Like many, we have multiple hats to wear throughout the day and most days you wear all of them all day long.
I am woken up by someone or something in my house long before the alarm, a whole 3 hours of sleep and goodbye Brad Pitt REM dream I am thrown into the day. But I look at the story of Winnie the Pooh, which character am I when I wake up? Tigger, Roo, Winnie, Kanga, Christopher, Piglet, Eeyore, or Rabbit? If you are not familiar, in this order: energetic, childlike, practical, logical, inquisitive, worried, depressed, or frantic? You could begin like Tigger and immediately turn into Eeyore, or Rabbit. But did you know it's okay if like your many hats, you go through many emotions throughout the day? Emotions are a like a check-in the brain does to communicate with the body and the body with the brain but sometimes there is a misstep in communication resulting in your body feeling good but then your brain slowly drains that energy into a depressed, frantic, worried state. The key is to get out of this state quickly because depressed, frantic, worried leads you to more depressed, frantic, and worry. Your brain is the motherboard, the CNS, the Captain of the ship and if the brain is not operating or able to capture a thought in the reverse direction quickly or even wants to then it continues to go down the hole of the negative state. Now, negative states are not bad they are a way our brain protects our body from harm. Such as, shouldn't you be worried if you place your arm over fire it will get burned or did I leave the stove on... worried should turn into quick action that releases us from that thought. Now, if we stay in that state because we just are worried that someone likes us, or a test is coming up then we can do something call self-sabotage. The test is easy, we studied for it. The person who likes us of course likes us, and if they don't ask them or walk away. How do we get out of this state and back into a positive state, called creating homeostasis in the body? Points: 1. Train your brain for your body and brain to communicate better 2. Let go before you go to sleep, meditate into a positive state of mind. 3. Journal. Get it off your brain - its like a weight 4. Breath, walk, exercise. Holding your breathe just holds the negative energy in like a shaken coke can 5. Choose your thoughts. Positive leads to positive; negative leads to negative. 6. Detach I totally get it, sometimes you have to move through life with a weight on your back because you feel like you have to. You don't. No weight should be on your back. Worry yourself into the hospital ... Recently I had a relative in the hospital who basically worried themself into a state of mental unrest. They thought their body was shutting down. Rushed to the hospital, the results were showing they had some fluid around the heart and lungs, but within hours the hospital got it under control. But in their mind they thought they were dying and were not going to survive. So, their body throughout the day responded as such. The next day, they woke up in a better state of mind and miraculously went home all tests showing normal. They were so glad to be home. Waking up abruptly.... Like today, I woke up like Tigger mainly because I was woken by someone in my home, not the best but I just instead started my day. It was close enough to my alarm that I was like screw it and got up. But, I chose not be negative, not to be angry that I was woken so abruptly. I let it go. That is the important thing here during this read. Roadrage. Lady in the line. Person at work... Anything at anytime can get to us. Mainly it is humans, we are to figure out to flow with people that do not have a flow but a friction. It is not easy. But it is not impossible. You will see how number 6, detach, get easier. You have to detach, you have no control of other people. Some call it not caring, and yes I have been blamed for "not caring" but really it is me detaching from the person's emotional state that I have no control over. Instead, I choose to be in control over myself. It begins at the end of the day.. I made sure I meditated myself to sleep and put myself into a good state by letting go of the day. When you don't destress.. when you don't go to homeostasis your body begins to get quite disrupted. I have stresses, I have worries but I do not let them navigate my day. I use to though. I use to worry so much that I had stomach issues. I worried so much, my nutrients were not absorbing into my bloodstream because I was zapping the destress nutrients out. BZINCC (B, zinc, niacin, calcium, and vitamin C) - I discuss in my blog, reversing the stressed-out you with desserts. (stressed spelled backward) On Youtube, I listen to Pure Rasa to put me into a chill state of mind. I have been training my brain to do so that I just now can drift to sleep. Speaking of nutrients, alcohol at bedtime is not a good idea because it does not allow for proper REM where we need to go to heal our bodies. Also, alcohol will zap those destress nutrients discussed above. Have a cup of chamomile tea and melt the day away. The goal is to be able to put your mind in a state of ease any time of the day. It is not overnight and it is consistency that is essential to get you where you need to be. I don't like to put "time deadlines" on things such as a 30-day or 21 days but do remember, it takes 3 days to feel change, 14 days to see change, 21 days is the hump when you begin to have struggles, 28 days is to create change, 45 days to have change. Nothing is permanent, you can slip and go back to where you were so never feel you can just have a "cheat day"; we have off days but with this training, you should be able to jump right back into chill you, the positive Winnie the Pooh character pretty quickly. Relax. and Allow for happiness to guide you. Think of a river, stream, something calm that you can float on and let it take you down the soothing path to where you want to be, positive flow state. Breathe. Walk. Exercise... Don't overthink about anything. It doesn't solve the problem. My best work comes from running, getting out into nature and the solution presents itself. I get away and allow for happiness to flow into me, through me and out of me. My day is excellent after a good walk, run when I am feeling bottled up. No one likes to open a Coke can after it has been shaken up. I exercise every day. Matter of fact, in 15 minutes, I am off of here and out the door to run for 45 minutes then another 45 for weight training. Sometimes I can do it all at the same time. Sometimes I have to break it up. Dwayne Johnson breaks up his workouts, so can I, and it is actually a great idea. You don't eat all your meals at once, you eat in meals throughout the day. I feel exercise should be inserted in some fashion throughout the day. Don't tell me you don't have time. Everyone has 60 seconds. Sometimes I have to do facial exercises when in the loo. But I do breathe. Breathing exercises are essential, keep the oxygen flowing and the stress levels down. Remember our goal is to keep the nutrients from zapping out of our bodies, to return to homeostasis quickly, and to love ourselves first (not in a selfish way but to remember we are important to the day, we have a purpose in the day and we matter... Your matter - matters! ) Quick exercise is at our desk, and abs can be done while sitting at your desk... see my Youtube channel for many creative exercises and wellness information. Exercise does help with your breathing, whether you choose Yoga, or just sitting and breathing, Breathe. Thoughts are powerful. "Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny." - Lao Tau I teach pause. Pause before you do any thing. Pause before you speak. Remember that breathing thing... breathing teaches pause. If you want to learn more about pausing and train yourself, try singing with sheet music and see the rest notes. It allows proper flow in the music, you are energy, music is energy... be the energy you want to be, chill flowing beautiful music that flows so light and airy throughout your day. Be known as the one that things just fall off your back. Like I said in the beginning. Detach. You care but you choose what to care about. You care they are upset but you do not need to share their emotions. You are in control of your emotions. Be the one that holds it together... and that does not mean bottle it up. But stay in control, especially in front of others, you can release your energy or emotion in a way that is not the Coke can that explodes all over others. Be aware of your state of being by being mindful of your thoughts. Be mindful of your thoughts by training your brain to communicate and do check in's with your body. Your body is the action creator of your thoughts. You are angry, you hit something. Or are you angry and you instead breathe, thinking of a more logical approach to the situation. Think before you act. Think before you dive down the rabbit hole of frantic, worry, doubt, or fear. If you fear it, it will grow. If you water the plant it will grow. You water the thought, it will grow. Ever hear of, " I knew that would happen". Well, you are the one that helps create it. Make sure if you want to create something, make sure you put a positive lean onto the thought and see the difference in your life the positive mindset makes.
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