3 WAYS TO AVOID SEASONAL STRESS

As the year gradually begins, there are various activities lined up by various organisations, social groups and individuals to bid it welcome. Many of us are neck-deep in getting things done, which is good; but then, you need to know where to draw the line and prevent seasonal stress. Here are a few tips:

•The holidays are a good time to find a deeper heart connection with people. Make that your focus and priority. Spend more time enjoying people and their holiday spirit, and that can help rekindle your holiday spirit.

•Be careful not to get caught up in over-extending yourself. Adding too much to your plate can turn what should be a good time enjoying the holiday season into an extra backpack of stress. Slow down in the midst of all the activities. Observe your energies and feelings and learn to find more ease through it all. Here’s a simple tool proven to help us find more ease and dissipate stress as we go.

Tool:  Notice and ease

Use ‘notice’ and ‘ease’ as soon as you start to feel tense, anxious, overwhelmed or sad. It’s important to become emotionally aware and acknowledge what you’re feeling, then to ease and “befriend” the reaction by holding it in your heart, then letting the stressful feeling ease out of your system. If you try and fight against the feeling or push it away, it just drains you. perspective.

By admitting a feeling, whatever it is — worry, anxiety, frustration, anger, resistance or even a vague disturbance you can’t put your finger on — you slow down the emotional stress energy running through your system.

•With more balance and ease, you can make this holiday period a time of genuine fun and renewal rather than faking your fun while you’re really feeling stressed and overwhelmed. Once you get on a stress roll, it can be harder to turn things around. The key is to monitor and slow down your inner body language. Learning to slow down not just your movements but also your internal speed matters a lot. Have honest self-talks about whether you’re going too fast, your attitude, or what you need to stay more balanced in the process.