How to Reduce Levels of Overwhelm and Anxiety
Repost from February 2022 //
Last month, everything was going wrong, I was in a huge state of overwhelm and anxiety.
I was clutching at the straws, grasping at the seams and choking on my lungs as I tried furiously to work everything out.
There were already a few things flying around that were making me feel unbalanced and then the big one hit…
I received a warning letter from a company stating that I owed them £1250.
Say whaaaaaaaaat?!
My heart skipped a beat and I thought ‘oh f**k.’
For the next three weeks, I tried endlessly and relentlessly to sort the problem out. I tried calling the company, no answer.
I tried booking a meeting with the company.
No available meeting dates.
I kept my phone close to my side, unable to switch off on my well deserved holiday and felt anxious, drained and exhausted.
After the Holiday
On return from my holiday, I decided enough was enough.
I could not and would not tolerate this anxiety anymore.
And so, I went back to basics…
I thought about everything I had learnt on my mindset & manifestation journey and remembered the saying…
HOW TO REDUCE LEVELS OF OVERWHELM AND ANXIETY
AND SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE EFFORT.
There are two KEY factors that come in to play when solving big problems with little effort, and reducing levels of overwhelm and anxiety.
1. Take a Small Amount of Action
Whilst I am a big advocate of ‘pray, wait & surrender,’ this isn’t always the best plan when you have rising levels of anxiety.
The longer a problem continues, the higher level of anxiety we may experience. Nip it in the bud and take a small amount of action, that will support you to feel like you are moving forward.
For me, this looked like sending an email to my employer. There was one action that they could take, which would help me in this situation and I asked for this help. As soon as I sent the email, I felt a wave of relief wash over me.
I couldn’t speak to the company I owed money and I couldn’t book a meeting with them, but I could ask my employer to take one small action which would prevent the situation from happening again.
2. Practise a Non-Resistant State
When we are stressing relentlessly about the same problem over and over again, our brain is in overdrive. This state of overdrive will prevent us from accessing higher levels of awareness and creative solutions.
You could say, we are putting up mental resistance.
Find a practise which supports you to drop your mental resistance and the need to have everything worked out. This may look like:
- a simple 15 minute meditation
- chanting to kundalini mantras
- practising yoga/sports/dancing
- playing a musical instrument
- cooking/baking
- doing a crossword/jigsaw puzzle
Anything that will quiet your mind and give it a break!
Personally, swimming has been my recent activity which supports me to get into a state of non-resistance.
As soon as I jump in the pool, and get my head under the water, I am in my flow state. I cannot think, I cannot put my brain into overdrive.
I can simply swim and breathe, swim and breathe.
Knowing the next best step to take after overwhelm and anxiety
Whilst this state of non-resistance may not provide you with all the answers, it will leave you in a much calmer and clearer space which will allow you to see…
YOUR NEXT BEST STEP!
Don’t be surprised if this next best step is wildly out of the blue.
Something so simple, or so outrageous that it makes you laugh.
Often, it is the simple and funny things that get us out of our stickiest situations. Sometimes, it’s as simple as taking the next best step of ‘inspired action’ – action that comes from your soul, rather than from your overwhelmed, exploding head.
MINDSET HACK RECAP - REDUCE LEVELS OF OVERWHELM AND ANXIETY
When you have big problems and little energy, do this:
1. Take a Small Amount of Action
2. Practise a Non-Resistance State
Watch as things begin to shift, slowly and effortlessly and you receive your desired outcome, step by step by step and sigh and your realise…
Everything is always working out for you.
Stay calm, be blessed.
Jadine Lydia x