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26/11/2025

Stress and overwhelm makes anxiety worse. Here is my second top tip to help you manage stress

2) Get a good night’s sleep😴
Sleep problems are common when you're struggling with stress, and can even make the symptoms worse.
Try to get plenty of rest to help you manage during stressful times.
✨ Create a calming routine — dim the lights, sip some herbal tea, or read a few pages of a book.
📵 Unplug before bed — try to step away from screens at least 30–60 minutes before sleep. Try reading, journaling or listening to calming music
🛏️ Keep your room cool + cozy — a comfortable sleep environment makes all the difference.
🧘‍♀️ Slow your mind — try deep breathing, light stretching, or jotting down tomorrow’s to-dos.
⏰ Stick to a consistent schedule — your body loves rhythm.

Wishing you a peaceful, restorative night tonight. 🌙

24/11/2025

Stress makes anxiety much worse. So here’s my first top tip to deal with stress.

1 Move your body regularly

Physical activity improves overall wellbeing and is one of the best stress-relief activities.
Even short bursts of activities like walking round the block or dancing in the kitchen can help 💃🕺🚶🚶‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️

20/11/2025

When your body feels unsafe, even if your mind says you're fine
— it's your nervous system asking for care.
These 5 simple tools can help you return to calm: breathe deeply, move gently, connect, hold, and ground.
Healing begins when your body starts to believe you're safe again.

19/11/2025

Wednesdays cheesy joke

What did Chedder say to his date at the club?

“You look sharp” 😂🧀

19/11/2025

It’s been one of those weeks of one stressful thing after another, lack of sleep and worry. But today I’m doing my best to take actions and problem solve. And despite life’s difficulties I’m choosing to be optimistic and happy.
This is very fitting for my Wednesday

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18/11/2025

No survivor woke up today
& decided, "I'm going to
sabotage the sh*t out of myself today." Even our worst choices are attempts to protect ourselves.

Forgiving ourselves starts with acknowledging our own positive intent-even when things go spectacularly wrong.

18/11/2025

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉 I appreciate all your support you absolute star ⭐️

Karen Orme

14/11/2025

Haha, totes me 😀
Happy weekend all ( especially fellow weirdo’s)

13/11/2025

How to process your feelings
Notice
"I feel anxious."

Acknowledge
"Hey there anxiety, you're back again."

Accept
"It makes sense why you're here considering the current situation and my triggers."

Act (sometimes)
"I wonder if there's anything I need to change or do to soothe and help myself."

Let go
"As I inhale I'll honour your presence. As I exhale
I'll let you go on your way 👍❤️

12/11/2025

Comedy Wednesday
Starting my day with an episode of Task Master whilst I paint because Wednesday is my nominated day of the week to pursue comedy, silliness, happiness and the lighter side of life.
🤣😆🤭😹😂😜😝

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11/11/2025

Stress and Overwhelm
Naming emotions doesn't give the emotions power, it gives us power - the power to move through them, to make meaning, to make new choices, and to learn about ourselves and the world.
Before writing Atlas of the Heart, I used the terms stress and overwhelm interchangeably and without discernment. I no longer do that. The field of neurolinguistics is teaching us that language doesn't just communicate emotion, it shapes how and what we're feeling.
I don't want to create overwhelm when what I'm actually feeling is stress. For me, stress is barely managing the Whac-A-Mole game at the carnival, and overwhelm is leaving the carnival in tears.
And, not being able to find my car.
The definition of overwhelm that could FEEL the moment read it is from Jon Kabat-Zinn: Overwhelm is the all-too-common feeling that "our lives are somehow unfolding faster than the human nervous system and psyche are able to manage well."
That unfolding feels like mind, body, and spirit quicksand to me.
There is growing evidence that the antidote to overwhelm appears to be nothingness or "non-doing" as Kabat-Zinn describes it. Now, I've trained myself to couple the terms: I'm overwhelmed, and need some nothingness. If the recovery doesn't demand nothingness, it's probably stress.
Wishing you good food, good company, and meaningful non-doing this season.
- Brené
Based on ATLAS OF THE HEART.