Now that long summer days have been replaced with back to school routines both parents and students can be struggling to adjust. With the transition of new teachers, peers, homework and extracurricular activities one can feel excited and anxious. So how can you calm your nerves as well as your child’s to ensure a more successful season?
*Slow down. With everything you have to do it may seem impossible to slow down or take time for yourself but do so anyways. Even a 5 minute time out can be energizing and help you tackle the rest of your “to do’s”. How and when could you slow down?
*Breathe. People who are stressed or anxious typically breathe high in the chest, only filling about two-thirds of their lungs. By taking slow deep breaths and allowing the lungs to expand fully more oxygen enters the bloodstream and the brain. More oxygen to the brain can increase efficiency and brain performance. How are you breathing?
*Focus. The average person has 60,000 thoughts a day. Although you can’t control each one you can choose which thoughts to entertain and which to discard. By choosing to think of what you want rather than what you don’t want you can feel more empowered. So, what are you focusing on?
Just remember that change is the only constant, and with change comes the opportunity to grow and evolve into the person you wish to be. So slow down, take a deep breath and focus on what you want.
Jennalee Tracy
I didn’t like the direction my life was going so I chose hypnosis to help me change. I became a hypnotherapist to help others take back control of their lives. Napoleon Hill said it well, "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches."
