EP 376: How to Effectively Handle Life's Many Challenges

I get asked a lot for tips on how to deal with the stress and/or anxiety from a specific event happening in someone’s life. And while I always try to help by offering simple, on demand relaxation techniques, I do so with reservation. Not because I don’t want to help people get past this particular struggle. But because it is overwhelmingly likely that it will be like putting a band aid on a wound that requires deeper solutions. Stress is caused by life’s external experiences. And life has no shortage of these, for sure! So when we try to address stress in reaction - that is, after we’ve been triggered - it is often a losing battle. But when we develop a new, foundational way to respond to life’s difficulties, we can avoid the stress response entirely. This is where a daily practice comes in. Would you like to develop a daily practice that will allow you to live free from the damaging stress response?