Stress as an Indentity, a type of Identity theft , you steal from yourself.

How do your define you, what words do you use?

Have you caught your self identifying with Stress?

Have you said” I’m stressed“. Or “I can’t deal with all this Stress”. Or “Look what stress is doing to me”!!

Are you really going to list “stressed” as a characteristic on your résumé?

When you look at the definition of stress you will see that it means pressure or force. A very appropriate definition of our lifestyles. But please also note that when engineers do stress tests on buildings they are looking for weak points. Areas that do not meet the code standards for good construction. So my friend stress can also mean VULNERABLIITY. WOW, now there is a concept. Scary isn’t it!

A very promising way to motivate yourself to stop allowing stress to control you is to REPLACE the word stress with vulnerable in your conversations and your thinking. You want to stay strong and healthy so lets learn to get calm and relaxed. There is empowerment in that.