Career and Leadership Advice
Anticipatory Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying About the Future
When we are faced with unprecedented experiences such as the one we are living through right now, it is very easy to focus on all the negatives and tap into our inner pessimist. This mind hack is to help you bring a more balanced outlook to what the coming days and weeks might bring.
What to do When You Feel Overwhelmed
Overwhelm is when you are feeling paralysed emotionally and you are unable to cope with or handle your current circumstances. One of the ways to manage those feelings of overwhelm is to shift your focus from an internal (in your head) to an external (what’s around you) focus.
How to Practise Square Breathing
Square breathing, or box breathing as it is commonly known, is an easy and simple way to calm down your busy brain. It’s a useful technique to add to your mental toolkit and something you can do anywhere, anytime when you feel stressed.
How to Stop Anxious Thoughts
The goal of this exercise is to become more aware of when we are worrying needlessly about those things we cannot influence. When we watch the news regularly, we can easily start spiralling into anxious thoughts.