About Why Worry?
We all worry. It’s a natural part of living. A biologically built-in mechanism, worry was designed to help us. Where do we go wrong? For millions worldwide, worries are eating away at our sense of security, our feelings of well-being and ultimately downsizing our happiness while supersizing our stress. We cannot open a newspaper, turn on television, listen to the radio, or surf the internet without witnessing chaos, catastrophes, or just plain old bad news. We are worried about our jobs, our families, our relationships, just about everything. Sometimes we don’t know why we feel so overwhelmed, we just do! That’s the time to open up a toolbox of helpful ideas. Why Worry? contains lots of help, but here are some quick ideas for your to try now! Deep breath….
Quick Help When You Are Experiencing Anxiety and Worry:
1. Take a “Bad” News Break. Sometimes it is better to turn off the Social Media for a while, turn off the TV news, or just remove the negativity that is saturating your mind with daily doom. How can you remain more peaceful?
2. Stop Terribilizing. The number one mistake we make is dwelling on what’s wrong about our life and worst case scenarios. Don’t focus on the challenge, focus on your ability to bounce back. Don’t focus on what you can’t do, focus on what you can. Hear that loud negative voice and tell it to take a hike!
3. Start Possibilizing. Learn to switch a negative mindset into one that creates positive possibilities. You’ll handle whatever you need to handle now and in the future. Create affirmations and post them around the house. “This, too, shall pass!” “I’ll handle it, always have and always will.” “Inch by inch, life’s a cinch!”
4. Create a Sweet Spot between Routine & Variety. Scientific studies show that people do better with a routine. Build a new one that fits your current lifestyle, but also vary your days and routines such as exercise, take walks, learn something new, organize. Try to fill your time with more positive and fun energy!
5. Turn on your “Happy Genes.” You may not feel that you have much to be happy about right now, but the new science of “epigenetics” discovered that your body responds to your thoughts. When you think happy thoughts and feel joyful, your body responds by turning on your happy genes. Kind of annoying but true…you need to take charge of yourself! Insist on your right to be happy and nurture yourself. Set boundaries and take time out for your own needs.
6. Now do something for yourself and get Why Worry? for more simple, but effective and concrete ways to help yourself….you ARE worth it!
“Why Worry: Stop Coping and Start Living” Synopsis
The book Why Worry? by scientist and ex-anxiety sufferer Kathryn Tristan tackles this problem head on and provides simple, effective, battle-tested solutions that really work. Learn how to reset your over-worrying mind into peacefulness in less than 5 minutes (“5 minute mental marinade”) and the three steps, “Stop-Look-Listen,” that can stop an anxiety attack.
Kathryn Tristan, a scientist and author of more than 350 articles in scientific and lay publications and an international speaker, used to be a chronic worrier. She developed severe anxiety and couldn’t leave her home town for more than 20 years. She also trembled at having to cross bridges or ride elevators. She read most books on the subject, studied the scientific literature, and took medications hoping to find the answer that would cure her, but nothing seemed to work.
Finally, she discovered how to turn her life around. It was so simple, so elegant and so practical. Anyone could do the same. Now in Why Worry? she shares the secrets of her success, describes new science that shows how we can retrain our brains, turn on our happy genes and learn easy, yet powerful tools and strategies to help worriers turn their lives around. Don’t wait…help yourself now!
