10 STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH A NON-STOP BRAIN
for those who struggle with a Non-Stop Brain you must create a space in your life to experiment with solutions. There are countless methods you can try to see what works for you and your schedule. Here are ten ways to cope with an anxious mind:
✳ Drink soothing teas like chamomile and herbal blends in the morning and
before bed. Light soothing candles made of lavender at night.
✳ Don’t watch TV an hour before bed rather read something funny, educational
or inspirational
✳ Educate yourself on anxiety and ways to reduce stress (e.g. Mindfulness-Based
Stress Reduction Workbook For Anxiety by Bob Stahl)
✳ Join a meditation group or meditate on your own and read 10% Happier by Dan
Harris
✳ Find creative ways to challenge your anxiety (e.g. Michelle’s Anxiety Awareness
Scale)
✳ Find a psychotherapist
✳ Challenge catastrophic and/or black and white thinking. Do NOT give them the
freedom to spin out of control. If you do allow them to spin out-of-control then
offer the parts of you compassion once you calm down.
✳ Be Grateful – maybe the number one strategy for combating unimportant,
non-urgent negative thoughts. It is not possible worry and be grateful
in the same moment.
✳ Face your fears. There is an entire chapter on facing fears but this strategy
offers an extremely high return but is also one of the most difficult to do.
Start by facing small fears and build up to bigger fears over time. After all is
said and done this is what the hard work of happiness will require of you.
✳ Get In Touch With Your Body- The reality is that most people can deal with
anxious thoughts. What causes the biggest problem is the anxiety feels in their
body. When you are scared, anxious, nervous you feel that in the form of
adrenalin, cortisol, and all the other stress hormones rushing through your
body. This feels terrible. That’s why people drink and take drugs (illicit and
prescribed). They want to escape the sensations in their body. There are a
plethora of ways to connect with the body including Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga,
Therapeutic Massage, Sensory Deprivation Float Tanks, Dancing, Acupuncture,
Cranial Sacral Body Work, Reike, or Gyrokinesis.
✳ Drink soothing teas like chamomile and herbal blends in the morning and
before bed. Light soothing candles made of lavender at night.
✳ Don’t watch TV an hour before bed rather read something funny, educational
or inspirational
✳ Educate yourself on anxiety and ways to reduce stress (e.g. Mindfulness-Based
Stress Reduction Workbook For Anxiety by Bob Stahl)
✳ Join a meditation group or meditate on your own and read 10% Happier by Dan
Harris
✳ Find creative ways to challenge your anxiety (e.g. Michelle’s Anxiety Awareness
Scale)
✳ Find a psychotherapist
✳ Challenge catastrophic and/or black and white thinking. Do NOT give them the
freedom to spin out of control. If you do allow them to spin out-of-control then
offer the parts of you compassion once you calm down.
✳ Be Grateful – maybe the number one strategy for combating unimportant,
non-urgent negative thoughts. It is not possible worry and be grateful
in the same moment.
✳ Face your fears. There is an entire chapter on facing fears but this strategy
offers an extremely high return but is also one of the most difficult to do.
Start by facing small fears and build up to bigger fears over time. After all is
said and done this is what the hard work of happiness will require of you.
✳ Get In Touch With Your Body- The reality is that most people can deal with
anxious thoughts. What causes the biggest problem is the anxiety feels in their
body. When you are scared, anxious, nervous you feel that in the form of
adrenalin, cortisol, and all the other stress hormones rushing through your
body. This feels terrible. That’s why people drink and take drugs (illicit and
prescribed). They want to escape the sensations in their body. There are a
plethora of ways to connect with the body including Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga,
Therapeutic Massage, Sensory Deprivation Float Tanks, Dancing, Acupuncture,
Cranial Sacral Body Work, Reike, or Gyrokinesis.