We’ve all naturally mastered ourselves the skill of getting into overwhelm, you need to master the skill of getting out of overwhelm.
This episode is here answers the questions:
- How does overwhelm feel like?
- Why do you need to learn the skills to rid overwhelm?
- How do you rid the feelings of overwhelm?
When you are experiencing overwhelm, it can take shape in a variety of ways.
In each instance, you are generally more likely to be overwhelmed by negative dis-empowering emotions. .
These emotions include but are not limited to — anger, fear, anxiety, or guilt — and it is often difficult to understand and verbalize the exact source of the stress.
- Can’t stop over-thinking things
- Struggling to switch off and relax
- Wants to live their life to the fullest but feels they’re holding themselves back
- Wants more freedom and joy and to live in the moment
- Feels the pressure to be ‘perfect’ and to never make a mistake
- Get fearful about giving presentations or meeting new people
- Wants to feel calmer, more confident and happier
Preventing and stopping overwhelm:
- Accept it – fighting it does not help – relax and ride out the wave.
- Change inducing thoughts, notice what sparks stress and create helpful thoughts.
- Change your multitasking mindset and make perspective change
- Simply life, separate list for must dos and to dos, learn it’s okay not to finish, or rename the to do list.
- Learning to say no
- Watch out for belief or story you’re telling yourself.
- Focus on right now and appreciate the here.
- Take a deep breathe.
- Take meaningful action and engage in joyful activities.
- Notice what solves your stressors.
Overwhelm kills momentum, so rid overwhelm is an important skill we need to master.