Reframe The Situation

Symptoms of stress, like a dry mouth and a racing heart, are the same as excitement. Research confirms that when people are in stressful situations such as public speaking, instead of telling themselves to calm down, reframing the situation as exciting helps to ride the wave of stress.

Anxiety can drain you and decrease your confidence while reframing your anxiety as excitement will increase your performance.

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How Our Brains Handle Stress

When we feel stressed, our brains release a chemical called noradrenaline. Noradrenaline increases arousal and alertness, it increases the formation and retrieval of memories, and it focuses attention. It also increases restlessness and anxiety.

If we find ways to control and handle stress ...

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See Stress As A Challenge

We can look at stress as either a 'growth' or a 'fixed' mindset.

A fixed mindset is a fatalistic approach where you believe things are happening to you and can't be changed. This mindset will hold you back.
A growth mindset sees potential failure as a chance to learn. This mind...

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Cognitive Reappraisal

The goal of cognitive reappraisal is not to turn off your negative thoughts. It is to take a step back and ground your thoughts in reality.

Recognize when you're busy with a negative path and stop yourself.
Write down your thoughts and identify what specifically t...

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Turn Anxiety To Focus

Stress affects us in different ways and at different times. One of the most common ways stress affects us is right before talking to your boss, when playing sports or before a speech.

We can take those feelings of anxiety and turn them into energy and focus.

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Build A New Track

Every thought is an intricate pattern of activity between proteins and chemicals, gene expressions, and neural connections in our brain. The more we have a particular thought, the stronger the mental connection becomes.

The more you react to stress with anxiety and fear, the more likely you...

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