Series: Stressed in the City

Stressed in the City
Andrea Jacques

Stressed in the City: Leverage Your Strengths
Part 1

Kyosei Coaching –

Many stress experts tout things such as exercise, meditation, journaling, and walking in nature as solutions for managing stress. These are great in theory – and even in practice – but what if you just can’t find the time to fit anything more in? How can you optimize what you are already doing to increase energy, reduce stress, and avoid adding one more thing into your already overloaded schedule?
Simple – leverage your strengths.
First, let’s differentiate between natural strengths …

– (Kyosei Coaching)

Stressed in the City
Andrea Jacques

Stressed in the City: Closing Your Integrity Gaps
Part 2

Kyosei Coaching –

In my last post I revealed the secret of leveraging your strengths to enhance your energy and immunize yourself against stress. To continue, I am introducing another key stress reduction strategy – closing your Integrity Gaps.
What exactly is an Integrity Gap? Integrity Gaps exist whenever our actions are not in alignment with our most deeply held values, principles and beliefs. Ever had that tight feeling in the pit of your stomach as a result of something you have said …

– (Kyosei Coaching)

Stressed in the City
Andrea Jacques

Stressed in the City: Taking Stock
Part 3

Kyosei Coaching –

Stress has become such a common part of life, that people are often not even aware how high their level of stress might be. No matter where you live, answering the following questions will provide you with insight into where you sit on the stress continuum.
Use the following scale to assign yourself points on each question and then add up the numbers for your overall score:
1= never   2= seldom   3 = sometimes   4= often  5 = always
I …

– (Kyosei Coaching)

Stressed in the City
Andrea Jacques

Stressed in the City: The Power of Purpose
Part 4

Kyosei Coaching –

Research shows that those individuals with a clear sense of purpose and the ability to find meaning in both positive and negative events in their lives are more resilient in times of crisis.
Why is this?
From a very young age we begin to ask “why?” These early questions stem from the inherent knowledge that everything in life has meaning and purpose. Unfortunately, as we grow older, we are trained to stop asking why and to just do as we …

– (Kyosei Coaching)

Stressed in the City
Andrea Jacques

Stressed in the City: Right-Sizing Your Vision
Part 5

In this final installment of the Stressed in the City series I want to address an often misunderstood topic that is at the root of stress for many successful people – vision (or lack thereof).
The first pitfall is not having a vision at all. Having no vision for your life and work causes stress because you have nothing to work towards, nothing to look forward to, nothing to challenge yourself to achieve. Many successful people experience this once they …

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