Stress Mantra

by Maggie

My Stress Mantra

Nobody's life is free of stress.

As a mother of two young children I can certainly promise you that mine is nowhere near it. There are moments when the whole world seems to cave in over me. Moments when I just want to clench my fists, squeeze my eyes shut and scream until my head bursts.

At times like this I've found it useful to take a minute to step aside and ..

Take a few deep breaths. Saying to myself breathe in...breathe out...breathe in...
Remind myself why I'm doing what I'm doing

For instance, when I get stressed out about money troubles, I list the reasons why we're broke. Like we decided the children were more important than money. So I wouldn't go back to work after having them. And that money isn't the most important thing in the world. Family is.

And I remind myself that things will get better.

That's probably what you could call my mantra in these moments. Things will get better.

I may not know exactly when they will improve, but they will.

After I've gone over these things in my head, and breathed deeply for a while, I go on with whatever it was I was doing. Then as soon possible I call one of my best friends for a chat. It's always helpful to natter on a bit to someone dear to you.