The Health Creation Principles - Mind

To have a bright, peaceful mind, free from fear and anxiety

Stress in the short term as you may already know can be highly productive.  It gives us the ability to work to a deadline, realise when we are in potential danger and do something about it.  We need to be able to realise priorities when they are occurring.  Eg: if the often used Sabre Toothed Tiger is looking at you and licking his lips going YUM! digesting your breakfast or warding off an infection is not your body's top priority - figuring out an “exit” strategy is.

However, 21st century living has many ongoing anxieties and worries.  Not so long ago we were in the middle of a global pandemic which caused much stress and strife for a variety of reasons.  There is a cost of living crisis going on as well so it’s quite a tough time presently.

Stress, anxiety and overwork very often go hand in hand and can then feed each other in an exhaustive loop.  If you are working with people who take on more and more without thinking about what it will cost them in relation to their health this section will be of such value to them to show them there is a different way.

People who have perfectionistic tendencies, workaholics and have high integrity but poor self-esteem can make ridiculous demands on themselves and again at the expense of the emotional bank balance.

If people's stamina is good, this cycle can keep going until eventually they may have a mental breakdown or physical illness.

Helping people identify they are in a stress spiral can be so rewarding, they are often open to the thoughts of being able to stop especially when someone professional points it out to them.  It's like you give them the permission to say Hello to their own needs.

We look at the two major components of stress:

External Stress:  comes from the environment and our reaction to it.  The can cover, work deadlines, commuting, living or working in a hostile environment, marriage, relationships, divorce, bereavement, redundancy, finances etc.

Self Stress: comes from our relationship with ourself.  This can mirror our early life experiences and upbringing.  eg. If you had a critical parent you will be very likely to criticise yourself mercilessly and push yourself harder to achieve the results the parent would have found acceptable.

Love and approval are also common things we search for when we may have not experienced it in our younger life.

Long term stress can make us less effective in our day to day living, both at home and at work which then increases our stress levels.

Again within the programme we have ways of identifying what the stress is and ways out of it.

Introduce new habits of peace and self-acceptance