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
- 01
Release the tension
Unclench your jaw, lower your shoulders, and breathe out slowly. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 02
Name the pressure
Write one sentence beginning with: I am worried that… Keep this move under five minutes.
- 03
Separate fact from fear
Underline only what is definitely true right now. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 04
Pick a calm action
Choose one task that makes the situation five percent easier. Keep this move under five minutes.