How to deal with work -related stress

work and stress. Sometimes they seem too. But they don't have to be. Last year things have changed phenomenally: one has not changed, and that is fear -related fear.

according to (link removed), more than " 79% of us are often stressed at work" and "75% of all working British adults often suffer from work-related stress. This has increased by worrying 20% ​​since 2018."

and this has only increased with pandemic: uncertainty at work, illness and people who are in and out of the closure.

I have created a personal list of all things that you have to do to detoxify and reduce stress: read self-help books (see above) How you can balancing your life by Robin James), to connect with good friends on Zoom and WhatsApp, no longer follow toxic instagram accounts and Generally only separating yourself from the Internet - a difficult task if your actual job is connected to everything.

dealing with stress and fear: a yoga journey

as a yoga teacher and someone who works in marketing, I did my part of yoga and meditation. The question that is always asked is: "How do you stay so calm? What is your secret to deal with stress every day? '

This answer to this question is not always easy for me because I was not always stress-free and calm. No, no dear friends: I was also a lot of fear.

For more than a decade I have been working in competitive, fast-moving-and of course superficial-world of fashion and beauty. After reporting on the front row and the backstage in several fashion Week season in New York, London and Paris, he wrote for lifestyle websites for women. I got the feeling that my work - and my life - was missing this coveted ingredient: purpose.

Sure, things were luxurious and shiny: I worked with celebrities, influencers, models and make-up images. I was sitting in session halls with leading beauty brands to decide on the fate of eyeshadow pots, mascaras, shiny lipsticks and products that still need to be manufactured. But after a while everything felt very Matt (word game intended - they are welcome). I decided that it was time to really unpack why that was. So I grabbed my suitcase and went to Bali. I had hit my yoga mat more than 10 years ago in different parts of the world, but I chose all-in. I can only recommend it.

Now I try to involve mindfulness in my work: expedient spreading, intuitive stories and education, wherever this is possible in my projects, and the content that I strategically produce. I work with a beautiful yoga brand ( (link removed) )) and try to fulfill my work on purpose wherever I can.

It is not difficult to be happy if you work with a great team whose goals are the same. (Did I mention that yogamatts is a great place to work?)

stress consciousness month I thought it was a good idea to coach you through some stress techniques that helped me in the past-and which also helped me about 30 seconds when I wrote this article.

Here are a few tips for stress and fear to calm down when you are emotionally spiral (pmnes) in a kind of perpetual mind-dumplings:

Ok: So, things get a bit strange. This is the moment when it really starts: this wave of stress when something goes wrong. Regardless of whether you have received a not so nice email or have just noticed that you no longer have a coconut yogurt, it is easy to get nervous. Instead of finding solutions to your problem at this moment, it is really better to stop. Sounds just enough, but it is very difficult to master: If things become stressful, I find it very helpful if I only need a few minutes to pause and think about the emotions that flood my heart and mind. Take this moment, stick exactly where you are (unless you are in the air for some reason) and count until 100. Do this during practice deep abdominal breathing

Step 2: How to deal with the emotions of others

Often our stress comes from some of our interactions with others. When we work from home, these personal relationships appear in your working life (read: Husband starts the microwave while making a zoom call). people can be really great, but sometimes friends, family, partners and employees and the things they do can be quite annoying-and frankly confusing. And this confusion can be stressful. But instead of tapping them low -vibration emotions that are so tempting to deepen -anger, anger, jealousy, fear, depression, hate, the list continues -instead diving a higher vibration feelings . It helps to understand the why, how and what human behavior. Instead of thinking about the inexplicable, take some time to simply put yourself in another person. How could this person feel? What could get you to act or react like this? Most of the time it is change or fear or fear of change. And we were all there. Diving into emotions with a higher vibration such as happiness, joy, excitement and peace is your way out of the spiral. You know these feelings and honestly - you are wonderful. These strong vibration emotions are always there for them even in the most stressful times and it is easy to forget this at the moment. Come outside of us and connection with the emotions from others helps us separate the stressful times from those that we are every day as humans. The negative feelings are there, they exist, but they certainly don't define us.

step 3: How to create (good) habits

There are a lot of bad habits that we should all try to give up -I think of my chocolate obsession while I write this -but there are also a few self -care habits that everyone should add to their lists that they always do. If I am in my PMNES stress spiral during the working day: I like to take step 1 and step 2 inside-or even better on a nice sunny walk outdoors-and then follow with a little river (link removed) with the convenient help of a pillow or (link removed) . If my thoughts can lawn after work and I cannot fall asleep, I like to read books before going to bed and switch off my phone for at least an hour before I scene under the covers. Reading books helps me to fall asleep. A (link removed) and (link removed) brings me into a faster sleep.

a meditation app that does not cost the earth

There is an app that I turned to to improve my mindfulness: Medito. I had the pleasure of interviewing the founders medito on the yogamatter's blog Style = "Font-Weight: 400;"> Find calm and stress-free moments daily.