By Jennifer Jianjun Wang
What is success? What comes to your mind as you read this question? In this short article, you will read about the concept, ancient Chinese wisdom and what to do to move forward.
The Concept
The concept is not new. Tony Michalski captures what I believe to be the essence of success. I’d like to share it with you here because I think it’ll raise worthwhile questions in your mind. In a private email exchange between me and Tony, this is what he wrote:
“Success … It’s a system, sometimes; it’s a science, sometimes; it’s an art, all the time.”
Success is an art.
Tony is the founder of The Master Key System Coaching Program. Perhaps he is better known as the publisher who published the book ‘The Master Key System’ that inspired the movie ‘The Secret’. The secret is also known as ‘the Law of Attraction’. You can find out more about Tony’s work by visiting http://www.masterkeycoaching.com/. I think you’ll like the website.
Ancient Wisdom
You would be interested to know that the Chinese ancient philosophers define success quite directly that is different from conventional beliefs. Success first and foremost is considered as an art. Success is defined as ‘to accomplish art’ or ‘to become art’.
The ancient Chinese philosophers take a holistic view to achieving. Success is the sweetest if it preserves your health and youth in the process. This way you still accomplish what you want without unnecessary ‘hard work’ that gives you stress and pre-mature ageing.
Moving Forward
What success are you attempting in your life now? Is it a personal project, your study, your work? How do you go about it? Do you ‘work hard’? Do you have a system? Do you craft it as an art? Contact us if you need assistance. We have a team of coaches who will help you succeed with minimal efforts.
To your happy and steady increase of fulfilment,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
How To Give To Yourself – (3) Simple Tips To Help You Manage Stress
By Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD)
Are you a person who gives to others? Are you a parent? Are you a leader? Are you in a relationship? Do you have siblings, parents, or friends? Do you have a job? Is there stress in your life? If you answer ‘yes’ to 2 or more of the questions, the chances are you are a giver. As a coach, I recognise the many demands that are placed on you. I imagine you do your best to be good at your job, at home with your family and friends.
Equally I recognise it is essential for you to give to yourself in order for you to sustain your support for others. Does this make sense?
As the timeless wisdom points out, it is a first principle to nurture yourself if you are to give to others fully and successfully. When you give to yourself, you can give to others from a place of fullness. It is of importance that you replenish yourself regularly to ‘keep your barrel full’. Below are three tips on effective self care.
Tip 1 Recognise the importance of giving to self before you give to others. Make this a priority. When something becomes a priority for you, you have a good chance of acting on it.
Tip 2 Set easy daily routines of self care. It doesn’t need to take 20 minutes of your time. The stress level can be kept lower if regular and frequent self-nurture is done. This only needs to take a couple of minutes each time. The most efficient way to set aside such routines is to schedule them before a routine that is already in place. For example, before you turn on your computer, before you have a cup of tea, before you have lunch, before you leave work to go home. If you haven’t learned any quick calm techniques, you can simply close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and visualise a calming sea.
Tip 3 Find a way to anchor your inner calm. Utilise your five senses. They help you tap into the power of the subconscious mind. When it’s anchored, it makes the self-giving time effective and nurturing. This is especially good for people who don’t have a block of time each day to de-stress. If it helps, you could consider working with a professional to learn calm techniques and anchoring. It’ll be worth the investment.
Take charge of your life now. Give everyday to the most important person you have -- YOU.
To your happy and steady increase of fulfilment.
Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD)
p.s. Contact Jennifer to find out how she can assist you to live a more healthful and successful life. Email her: jjw38coaching@live.com.au
Are you a person who gives to others? Are you a parent? Are you a leader? Are you in a relationship? Do you have siblings, parents, or friends? Do you have a job? Is there stress in your life? If you answer ‘yes’ to 2 or more of the questions, the chances are you are a giver. As a coach, I recognise the many demands that are placed on you. I imagine you do your best to be good at your job, at home with your family and friends.
Equally I recognise it is essential for you to give to yourself in order for you to sustain your support for others. Does this make sense?
As the timeless wisdom points out, it is a first principle to nurture yourself if you are to give to others fully and successfully. When you give to yourself, you can give to others from a place of fullness. It is of importance that you replenish yourself regularly to ‘keep your barrel full’. Below are three tips on effective self care.
Tip 1 Recognise the importance of giving to self before you give to others. Make this a priority. When something becomes a priority for you, you have a good chance of acting on it.
Tip 2 Set easy daily routines of self care. It doesn’t need to take 20 minutes of your time. The stress level can be kept lower if regular and frequent self-nurture is done. This only needs to take a couple of minutes each time. The most efficient way to set aside such routines is to schedule them before a routine that is already in place. For example, before you turn on your computer, before you have a cup of tea, before you have lunch, before you leave work to go home. If you haven’t learned any quick calm techniques, you can simply close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and visualise a calming sea.
Tip 3 Find a way to anchor your inner calm. Utilise your five senses. They help you tap into the power of the subconscious mind. When it’s anchored, it makes the self-giving time effective and nurturing. This is especially good for people who don’t have a block of time each day to de-stress. If it helps, you could consider working with a professional to learn calm techniques and anchoring. It’ll be worth the investment.
Take charge of your life now. Give everyday to the most important person you have -- YOU.
To your happy and steady increase of fulfilment.
Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD)
p.s. Contact Jennifer to find out how she can assist you to live a more healthful and successful life. Email her: jjw38coaching@live.com.au
Monday, March 23, 2009
Worrying, how to stop its negative effects in 60 seconds
Do you ever worry? Sometimes people just can’t help worrying. Have you noticed that the more you care about someone, some situation or project, the more you tend to worry about them if or in case things go wrong?
I remember my mother said to me a few times, ‘No-one can know the heart of a mother who worries about her children.’ I think she summarised it well. I wish I had the strategies when she was alive.
A client of mine recently came across a situation that she just couldn’t help worrying about. She is usually cheerful and positive. This time she did get herself all worked up and stressed out. If you knew her, you wouldn’t blame her. She is just a normal loving and caring parent like most of us.
Worrying can cause a lot of unnecessary stress. It can be counterproductive. It can do harm to your health. It can cause you to loose focus and concentration at work.
Worrying is a characteristic of the reasoning mind. ‘The mind that creates the problem cannot solve the problem.’ If you want to stop worrying fast, then reasoning with it is not the thing to do.
The worrying mind can however, within seconds, surrender to the power of the subconscious mind if you know how to work it.
So we bring you good news: you can do all the worrying you want without causing negative effects.
Here we introduce to you our ‘4-step Worriless Worrying’. It’s one of our specially formulated Ease Strategies that works powerfully with the subconscious mind.
Step 1 Picture a monkey scratching himself in a funny way; or picture two monkeys scratching each other. Try copying them. How do you feel?
Step 2 Think of some food that you once tried. Initially you didn’t think it was going to taste alright, but when you tried it and it turned out to be alright. What is that food? Was it quite alright?
Step 3 Self talk: ‘Where was I before? I was worrying. But I was also doing a monkey. And _____ (the food item) did turn out to be alright.’
Step 4 Repeat Step 1.
Possible questions and answers:
When do you need to do this?
Do this when you notice yourself worrying.
How often do you need to do this?
Every time you notice yourself worrying. After you are familiar with the whole process, Steps 1 and 2 will be sufficient.
Does this work?
It worked for the client I mentioned before. She laughed a fair bit and said she couldn’t wait for the next time she would get worried.
Can you explain in more detail why this works?
I can, and I do this in my upcoming book.
Does this solve the actual issue that causes worrying?
If worrying is chronic (habitual) for the person, the answer is yes. Otherwise, while this can lead the mind out of worrying and onto a different neurological pathway, the resolution of an issue is a different strategy and requires different steps.
Do you have an issue to resolve or a goal to achieve? Then contact us. Let us design an Ease Strategy specifically for you. We have a team of outstanding coaches. We are here to help you. You don’t have to delay your wellness and success. We would be delighted to help you make a difference in your lives now.
To your happy, steady increase of wellness and success,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
http://www.jw38coaching.com.au/
P.s If you’d like to find out more about our Ease Strategies, please read the article on ‘Achieving With Ease’ (see link), or contact us to find out how we can assist you 0439 981 288. We provide three formats of coaching to serve you: email coaching, phone coaching and face to face coaching. http://yourwellnessandsuccess.blogspot.com/2009/03/achieving-with-ease.html
I remember my mother said to me a few times, ‘No-one can know the heart of a mother who worries about her children.’ I think she summarised it well. I wish I had the strategies when she was alive.
A client of mine recently came across a situation that she just couldn’t help worrying about. She is usually cheerful and positive. This time she did get herself all worked up and stressed out. If you knew her, you wouldn’t blame her. She is just a normal loving and caring parent like most of us.
Worrying can cause a lot of unnecessary stress. It can be counterproductive. It can do harm to your health. It can cause you to loose focus and concentration at work.
Worrying is a characteristic of the reasoning mind. ‘The mind that creates the problem cannot solve the problem.’ If you want to stop worrying fast, then reasoning with it is not the thing to do.
The worrying mind can however, within seconds, surrender to the power of the subconscious mind if you know how to work it.
So we bring you good news: you can do all the worrying you want without causing negative effects.
Here we introduce to you our ‘4-step Worriless Worrying’. It’s one of our specially formulated Ease Strategies that works powerfully with the subconscious mind.
Step 1 Picture a monkey scratching himself in a funny way; or picture two monkeys scratching each other. Try copying them. How do you feel?
Step 2 Think of some food that you once tried. Initially you didn’t think it was going to taste alright, but when you tried it and it turned out to be alright. What is that food? Was it quite alright?
Step 3 Self talk: ‘Where was I before? I was worrying. But I was also doing a monkey. And _____ (the food item) did turn out to be alright.’
Step 4 Repeat Step 1.
Possible questions and answers:
When do you need to do this?
Do this when you notice yourself worrying.
How often do you need to do this?
Every time you notice yourself worrying. After you are familiar with the whole process, Steps 1 and 2 will be sufficient.
Does this work?
It worked for the client I mentioned before. She laughed a fair bit and said she couldn’t wait for the next time she would get worried.
Can you explain in more detail why this works?
I can, and I do this in my upcoming book.
Does this solve the actual issue that causes worrying?
If worrying is chronic (habitual) for the person, the answer is yes. Otherwise, while this can lead the mind out of worrying and onto a different neurological pathway, the resolution of an issue is a different strategy and requires different steps.
Do you have an issue to resolve or a goal to achieve? Then contact us. Let us design an Ease Strategy specifically for you. We have a team of outstanding coaches. We are here to help you. You don’t have to delay your wellness and success. We would be delighted to help you make a difference in your lives now.
To your happy, steady increase of wellness and success,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
http://www.jw38coaching.com.au/
P.s If you’d like to find out more about our Ease Strategies, please read the article on ‘Achieving With Ease’ (see link), or contact us to find out how we can assist you 0439 981 288. We provide three formats of coaching to serve you: email coaching, phone coaching and face to face coaching. http://yourwellnessandsuccess.blogspot.com/2009/03/achieving-with-ease.html
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Achieving With Ease
Achieving with ease
Copyright 2009, Jennifer Jianjun Wang
Achieving with ease is at the heart of the art of wellness and success. It’s the concept of achieving maximum results with least effort while being mindful of sustaining good health. This concept honours wellness as much as it does success. Furthermore, it promotes a higher order of intelligence in the application of accomplishing your goals.
Below are a few tips to get you started.
Tip #1 Begin to learn more about this philosophy of wellness and success by reading articles or tips, like what you’re doing now.
Awareness is the first step towards change.
Achieving with ease is about the art of sustainable success and health, and the efficiency with which you achieve that. Here success can be work or career related, for example, a 5-week goal, a sales target, a 3-year long term project, a 3-year career plan, etc. It can also be success in the domestic scene, for example a renovation project, tax returns, a wedding, a grand holiday trip, buying a home, to name a few. When applied correctly, you could be saved lots of time, lots of money, and lots of trouble. You would attain your goal and retain your health and energy.
You’ll continue to learn more about the philosophy of achieving with ease as you follow our posts at this site.
Tip #2 Cultivate the belief that success and wellness can be mutually inclusive.
Cultivating beliefs that enhance your life will lead you to a better life. If you believe that success and wellness can be mutually inclusive, your decisions, actions and results will begin to reflect this belief. And this can be best attained through the art of achieving with ease.
Tip #3 Be clear about what is ease and what is not ease
Ease promotes wellbeing, harmony and smooth actions.
The opposite of ease is dis-ease. It can cause unnecessary troubles, waste time and energy, and produces minimum results after much effort.
Ease and dis-ease can accumulate in the body. Ease promotes good health. Absence of ease can produce dis-ease.
Tip #4 Allow yourself to be open to learn ease strategies and achieve more by doing less
Read the story below about what happened when this person opened up to the possibility that there was such a thing as ‘achieving with ease’.
I recall a client who came to see me specifically about the concept of ‘achieving with ease’. She had been working with me for several weeks on wellness. On this particular day she came to my office and looked distressed.
As it turned out, she had been stuck on a project for a few months. Her work to date didn’t seem to take any shape. With only a week or so left, she couldn’t imagine how she could possibly meet the deadline. She felt overwhelmed.
‘Jennifer, what is this ‘achieving with ease’ that I see on your web site? Can it help me with my project?’
‘Would it be a good thing if it could help you?’ I asked her, in a tone that spoke to her subconscious mind.
‘Yes, of course. It would be a very good thing.’
‘Would you be open to explore it then?’ Once again I wanted to make sure her subconscious mind was in agreement with her conscious mind.
‘Yes, I’ll try anything. I’m desperate.’
So for the rest of that coaching session we worked on ‘completing her project with ease’ and she walked away with her own ‘Ease Strategy’, and feeling happy and excited.
That day she wrote me an email, ‘I feel so good! I feel like I can take on the world. I feel like I can do anything! I’m so overjoyed.’
Within two days, she completed her project. What she thought would take her weeks took less than 12 hours.
In my client’s case, the Ease Strategy helped her minimise stress, dissolve overwhelm, eliminate wasted energy. It helped her tap into the power of her subconscious mind to achieve with efficiency. In this case she achieved success as well as reducing harmful stress. She experienced the joy of achieving with ease.
To your happy, steady increase of wellness and success,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
http://www.jw38coaching.com.au/
p.s. If you would like to be on our direct mailing list to receive new articles in your inbox, please send an email to enquiry@jw38coaching.com.au
p.p.s. Can you contact me? Yes, you can. I am human (to the best of my knowledge), and am capable of communication. I would be delighted if I could be here for you. Please email: enquiry@jw38coaching.com.au; or Jennifer@jw38coaching.com.au.
Copyright 2009, Jennifer Jianjun Wang
Achieving with ease is at the heart of the art of wellness and success. It’s the concept of achieving maximum results with least effort while being mindful of sustaining good health. This concept honours wellness as much as it does success. Furthermore, it promotes a higher order of intelligence in the application of accomplishing your goals.
Below are a few tips to get you started.
Tip #1 Begin to learn more about this philosophy of wellness and success by reading articles or tips, like what you’re doing now.
Awareness is the first step towards change.
Achieving with ease is about the art of sustainable success and health, and the efficiency with which you achieve that. Here success can be work or career related, for example, a 5-week goal, a sales target, a 3-year long term project, a 3-year career plan, etc. It can also be success in the domestic scene, for example a renovation project, tax returns, a wedding, a grand holiday trip, buying a home, to name a few. When applied correctly, you could be saved lots of time, lots of money, and lots of trouble. You would attain your goal and retain your health and energy.
You’ll continue to learn more about the philosophy of achieving with ease as you follow our posts at this site.
Tip #2 Cultivate the belief that success and wellness can be mutually inclusive.
Cultivating beliefs that enhance your life will lead you to a better life. If you believe that success and wellness can be mutually inclusive, your decisions, actions and results will begin to reflect this belief. And this can be best attained through the art of achieving with ease.
Tip #3 Be clear about what is ease and what is not ease
Ease promotes wellbeing, harmony and smooth actions.
The opposite of ease is dis-ease. It can cause unnecessary troubles, waste time and energy, and produces minimum results after much effort.
Ease and dis-ease can accumulate in the body. Ease promotes good health. Absence of ease can produce dis-ease.
Tip #4 Allow yourself to be open to learn ease strategies and achieve more by doing less
Read the story below about what happened when this person opened up to the possibility that there was such a thing as ‘achieving with ease’.
I recall a client who came to see me specifically about the concept of ‘achieving with ease’. She had been working with me for several weeks on wellness. On this particular day she came to my office and looked distressed.
As it turned out, she had been stuck on a project for a few months. Her work to date didn’t seem to take any shape. With only a week or so left, she couldn’t imagine how she could possibly meet the deadline. She felt overwhelmed.
‘Jennifer, what is this ‘achieving with ease’ that I see on your web site? Can it help me with my project?’
‘Would it be a good thing if it could help you?’ I asked her, in a tone that spoke to her subconscious mind.
‘Yes, of course. It would be a very good thing.’
‘Would you be open to explore it then?’ Once again I wanted to make sure her subconscious mind was in agreement with her conscious mind.
‘Yes, I’ll try anything. I’m desperate.’
So for the rest of that coaching session we worked on ‘completing her project with ease’ and she walked away with her own ‘Ease Strategy’, and feeling happy and excited.
That day she wrote me an email, ‘I feel so good! I feel like I can take on the world. I feel like I can do anything! I’m so overjoyed.’
Within two days, she completed her project. What she thought would take her weeks took less than 12 hours.
In my client’s case, the Ease Strategy helped her minimise stress, dissolve overwhelm, eliminate wasted energy. It helped her tap into the power of her subconscious mind to achieve with efficiency. In this case she achieved success as well as reducing harmful stress. She experienced the joy of achieving with ease.
To your happy, steady increase of wellness and success,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
http://www.jw38coaching.com.au/
p.s. If you would like to be on our direct mailing list to receive new articles in your inbox, please send an email to enquiry@jw38coaching.com.au
p.p.s. Can you contact me? Yes, you can. I am human (to the best of my knowledge), and am capable of communication. I would be delighted if I could be here for you. Please email: enquiry@jw38coaching.com.au; or Jennifer@jw38coaching.com.au.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Fast-relief tools to overcome anxiety
Fast-relief tools to overcome anxiety
Copyright Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD), 2009
Do you have stress in your life? Do you know someone who has experienced anxiety recently or some time in the past? If you do, then you are not alone.
Can you put a dollar value on your emotions?
According to traditional Chinese health philosophy, emotions are a major cause for the state of health and wellbeing.
In view of the bushfire situation in Victoria and how many people are affected by it directly and indirectly; and also in view of the economic downturn that is reported widely and frequently in recent months, we bring focus to coping tools so you can remain emotionally as strong and stable as you can.
Our intentions here are to reach out to people by providing some simple strategies that can be applied to effectively reduce and manage anxiety; and to support you to maintain a good level of wellness. We’re not dealing with what causes anxiety; rather we’re concerned with how you can regain calmness as quickly as possible. Written below are three tools to help achieve this purpose.
1. Take a gentle approach
In my view anxiety can be looked upon with a gentle attitude. Anxiety can happen at times expected or unexpected. A person doesn’t need to be judged strong or week for it. An anxiety attack is not right or wrong. Neither is it good or bad.
I also know most of the time my mind is wonderfully calm, and sometimes it is supremely serene; and yet at times it is wonderfully irrational and fearful. I’ve come to respect the different aspects of my mind with gentleness.
If you’ve ever experienced anxiety, whether the situation calls for it or not, we would encourage you to take a gentle approach.
2. Have a few options of reaction to choose from
Feeling anxious is just one option of reaction. Consider a few other options. Know them well and use one if required.
For example, humour can be an option. Can you recall an event that made you laugh uncontrollably? What was it? Who was there? Think about that event often so that all the details can be recalled fast in front of you. Feel the strong emotions. See and hear the laughter. If or when an anxious feeling comes over you, you can direct your attention to that event straight away. You can’t laugh and feel anxious at the same time, can you? This is deliberate mental pattern interruption of anxious emotions. It leads your mind onto something entirely different. You literally ‘play’ with your mind. Repeat this a few times if anxiety surfaces.
Another option is to focus on the present. Don’t think about what might or could happen in the future, because worrying about the future can easily bring about anxious feelings. Instead, focus on just this moment, even if it’s just for a few moments. What is this moment? ‘This moment has breath. This breath is life.’ Stop for a moment to thank this breath. Stop to breathe deeply until you feel relief.
3. Use a calm colour or imagery
The human mind responds faster to colour or imagery than to words. Sometimes it takes time (and possibly wasted energy) to reason with your mind. Can you relate to this? For this reason, we suggest the use of a calm colour or imagery to effect fast relief.
What is a colour that makes you feel good and happy instantly? There may be a few. For the purpose of effectiveness, we encourage you to decide on one.
Next, see that colour right in front of your eyes. Big and bright in front of your eyes.
Next, can you think of some happy sound to add to it? Can you hear it loud and clear?
Next, bring all this to your heart centre. See and feel the imagery, and hear the happy sound. Breathe deeply to feel relief. Then keep it up for a couple of minutes. Continue to feel relief until you feel much better.
This strategy can be used to reduce anxiety level, and in some cases, stop an anxiety attack. The key is to practise this often so it’s there handy for you should a situation calls for it.
Above are three tools to help you regain calmness if anxiety surfaces. The strategies are simple to apply. In most cases they’ll only take a couple of minutes. While they are not solutions to issues you have in life, they assist you to stay in a better, calm frame of mind so you can deal with things more effectively.
We encourage you to pick one that makes sense to you to practise on a consistent basis. If they don’t help, or if it’s a severe case of anxiety, please see a psychologist, a councillor or an accredited life coach.
I love food, (and can tolerate most brands of vanilla ice cream). What’s that got to do with anything? Nothing. Just checking if you’re still reading J
To your happy and steady increase of success and wellness,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
p.s. We offer life coaching on the phone as well as face-to-face. You’re welcome to contact us if you require further assistance. Web: http://www.jw38fulfilyourpotential.com/. Email: jw38coaching@live.com.au. Mobile: 0439 981 288.
p.p.s. We offer 3 and 6 session coaching packages on 'Stress Management'. They are valuable life skills for anyone who has stress in their lives and wants to learn effective calm techniques. Your coaching fees can be tax deductible.
Copyright Jennifer Jianjun Wang (PhD), 2009
Do you have stress in your life? Do you know someone who has experienced anxiety recently or some time in the past? If you do, then you are not alone.
Can you put a dollar value on your emotions?
According to traditional Chinese health philosophy, emotions are a major cause for the state of health and wellbeing.
In view of the bushfire situation in Victoria and how many people are affected by it directly and indirectly; and also in view of the economic downturn that is reported widely and frequently in recent months, we bring focus to coping tools so you can remain emotionally as strong and stable as you can.
Our intentions here are to reach out to people by providing some simple strategies that can be applied to effectively reduce and manage anxiety; and to support you to maintain a good level of wellness. We’re not dealing with what causes anxiety; rather we’re concerned with how you can regain calmness as quickly as possible. Written below are three tools to help achieve this purpose.
1. Take a gentle approach
In my view anxiety can be looked upon with a gentle attitude. Anxiety can happen at times expected or unexpected. A person doesn’t need to be judged strong or week for it. An anxiety attack is not right or wrong. Neither is it good or bad.
I also know most of the time my mind is wonderfully calm, and sometimes it is supremely serene; and yet at times it is wonderfully irrational and fearful. I’ve come to respect the different aspects of my mind with gentleness.
If you’ve ever experienced anxiety, whether the situation calls for it or not, we would encourage you to take a gentle approach.
2. Have a few options of reaction to choose from
Feeling anxious is just one option of reaction. Consider a few other options. Know them well and use one if required.
For example, humour can be an option. Can you recall an event that made you laugh uncontrollably? What was it? Who was there? Think about that event often so that all the details can be recalled fast in front of you. Feel the strong emotions. See and hear the laughter. If or when an anxious feeling comes over you, you can direct your attention to that event straight away. You can’t laugh and feel anxious at the same time, can you? This is deliberate mental pattern interruption of anxious emotions. It leads your mind onto something entirely different. You literally ‘play’ with your mind. Repeat this a few times if anxiety surfaces.
Another option is to focus on the present. Don’t think about what might or could happen in the future, because worrying about the future can easily bring about anxious feelings. Instead, focus on just this moment, even if it’s just for a few moments. What is this moment? ‘This moment has breath. This breath is life.’ Stop for a moment to thank this breath. Stop to breathe deeply until you feel relief.
3. Use a calm colour or imagery
The human mind responds faster to colour or imagery than to words. Sometimes it takes time (and possibly wasted energy) to reason with your mind. Can you relate to this? For this reason, we suggest the use of a calm colour or imagery to effect fast relief.
What is a colour that makes you feel good and happy instantly? There may be a few. For the purpose of effectiveness, we encourage you to decide on one.
Next, see that colour right in front of your eyes. Big and bright in front of your eyes.
Next, can you think of some happy sound to add to it? Can you hear it loud and clear?
Next, bring all this to your heart centre. See and feel the imagery, and hear the happy sound. Breathe deeply to feel relief. Then keep it up for a couple of minutes. Continue to feel relief until you feel much better.
This strategy can be used to reduce anxiety level, and in some cases, stop an anxiety attack. The key is to practise this often so it’s there handy for you should a situation calls for it.
Above are three tools to help you regain calmness if anxiety surfaces. The strategies are simple to apply. In most cases they’ll only take a couple of minutes. While they are not solutions to issues you have in life, they assist you to stay in a better, calm frame of mind so you can deal with things more effectively.
We encourage you to pick one that makes sense to you to practise on a consistent basis. If they don’t help, or if it’s a severe case of anxiety, please see a psychologist, a councillor or an accredited life coach.
I love food, (and can tolerate most brands of vanilla ice cream). What’s that got to do with anything? Nothing. Just checking if you’re still reading J
To your happy and steady increase of success and wellness,
Jennifer Jianjun Wang
p.s. We offer life coaching on the phone as well as face-to-face. You’re welcome to contact us if you require further assistance. Web: http://www.jw38fulfilyourpotential.com/. Email: jw38coaching@live.com.au. Mobile: 0439 981 288.
p.p.s. We offer 3 and 6 session coaching packages on 'Stress Management'. They are valuable life skills for anyone who has stress in their lives and wants to learn effective calm techniques. Your coaching fees can be tax deductible.
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