A lot of my customers come to me and they’re just like the rest of us they have a big life. They’re up to things and they’re taking points on. When you get a lot of projects going, it is so straightforward to get stressed.
There are physical methods to combat tension. There’s exercise, diet, meditation, things like that. 100 percent, yes. Do all that. But I’m not going to focus on those. The most powerful way to combat tension is just to comprehend that pressure is an illegitimate response to danger that doesn’t even exist in your life.
See, the Drunk monkey in your head is attempting to keep you secure, trying to keep you alive. How’s it doing that? Nicely, it’s examining the situation. It’s saying, “That’s wrong. That shouldn’t be like that. This wants to alter.” The drunk monkey is insane. The drunk monkey thinks that your life is broken. So, what it’s performing is it’s pumping your body full of adrenaline, and adrenaline gets your body tense, gets the muscles moving, and we experience this as tension.
Read the rest of this entry »