personal needs: What’s On Your Plate and Why Are You Doing It?
- 09/21/09 09:01 AM
When you have sensitized yourself to feelings of overwhelm and stress, you learn to recognize the emotion when it starts. It is at this moment that you have the power to choose your response. You can allow the emotions to overwhelm you OR you can take charge and choose a different response. Breathe. Take in some air. It's time to determine what is causing the overwhelm. There are two sources: external, meaning there's too much on your plate, and internal, meaning your thought processes and your own emotional state are taking you for a ride. Since you can control your internal … (2 comments)
When you have sensitized yourself to feelings of overwhelm and stress, you learn to recognize the emotion when it starts. It is at this moment that you have the power to choose your response. You can allow the emotions to overwhelm you OR you can take charge and choose a different response.;)
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