. As you know, it is not the lone cause of stress but it is one that can be easily avoided.

  • Eliminate toxic people

Saying “no” when you need to will help you get rid of some people in your life who may be taking advantage of you.

  • Save some time


By saying no to things that you should, you’ll have more time to do the things that you love to do. Everyone has the same amount of time. There are only 24 hours in a day, but you can control what you do with those hours. By saying no, you’ll be able to follow your heart and create your own priorities.

What techniques do you use to help you say no? Do you think getting more comfortable saying no could have a positive impact on your life?

Are you making the “3 Deadly Mistakes that Cause Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout”? Download the eBook and take your life back!

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