10 Ways to Feel Less Stressed (and Love Your Life More!)
The thing I hear so much is how stressed out most people feel. Life can feel overwhelming and like you have a millions spinning plates in the air… you’re just waiting for one to fall and they’ll all go crashing down. Does this sound familiar?
You can’t take every stressful thing from your life but you can learn to manage it to feel calmer and more in control. Through the years I have learned and created practices that I do to feel less stressed and that help my mental health. I’m sharing my 10 favorite ways to feel less stressed so you can love your life and feel more joyful.
Let’s be real, life is never going to be perfect all the time because let’s face it, shit happens! But in life it’s how we respond and react that makes all the difference on whether we are creating a life we love or creating a life of overwhelm and stress.
Pure Positive Energy Meditation (1 minute and 30 seconds)
This meditation is so easy and anyone can do it, even if you’ve struggled with meditation in the past. You can do it for 1 minute and 30 seconds or do more, it’s totally up to you.
Start by sitting comfortably in a quiet space. Imagine in your mind something you love unconditionally, that you have no negative thoughts or feelings about.
Your image can be of a loved one, a pet, a place, or something you love to do. Think about it using your 5 senses (what do you see, hear, taste, touch, and smell?) to really ground yourself in the feeling. Once you are in the feeling of pure love, close your eyes, and place your palms on your heart chakra at the center of your chest.
(* Start your timer now if you wish for 1 minute and 30 seconds.)
Breathe in through your nose filling your lungs with air, hold for a few seconds, breathe out fully through your mouth.
Repeat this 5 times keeping the image(s) in your mind.
Once you are done deep breathing, continue to breathe normal and keep the images in your mind. If your mind wanders continue to bring it back to your images.
When your timer goes off, slowly open your eyes and look all around you.
You are radiating pure positive energy.
This is your true nature. This is who you are and who you are meant to be.
Continue radiating pure positive energy as long as you can through out your day.
Come back to the meditation any time you like.
If you do this meditation please let me know in the comments how you feel and how it has helped you.
With love and light,
Kim
A Life Changing Morning Routine (in under 20 minutes)
Picture this: Your eyes open and then you’re rushing around trying to get yourself and your kiddos ready and out the door. You feel frazzled and overwhelmed and the day has barely started. You’re yelling at everyone, you spill coffee on your shirt, and forget your car keys. When you finally get to work you already feel exhausted and defeated.
There’s a better way to start your morning and it takes less than 20 minutes a day!
4 Mindfulness Practices That Can Change Your Life
I’m sharing with you the mindfulness practices that have changed my life and I now teach to my coaching clients. At the peak of my makeup artistry business success I felt like I was on a fast moving train that I didn't know how to slow down or get off of. It was an exciting time and so much fun but there was also the constant feeling of being frazzled, like I was running a million miles a minute. I spent every second of my day worried that if I took any time away from my business that it would completely fall apart. I was always connected to my phone or my computer, I remember my kids asking for me to play and I never would, mommy was always working.