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Welcome to Season 5, Episode 1 of the This Is Your Life podcast. Stu McLaren is filling in for my regular cohost Michele Cushatt. In this first episode of our new season, we discuss what to do when you feel overwhelmed. When we feel overwhelmed, the first thing we lose is our momentum. But that’s usually the worst time to stall out, right? Listen to the Audio Subscribe to Podcast in iTunes Watch the Video In this episode, you’ll discover: Why the big picture is the last thing you should focus on when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Read the Transcript You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.
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Information Overload. Overwork. Lack of Focus. Overtraining. 8 Reasons You’re Exhausted, Overwhelmed, and Unproductive. I don’t have to go to the doctor very often.
But when I do go, I notice they follow the same routine. It only takes a few minutes, but they start by checking my weight, pulse, blood pressure, and other vitals. The idea is to get a quick read on my overall health. Getting a baseline enables the physician to know what’s going on and make helpful recommendations. The same basic routine can help with workplace stress and burnout. You’ve probably seen the numbers. Ever dreamed of launching your own self-hosted WordPress blog? And it costs us all individually as well, doesn’t it? From where I sit there are eight workplace vitals we can check to establish a baseline of health. Sleep: Are you getting enough? If you’re feeling sick, the worst thing to do is just keep moving forward like nothing is wrong. That’s true for work, too. What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do. Early in my career, I was the marketing director for a book publishing company.
Because of my workload and the ongoing pressure to produce results, I felt overwhelmed. I figured it was only a matter of time before my boss discovered that I was in over my head. This produced uncertainty. I was paralyzed and afraid to act. Instead, I worried and spent an inordinate amount of time thinking through worst-case scenarios—something I am pretty good at. I could see this would become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Ever dreamed of launching your own self-hosted WordPress blog? The Advice I Needed Frustrated, I went to a wise, older colleague and poured out my soul.
“Mike, just do the next right thing.” “That’s it?” “Yep. That simple concept simultaneously gave me relief and clarity. 3 Steps to Follow Here are three steps I follow to put it into practice: Forget about the ultimate outcome. Overwhelmed? 8 Ways to Overcome It. Photo by Andrea D'Aquino Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.
~John De Paola Do you have so much on your plate that you’re left feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? What can you do to get back to a place of controlling ease and relaxation? In an age of fast paced lifestyles and heightened commercialism, everywhere we turn is a demand for our attention. Juggling between work, family and our personal needs, it’s easy to get sucked into the never-ending list of to-dos and end up feeling overwhelmed and stressed. This article looks at 8 simple stress management techniques to overcome this sense of overwhelming anxiety in order to live a more relaxed and stress-free lifestyle.
5 Ways to Find Your Center When Life Feels Overwhelming. “Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
~Hermann Hesse We’ve all had moments when life’s demands left us feeling stressed and scattered. In these moments, it’s helpful to have some simple tools to help us gain composure and come back to our center. Let me paint a picture for you of a scene from my daily life at its most overwhelming. On a recent Tuesday, I drafted my evening’s “to-do” list, which contained the following items: Go clothes shopping for my son, get groceries, cook up some dog food, cook dinner, give my son a bath, put laundry away, walk the dog, and prepare for a workshop that I was to present that weekend. Like most working parents, I have to fit a lot of tasks into a brief period of time on weeknight evenings. Clearly all of those items weren’t going to get accomplished. I felt incapable of anything else. Negative Feelings. Chronic Condition. Unbalance.
Cognitive Restructuring. Mental Skills.