Stress Management & Life Coaching (1)

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Stress Management Life Coaching
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What Causes Stress?

• When we view circumstances (A) Dangerous (B)
  Largely outside our control. We feel stress. This
  mixture triggers fear, and fear is at the heart
  of stress.
• It's a horrible feeling that can take over your
  life. External causes of stress include our
  careers, relationships, and environments, as well
  as internal sources such as our feelings against
  circumstances, others, and ourselves.

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How Life Coaching helps to Deal with Stress?

• In general, life coaching is realistic. We
  do what works best for the client, which varies a
  lot, but there are some general lessons to be
  learned from my years of coaching experience,
  which I'd like to lay out for you here.
• Coaching usually happens weekly We revisit
  the topics we're working on in weekly sessions.
  That's not rocket science, but just making a
  weekly priority is a major improvement on how
  most of us treat our lives when we're on our own.
  We will become enraged and decide that enough is
  enough. We'll give the issue a jolt. However, a
  week later, the rage has subsided, as has any
  enthusiasm for reform.

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How Life Coaching helps to Deal with Stress?

• Life Coaching tries hard to find a
  complete, intellectually valid statement of what
  the issues are
• We take ambiguous expressions of concern
  and turn them into cold, hard reality. This
  counteracts stressed thought, which is often
  circular and irrational.
• We resist the temptation to flee and hide,
  instead shining a light on the cave beastie,
  studying its true nature and dispelling the
  terror. You may be able to do something similar
  by writing down your concerns. Then read them
  again to see if they're accurate.
• Where are the inaccuracies and
  exaggerations to be found? Take them out. When
  you externalize issues in this way, it can be
  incredibly liberating, and when you read them
  back in, you're using a different, more
  analytical part of your brain.

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How Life Coaching helps to Deal with Stress?

• Life Coaching is results-oriented
• We humans have a tendency to lament the issue
  and then stop there. Coaching, on the other hand,
  facilitates a change of emphasis from the issue
  to the solution.
• Make an attempt to do it for yourself.
  Certainly, accurately define the problem
  however, consider this to be the start, not the
  end. What optimal outcome would you like to see
  as a replacement for the problem?
• Cynicism and pessimism will grow within you,
  attempting to suffocate your attempts to see a
  better future, so do whatever you can to combat
  those destructive powers.

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How Life Coaching helps to Deal with Stress?

• Life Coaching provides emotional support 
• When you're feeling down and about to give up.
  What are your options for getting some of that
  for yourself? Friends can be a valuable resource
  (though they may also be a liability - so be
  careful).
• Maintain a healthy sleep and exercise routine.
  Of course, stress will make it difficult to
  sleep, but exercise will help, and the work
  you're doing to identify and reduce the sources
  of your stress can also give you peace of mind.

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