24 Stress Effects On The Body
How can you reduce stress?
Here’s a simple tool for you:
→ The Walk-and-Talk
“Come on, really?”
Yep, really!
I use it every single day for:
→ Stress relief
→ Self-awarenesses
→ Business strategies
Let me show you how it works.
1. First off, I put on my headphones.
This way people think I’m on a call.
2. I leave home and start walking.
If I can, I immediately head to a place with a little bit of nature.
Like a park, for example.
3. Now I start talking to myself as if I were on a call with a friend.
I tend to use “we”, so for example I can say:
→ “Okay, let’s reflect on…”
→ “Okay, for me, what we have to do is this…”
→ “Okay, how can we…?”
The framework I use is based on three steps (AAA):
1. Analysis
2. Awareness
3. Actions
Let’s see these 3 steps.
1. Analysis
I start analyzing the past.
“The past” could mean “last year” as well as “10 minutes ago”.
It depends on what I’m reflecting on.
2. Awareness
After the analysis, I want to be aware of:
→ My current situation (present)
→ What I want to achieve based on the analysis (future)
3. Actions
Now that I’m aware of my present and future I simply do this:
→ I set the future actions to achieve what I want to achieve.
Let’s see an example.
Imagine you’re stressed.
What you can do is this:
1. Put on your headphones
2. Start walking
3. Reflect out loud by using the AAA Framework.
For example:
1. Analysis:
→ You reflect on what past events made you stressed.
2. Awareness
→ You become aware of yourself in the present.
→ You decide what you want to achieve in the future.
“Future” could mean “10 minutes later” as well as “1 month later”
3. Actions
→ You set the actions to achieve what you want to achieve.