Stress Management Technique
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Looking to try a new stress management technique? More than ever before, a larger number of people are suffering from a moderate to heavy amount of stress. Which means you're suffering from too much stress.

Stress has not only emotional effects, but physical effects too – and over time, those effects can become dangerous and sometimes even life threatening. So, here's a stress management technique that you should consider. See if it works for you and then tell your friends about it!

This stress management technique is helpful for most people because it tackles the root of the problem.

Psychological stress happens when our brain negatively reacts to events and circumstances in our life. Just like we get a happy feeling when we eat chocolate or hear a funny joke, our mind sends us “emergency” signals when something disturbing happens.

Now, this can be something as serious as a wedding or a divorce or a death in the family or a traffic accident. Or it can be something that happens every day: a deadline, a conversation with the boss, etc. We may feel stressed out without even knowing what it is that is causing us stress.

So, for this stress management technique, you're going to attempt to control your brain! Yes, it's mind-control, but performed by you.

Did you know that outside situations, other people or events, can only have power to impact you – based on the amount of power you yield to the situation, person or event.

It’s time you take back the power that you’ve yielded to others over the years. No longer should you allow others to control or influence you in a way that causes you stress.

While this is a simple concept, changing your behavior certainly isn’t easy, but over time with practice you’ll get better at exercising this new skill.

Dr. Orison Swett Marden, author of several self-help books including “The Optimistic Life,” had an inspiring message for his readers of the 20th century and now the 21st. Although he died in the 1920's, his personal rags-to-riches story will be inspiring forever and his practical, yet eloquent advice for how to achieve happiness in life will never become irrelevant.

One of Dr. Marden's main beliefs was that a person could guide their own thought process. And because thoughts directly affect our behavior in life, it must then be the reason we succeed or fail.

In “The Optimistic Life,” specifically, Dr. Marden urged readers to replace negative thinking with positive thinking; just as they'd replace one brand of shampoo for another.

While Dr. Marden was a writer from about a century ago, his ideas may seem new to you! Perhaps you've felt you were a victim of your own mind; that you couldn't control your imagination. In other words, maybe you want to ask the boss for a raise, but you don't because you imagine he'll say no and get angry at you for asking.

Do you see how your decision was affected by something you imagined, and not any fact or rational logic? This sort of personal awareness can be a best practice stress management technique.

So, change your thinking habits. When you get that “emergency” flag in your brain, concentrate on your thought process. Do your fears and worries make sense? Is it productive to dwell on them? If not, strategically replace your negative thoughts with positive ones as a stress management technique.

If you have trouble changing your thinking habits, which is understandable, see if Dr. Marden can give you some direction. Listen to Leadership Series For Successful Living for a healthier mind and body.

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