Learning how to manage stress is a concept that, for a lot of us, is difficult to wrap our heads around. With so much going on in the world right now and the constant reminders of uncertainty and anxiety that are so present in our news intake, it can be hard to remember to take a moment for ourselves and truly soothe the parts of our minds that need healing.
This is where Carlee Myers comes in! Carlee is an expert in the area of stress reduction and is the Founder of ‘The Stress Less Company’, aiming to help individuals adopt and utilize techniques that will genuinely benefit them in the long haul and become an everyday practice in their lives.
In this episode, we discuss what the ‘fight or flight’ response does to our decision making and critical thinking abilities, the key questions we should ask ourselves when it comes to finding stress reduction tools, and how we can best help those around us who are experiencing an onslaught of stress.
To hear more, tune in to Episode 17 of Six Pack!
Some Questions I Ask:
- Could you expand on some of the strategies that you use and implement with your clients? (9:48)
- Do you have any suggestions for those who are close to people that aren’t aware of their stress responses & Could you offer any advice for how to help those people recognize their own patterns? (21:37)
In This Episode You Will Learn:
- A brief background on Carlee Myers & Her role at ‘The Stress Less Company’ (0:34)
- Carlee’s advice for dealing with new stressors in the wake of Covid-19 & Why mainstream approaches to stress management may not work for everyone (2:37)
- Carlee’s ideology behind ‘Creative Stress Reduction’ (4:23)
- Why our decision-making skills are altered during ‘fight or flight’ mode & A story from one of Carlee’s clients’ on how she dealt with this response (5:58)
- Why we should be actively nurturing ourselves to soothe our anxiety response (8:50)
- The four questions we need to ask ourselves when finding strategies that best integrate into our own stress management routines (11:11)
- What to do after we discover the stress reduction activities that work best for us (17:16)
- Why we should prioritize tasks that are weighing heavy on our minds (19:18)
- What I learned about the need to ask rather than demand from a recent situation that happened with my children (25:20)
- How the uncertainty and change surrounding the pandemic has fundamentally affected all of us (28:32)
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