Helping You Love Yourself into
Success and Less Stress!
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Stress Relief from the
Inside Out Part II:
A Higher Perspective
by Ilenya Marrin,
DSS
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Stress Relief
A Higher Perspective on Stress
Let's look at life in a
very simplistic way to gain a higher perspective on your challenges and
stressful situations. For this purpose, we can view life as being about three
things: being, doing and having. I first learned this simple concept in 1981
from Wally Minto, author of the Alpha Awareness Results Book. I've adapted his
idea to my specialty of helping people find stress relief and cultivate the
power of personal peace.
Consider the key qualities in each arena
below. Obviously you can stretch some of these lists out ad infinitum, but the
critical qualities as I see most people living them -- as related to stress
relief -- are captured here. Add more if it makes sense to you!
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| Being |
Doing |
Having |
Breathing
Observing
Understanding |
Working
Giving
Receiving
Spending
Time
Spending Money |
Peace
Love
Joy
Truth
Happiness
Health
Wealth
Relationships
Things |
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Wishing for Stress
Relief
You've probably noticed that you and most of your
friends complain of stress in one form or another several times a week. It's
chronic. It's happening in epidemic proportions. You're among millions wishing
for stress relief!
Do you hear people complaining about stress caused by
items in the "Being" column above? Not likely.
Do they grouse about
stress from things in the "Doing" column? Oh, yes. And much of the doing is
geared toward getting the qualities and things found in the "Having" column.
Do you find friends griping about stress caused by items in the
"Having" column? Yes, but usually only if they think they don't have enough of
these items! But people also experience stress from too many social
relationships and obligations, and too many things leading to physical,
emotional and mental clutter, distraction and overwhelm.
Again, this
approach is very simplistic but offers you an opportunity to shift your
outlook. You can start to observe from a higher vantage point with more
objectivity or neutrality. This gives you a chance for a fresh start on
planning your stress relief program.
The next four articles in this
series address stress relief strategies based on Being, Doing and Having. In
other words, we'll be discussing how you can create stress relief for yourself
from the inside out, which is the theme of my book,
The Power of Personal
Peace: Reducing Stress by Loving Yourself from the Inside Out.
Go to
Stress
Relief from the Inside Out: Part III: Fall Back to Being |
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2005 Ilenya Marrin, Power Of Personal Peace. Stress relief, stress reduction,
stress management, inner peace.
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