The month of summer, sun and fun! Just a little while until the school holidays, so time to sit back, relax and take stock.
I had a lady come to me last week who became very stressed at this time of year, anticipating having to book holidays, entertain children etc. This lovely lady just wanted to feel calm and organised, so that she could enjoy the summer with her children, without having to worry whether everything was “in place”. My first aim was to show her how to feel very relaxed in her own environment whenever she needed to just switch off the stress response. I showed her how to divert her mind away from that repeated pattern of a stressful response, and to connect instead to the calm person inside. I had an e mail from her the very next day, saying she had done what I had shown her, and felt amazingly in control, while at the same time calm and able to deal with anything. We had one more session when we used BWRT® to replace old outdated triggered responses permanently, and she has reported feeling like a whole new person! What an amazing tool the mind is – just as we learn to react stressfully to situations, we can learn instead to feel calm and centered.
See you next month – enjoy the sunshine!
