Inspired Living

STRESS!! 😵😵😵😵😵😵

It’s bad, right??? Or is it?

You may not have heard of this but there is a good stress. It’s call ‘eustress’.

You are feeling eustress if you feel eager, excited, thrilled, in a state of flow, proud, resilient, determined or fulfilled.

Want to know how you can use this to your advantage? Read on............!

It’s eustress that fuels our achievements and successes. In the short term it gives us an energy boost when we want to accomplish something challenging, for example, public speaking. In the long term is can keep us focused on working at thing, such as studying or setting up a business.

So stress can be good for you! Eustress can help us achieve things and grow in confidence as we achieve things in life.

A couple of examples
- Starting a new job – adapting to a new role, new colleagues, culture and a different way of working
- Working towards a big event – keeps you focussed on the preparation with the end result in mind, like a wedding or public speaking event
- Networking – growing or developing a business by meeting new people and demonstrating what we can contribute

Now I know a lot of you will be reading this and thinking those things may cause you to experience bad stress, or distress, but it’s all about perception. How you perceive something determines how you will react to it and how it influences your behaviour.

If you think about how you respond when you’re stressed or when you’re excited you will notice your physiology is the same. Your pulse rate rises, you feel agitated (that can be good or bad), and you get butterflies in your stomach.

So the upshot it you can choose how you feel when you face a challenge, you can harness it to feel excited about what’s ahead or you can choose to let it overwhelm you. Remember this next time you feel out of your comfort zone.

What will you choose?

Courage, compassion and connection.

We need all of these in our relationships to be true to ourselves and to allow our relationships to be fulfilling and happy as possible.

Having the courage to tell someone you love them.

Being compassionate for other's needs.

Having a connection so you are able to understand a loved one's point of view.

To have these qualities though we need to be vulnerable and let ourselves be seen, but that can sometimes be tough if being vulnerable is unfamiliar territory, as you will see in Brene Brown's infamous TED Talk......

The power of vulnerability Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

Take time.......

Being successful is more than just hard work, there are a few key ingredients but the right mindset is a must.

Very rarely does success happen overnight and you may hit some failure along the way. But if you have a clear vision and determination you will use failure as feedback not a defeat.

So use that feedback to adjust your plans, refocus your determination and keep moving forward!!

Most people would agree to be successful it's important to maintain resilience mentally, emotionally and physically.

Taking care of yourself is so important to ensure your at your peak to take on all the challenges you will face.

The definition of resilience is

"The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness."

Take a look and see where you can take better care of yourself to face your challenges.

Had a fantastic coaching session last night brainstorming ideas and strategies with a client for his business!

He was so happy with session he's asked me to share his feedback with you 😊

I feel very privileged to be able to help.

This is great! A must read.

Four very simple things scientifically proved to change your mood or mindset.

4 rituals proven by neuroscience to make you happy You get all kinds of happiness advice on the internet from people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Don’t trust them. Trust neuroscience.