Betty Mae….actually changed my brain in one conversation! I know what you’re thinking; impossible. I thought so too.
Having a “stressful job” is a term I’ve not used. I love work. I love “stress”… I thrive on it, truly. I find I function at a higher level when over-stimulated. Recently, I’ve had several life changes (over about a year and a half time-frame), all welcome ones, but several extraneous circumstances collided with these changes causing a level of stress that I apparently was not ready, or equipped, to deal with.
Betty Mae gave me something simple to start with. Count 10 breaths. NOT fancy ones….you don’t have to stand on your head…..nothing strange involved; just breathe. Oh, and count to 10 at the same time. NO PROBLEM!, I thought…. I couldn’t do it. I felt so stressed out, all the time, (even when I wasn’t sleeping!) that I could only count 3 of my breaths before my brain & mind took back over.
Betty Mae gave me the mental tools, thoughts, ideas & internal dialogues to get a hold of my own brain!
This is the best part: I did it in 24 hours. I am more effective at the breaths and thoughts now & have very different conversations with myself, AND I SLEPT!!
Thank you Betty Mae…. you made a difference in a very challenging point in my life.
Anne