"Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of us try to live our lives with far too little information about how life really works.
If you think about it, everything in life... from kitchen gadgets to the tools we use, come with very detailed instructions. Pages of them! But the thing that matters most to us, life itself, comes with no instructions. We have to discover it ourselves!
Our personalities are shaped by genetics and life experiences. In childhood, we decide what's important to us and that influences a great deal of our personality. And, we continuously evolve. Each of us is defined by many things…
• our emotional habits,
• our belief systems,
• our pattern of thoughts,
• our cultural upbringing,
• our preferences,
• our motivations, and
• our style of relating to others, to name a few.
Some characteristics we share in common, some we don't. What we need to function well will often be quite different from what someone else will need. This is where self-knowledge and personal insight comes in. There is a big advantage in knowing ourselves and the type of environment in which we feel nurtured. But there is also a huge advantage in knowing how a partner, a child, or a co-worker thinks, feels and sorts information. Once we recognise that not everyone is like me and that each of us sees the world through their own lens, we will quickly realise that individuals will approach similar situations differently. It is not necessary that they do it just like me.
Work-life stress is one of the most common forms of stress in our society. Public speaking, job security, lateral communication, absenteeism, meetings, time management and deadlines, performance reviews, sales targets, budgets and phobias of crowds, closed spaces (elevators), and flying are among the top triggers of stress.
Stress is simply a signal within your body that gives you the opportunity to identify and adjust your perception of any situation. You are not a victim to life unless you choose to be, and many people who suffer from workplace stress fall into that category.
Stress has three main fuels:
1. worry,
2. fear and
3. doubt.
They act like little serpents that crawl into the lap of your life and wreak havoc emotionally, spiritually and physically. Yet, what and how you choose to focus your energy in the face of stress makes all the difference.
Lauren E. Miller has learned this firsthand as she walked through two of life's top stressors at the same time - advanced cancer and divorce. Through this experience, Lauren learned that one of the greatest positions of empowerment lies in the conscious choice to stay awake at the ‘gate of your thoughts’ and prevent your body from identifying stress as a threat.
Drawing from both professional expertise and personal experience, Lauren has created a "stress-free" relief manual with her new book, "5 Minutes to Stress Relief: How to Release Fear, Worry and Doubt." With unique "Grab-and-Go" tips, Lauren provides the optimal foundation for both individuals and entire corporations to move forward into stress-free living in their workplace and perso
