96 - Dealing with Stress

Annaliese and Alan talk about how stress impacts your mind, body, and emotions — and how stressful events are different from being stressed. Annaliese shares ways to handle stress better in the moment so you don’t carry it with you long after the situation is over.

You’ll Hear About:

• What stress really is: It's a challenging event you experience that creates tension in your body, mind, or emotions in response to fear, frustration, or difficulty. When you fixate on what happened instead of calming and processing it, you pull stress along with you.

• How your thoughts and reactions matter: How do you handle stress in the moment? Do you rush, shut down, fixate, or feel guilty before you even understand what’s happening? Noticing these choices helps you stop staying stuck in discomfort.

• Why your body needs safety to process stress: If you rush, dismiss, or dwell instead, it takes longer to get back to calm. Your body needs to feel safe to truly process stress. Slow down, breathe, reflect — so you can get to clarity and growth.

ARE YOU CARRYING STRESS?

• What do you feel in your body? (buzzing, overwhelm, stuck)

• What thoughts tell you you’re not okay? (“I’m responsible”, “I have to fix it”)

DEALING WITH STRESS BETTER IN THE MOMENT:

• Picture your posture — are you reacting or leading yourself?

  1. Are you uncomfortable? What’s telling you that?

  2. Slow yourself down. Plant your feet, breathe in and out.

  3. Decide a helpful next action to lead yourself forward.

PROACTIVELY PLAN TO HANDLE STRESS DIFFERENTLY:

1. List your own stress patterns and triggers.

2. Notice why they trigger you — beliefs about roles and responsibilities.

3. Show yourself your choices — picture and list new thoughts and actions that you know could help. Give yourself permission to experiment.

STRESSFUL THOUGHT TOOL: Put The Thought In Your Hand: Hold the thought in your palm — seeing how it’s smaller than it felt in your head helps you see choices of what to do with it. Your Free Coaching Call: Schedule your own FREE, 1-hour Discovery Chat with Annaliese to experience how coaching with her gives you understanding and real tips that work for you to make the change you want to see in your own life. No strings, this session will give you some gold! www.linktree.com/coachannaliese