As a parent of a child with autism I have felt stress in recent years more than I have ever felt it in the past. Stress means something different to each one of us, and we deal with it in such a variety of ways. I often find it challenging to relate to some of the things that trigger stress in another person, and I’m sure others feel the same about what gets me going too. But there aren’t any rules as to what should or shouldn’t be stressful, we just relate to situations very differently, and what we can do to reduce that stress is different for each of us too.

I wrote a short e-book on this a couple of years ago called “Reduce Stress in 7 Easy Steps”.

Here is a short excerpt.

We are all stressed by different things and what this tells us is that stress is our internal representation of the external environment, or in other words what is happening at any particular time which can either be for real or even imagined.

Did you know that our subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between something that is real and something that is vividly imagined? That is why sports people spend a lot of time visioning their success, playing through in their mind the moment when they come first in their race or event. The mind then starts to believe it is reality and when the time comes to compete they already believe they have won, and this plays a hugely important role in actually winning.

In order to reduce your stress levels you need to be aware of when the stress you are experiencing changes. How does it feel to be at the stress level you are now and how differently would it feel to be at the reduced level you want to be in say, a months time?

Learn to recognise how stress manifests itself in your body and you can begin to imagine how it would feel when it has reduced or is no longer there. The more you practise imagining this the easier it will be for you to achieve it.

If you would like a copy of the full e-book just go here and get it for free.

With love and gratitude

Nadine.