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19 Jun 2010 One Big Key You Can Use To Control Stress
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Very stressed outToday’s wisdom nugget deals with how you and I can control stress in our lives. This one also came from the book that I have just finished reading (Getting Well Again).

What is this one BIG key that will enable you to control stress in your life?

You decide how you INTERPRET
the meaning of everything
that happens in your life.
You cannot control everything that happens to you, but you CAN control how you interpret what happens to you.

It is not the event that reaches your emotions and affects your body. It is how you interpret the event that touches your emotions.

Here is an example quoted from the above mentioned book:

The loss of a job may mean:

  1. A defeat or sign of failure
  2. A challenge
  3. A chance to start out fresh
  4. A sign that life is unfair

Beliefs that will motivate perspectives above:

  1. Perceived opportunities to get other jobs
  2. The degree to which the job was a symbol of personal worth.
  3. Beliefs about being in charge of one’s life.
  4. Their ability to create a new positive situation.

To sum this up:

  • You create the meaning of events.
  • You determine the significance of these events.

You will tend to determine this significance based on your mindset (which can also be called your library of preconceived ideas, judgments and decisions made in the past).

Here is a challenge for today.
If you find yourself under a lot of stress, stop and ask yourself these questions:

  1. How am I interpreting these events?
  2. What would REALLY happen if I gave less significance to these circumstances?
  3. Are there some things that I am taking too much to heart?

Ask yourself these three questions, and answer them honestly.

JillDid you find that your answers reveal you are adding stress to your life. What can you do to change this?



Resource: Getting Well Again – a Step-By-Step, Self-help Guide to Overcoming Cancer for Patients and Their Families. (Amazon Aff).


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27 May 2010 Your Health Depends On How You Handle Stress
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Sick Nite on FlickrDoes this sound a little drastic? How you handle stress determines the state of your health!

Consider this:
Harvard study reports those who cope poorly with stress become ill more often than those who cope well with it. (Source Lynn Smith on Facebook)

Most medical researchers and practitioners today agree that stress does play a big role in your health. However, it is really not so much the stress that affects your body, but how you and I handle that stress.

Stress is very much a part of life, especially in this modern world in which we live. It is unavoidable, BUT you and I CAN avoid allowing these pressures to control our lives and our bodies.

How you handle stress depends on your mindset.
With a strong mindset of faith, it will always be easier to face life’s difficulties with a positive attitude. Your mind will then be clearer to look for solutions rather than dwelling on the problem and the stress.

When your mind is clear, alert and focused on seeking solutions and instead of focusing on the problem, then your mind is operating as a gatekeeper to your emotions and your body.

It is very interesting to note that in the book of Proverbs in the Bible we find a verse that says:
For as he thinks in his hearth so is he. (Proverbs 23:7)

If you look into the Hebrew word that is translated as “thinks” you will find that this word comes from a root word which means “to act as a gate keeper”. Very interesting right?

Yes your mind is the gatekeeper!

Your mind is created to protect your emotions and your body.

Conclusion? YOU decide how much stress will affect your emotions and your body. It all depends on:

Your focus –
Focus on looking for solutions and it will be easier to think clearer and positively.
Focus on the problem and your mind will sink into depression which means the “gatekeeper” goes off duty and your emotions and body can be touched by the stress.

  • Mindset is a result of what you focus on.
  • Focus is a result of decision (your will should always be in control).

JillHow active is your gatekeeper to protect your emotions and your body today?

If you have extreme stress, use it – don’t let it use you. Tony Robbins.

Photo Credits Sick Nite on Flickr


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