The secret to dissolving stress
 and overwhelm

Do you ever find yourself worrying about what
might happen?  Do you imagine the worst and replay
it over and over in your mind?
If so, rest assured you are human, and it is natural
to do that sometimes!  However, the worry habit can
get in the way of enjoying life and accomplishing what
is most important to you.
Let's explore some good questions to ask yourself to
move through worry, so you can be at your best and
enjoy your life in the present moment.
Let's begin by asking, what's behind your worry?
Where are you coming from when you're doing that?
For our purposes, we can describe worry as a mental
behavior that is a reaction to anxiety and fear.  Fear
is a reaction to your perception that something is
threatening, dangerous, or painful.  Anxiety is an
uneasiness about what might happen.
So, worry is a response to anxiety and fear.  It's a
mental action that makes you feel like you are more
prepared for what might happen.  Yet worry isn't all
that good a preparation for anything--is it?  It tends
to put you in a mental-emotional place of stress.
Because of that, it keeps you from being relaxed,
happy, present, and effective at what you are doing.
So, instead of worrying, what's a better strategy for
dealing with anxiety and fear?
To understand what could work better, let's look at
the positive function of anxiety and fear.  These
feelings arise to alert us that we may need to take
action.  They tell us that we might need to do
something in anticipation of some challenge that is
facing us.  This "alert to action" function can be
important.
For example, anxiety and fear about an upcoming test
can motivate you to study.  Anxiety and fear when
walking through a dark alley can keep you alert to
protect yourself.  Anxiety and fear about an upcoming
work deadline can get you going on the work, spur you
to gather resources and partners, and prepare you to do
a great job.  So, when fear and anxiety alert you to
action you need to take right now, they can be very
helpful.
However, when, instead of getting busy, you worry, that
stalls the positive action process.  Worry puts you ahead
of yourself, out in the future, in a negative way.It tends to
limit the positive actions you take now. It makes you do
things like repeated checking to make sure things are O.K,
which cycles into more stress and less efficiency.
You tend to imagine all sorts of "bad things" that haven't
actually happened yet and get locked into obsessing about
them instead of doing what you need to do to really take
care of a situation.
So, what's a more productive strategy to use when you
start to feel anxious or afraid?
First, pause what you are doing and take a few slow
deep breaths.  Feel the sensation of breathing inside your
body.  Each time you exhale, give a deep sigh and let go.
See if you can relax a bit deeper with each out-breath.
Once, you've taken the edge off your anxiousness, you're
ready for two important questions:
1. "Is there anything I need to be doing right now to
prepare me for what I am afraid/anxious/worried about?
Is there anything I can and need to do about that?"
If the answer is "yes" you can then ask yourself,
2a. "What is the best, most precise, and effective action I
can take?"
Then, get busy doing that from a relaxed, proactive state of being.
2b. If the answer is "no," you can enjoy your return to the 
present moment and get on with what is actually important 
for you to do right now.  You can ask yourself "What is truly
important for me to do right now?  What is my top priority?"
If this sounds too simple, I encourage you to give it a try.
This little process is something that you can get better and better
at with practice.
One hint: The better you get at consciously relaxing yourself, the
more accurate the answers you'll receive to your questions.
Enjoy your practice!
- By Kevin Schoeninger, Meditation Master
The Mind-Body Training Company

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