675 - How to Calm Yourself Down
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at 2 strategies to calm yourself down when stressed or anxious.
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Resources:
https://www.pocketcoach.co/blog/8-types-of-pranayama-breathing-and-their-benefits/
https://www.healthline.com/health/duchenne-smile
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/smiling-facilitates-stress-recovery.html
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, we look at how to calm yourself down. |
| 0:05.0 | Get excited because this is tiny leaps. |
| 0:10.0 | Big changes. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps. Big changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 0:38.0 | My name is Greg Clunice and in this episode we're looking at how to calm yourself down when you're stressed out because when you're stressed out |
| 0:46.7 | anxious angry or in any other emotional state it can be challenging to keep things in perspective. |
| 0:53.3 | This can lead to you doing or saying things you regret, |
| 0:56.3 | like that one time when you said something mean to your partner |
| 0:59.8 | even though you didn't actually mean it. |
| 1:02.3 | In our day-to-day lives, this isn't actually mean it. |
| 1:02.5 | In our day-to-day lives, this isn't a huge deal. |
| 1:04.9 | Our partners forgive us, we move on, |
| 1:07.0 | and we tell ourselves that we're gonna do better next time. |
| 1:10.2 | But then next time comes, |
| 1:11.9 | we find ourselves in the exact same emotional state, and we act out before we even realize it. |
| 1:18.7 | Now, I want to make something clear. This isn't something to be embarrassed about. We all do it. We all struggle with |
| 1:26.4 | staying calm, rational, and keeping a cool head, especially when we're |
| 1:31.5 | dealing with emotionally stressful situations. |
| 1:35.0 | But just because we all struggle with it doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to do something about it. |
| 1:41.0 | That's why in today's episode I want to share two strategies |
| 1:44.7 | to help you stay calm, intense situations. And as is the case with every |
| 1:49.8 | episode of this |
| 1:55.0 | episode of this podcast. My goal here is to convince you to actually try it, to try one of these strategies |
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