Introvert Or Extrovert: Fast And Easy Ways To Reduce Your Stress and Feel Better

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The way out of stress, particularly if you are an introvert, is both relevant and hopefully timely. Everyone has stress even if to different degrees at different times. The general economic climate, negative talks about unemployment, aging families, there are a myriad of current situations we might find we are challenged. Getting business is often tougher these days. Marketing and networking require we are at a peak performance level to get the best results. These days, even though technology brings valuable benefits with it, handling work and personal all well and with grace is a real process.

But I have one particular family member who is always my best indicator for me to deal with whatever is going on that seems to be stressful, and that is – my dog. Chanel let’s me know by her reaction to me that a break of some kind is needed. I’m sure she’s as grateful it’s not a regular occurrence, as I am that she has her way of communicating to me, get with it.

While I feel that bad stress infrequently, she’s got a look when we head outside, a certain slowness in her walk and her response to my voice is different. That’s what helps me want to get back in the flow quickly today. Here’s some of what reduces the stress and has me feeling better quickly.

Stop and admit, “I’m stressed.” As I mentioned my dog let me know it was time for me to pay attentions. You might not be blessed with such a clever animal to give you a warning. This means you must pay close attention to sorting out your own symptoms. It can range from physical things like indigestion to more behavioral. For me it’s quite often, irritability or unexplained upper neck tightness.

Take care of your body. Being a regular exerciser, I find if I ignore my routine, stress is going to come on strong. What I did first was put in one of my favorite exercise routines – kick boxing. Exercise of any time, for me in particular the kick boxing, helps to move the stressed energy inside me, out. It’s my fastest way on a track back to calm.

Laugh a little. One of my favorite comedies is the 2000, Best in Show. If you’re a dog person, you’ll relate with almost every scene. If you’re a dog person who has entered their dog in a dog show, like we have with Chanel, then it’s bound to be a favorite. If I’ve watched in once I’ve watched it more than a dozen times. Whether I choose a scene or watch it in entirety, my stress is dissolved, to where who cares. Laughing is a wonderful form of stress relief.

Let your mind help you. It seems the universe always gives me options to use when it hears me whispering, “Geez I feel stressed and want to feel better.” So in my solutions are various ways of meditating. I’m not the kind of introvert who can make her mind just go quiet, which is why one of my favorite forms of meditating is using the Sedona Method. Within minutes I’m usually quite relaxed and centered. That’s one reason I keep their program on my iPod, which I always have at hand. But one of my most favorite and effective things in this area is just to remind myself – to breathe. Maybe you’ve noticed as I have, when under stress, my breathing is shallow. Just telling myself nothing is as important for me than to breathe, allows me to take a few deep, long inhales and exhales which is just so darn refreshing.

Any of these solutions, thankfully, take around just 20 minutes. From admitting your stress, to stimulating your body, soul and mind, there are likely as many ways to reduce stress as there are people. Some people have actually named stress to be the number one problem of Americans. But I’ve witnessed it all over the world.

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What do you do to manage the stress in your life?