“Stop being a prisoner of your past – become the architect of your future.”
– Robin Sharma
On this episode, I talk about powerful techniques to help prepare you for an anxious day. If you implement these strategies on a regular basis, you will feel a drastic change in your anxiety. Feeling overwhelmed in the morning? Can’t sleep at night? Then this episode’s for you!
- An anxiety sufferer wakes up sensitive. Whatever is plaguing them, it will pop up first thing. A worry, concern, or sensation. What you pay attention to the most determines what you value. Those unresolved problems hit the anxiety sufferer hard in the morning. Their emotional glass is to the brim so any novelty from the day will be too much for them to handle. That is partly why they avoid situations that will make them feel uncomfortable.
- The anxiety sufferer dreads the day because they already have a good idea of what it will be like. They see their pattern of extreme distress continued. It is time to break these patterns by incorporating some of these techniques into their day.
- First, is the manifestation movie. The cortical brain can speak to our most ancient brain, the amygdala (the fear response). If we change the narrative in our more evolved brain, can we change our emotions? Yes, we can. Visualize how you want the day to go. If you expect a lot of dread and anxiety from the day, then you will likely manifest it. How about you visualize a different story? Sit in a quiet spot, close your eyes, and visualize the day the way you would like it to go. The unconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between what’s real and what’s imagined. So if you visualize empowering actions, then you will feel those empowering emotions. The mind then says, “oh, this is doable. I CAN conquer this.”
- Second, listen to your mentors. You are who you hang around. YouTube and podcasts are unbelievably powerful. You can surround yourself with empowering influencers and learn a great deal. The more you subject yourself to these people, the more their mindset gets absorbed into yours. Their voice starts to echo in your mind.
- Third, do small chores. You get a dopamine kick when you do something you knew you should of attended to but didn’t get around to. Also you prove to yourself that, “even though I wasn’t feeling good, I did this anyways.” Show yourself you are capable of much more. You can use that anxiety as fuel to make the space around you more orderly. Remember, the state of your home is a direct reflection of the state of your own mind.
- In the end, you want to be your own best friend. Someone you are about. The more you work on yourself, the more aware you become of what works for you and what doesn’t. But you can’t determine what works for you if you do not implement new techniques/patterns into your day.
For more techniques, listen to the full episode below!