Anxiety Release
We are always looking for tools to help maintain a positive mindset. Maintaining a positive mindset can sometimes be a challenge at school with everything you are juggling from the moment you walk in the door. At times, those challenges can turn into anxiety, taking over and interfering with our mindset, which then ripples into other aspects of our life. Here’s a tool from Dr. Rangan Chatterjee to help you get through it and shift your mindset. We love the simplicity of this journaling technique; writing your concerns down helps you get the racing thoughts out of your head and onto paper. Plus, you get the added health benefits of journaling; research shows journaling can benefit your immune system, help with depression, and release stress.
Give it a try and see how it works for you. You might also try this with a student who is anxious.
The 5 Step Release, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
What’s one thing I’m anxious about today?
What’s one thing I can do to prevent or prepare for it?
What’s one reason that it’s probably not going to be as bad as I fear?
What’s one reason that I can handle this?
What’s one upside of the situation?
We highly recommend Dr. Chatterjee’s podcast, Feel Better, Live More, and his books. He makes wellness easy by breaking it down to short actionable steps that can take as little as 5 minutes a day.
