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Your plan for feeling stressed

Lower the pressure first.

A stressed brain needs safety before strategy. Settle your body, then choose the next task.

Choose how you want to approach it

Keep in mind

  • Stress is information, not a personal failure.
  • Slow is useful when it helps you continue.
  • You can pause without giving up.

Step-by-step

  1. 01

    Release the tension

    Unclench your jaw, lower your shoulders, and breathe out slowly. Keep this move under five minutes.

  2. 02

    Name the pressure

    Write one sentence beginning with: I am worried that… Keep this move under five minutes.

  3. 03

    Separate fact from fear

    Underline only what is definitely true right now. Keep this move under five minutes.

  4. 04

    Pick a calm action

    Choose one task that makes the situation five percent easier. Keep this move under five minutes.