Week 6: Learn to Unwind and Relax

A Challenge to Reduce Stress

Stress Less Challenge

1. Write in your gratitude journal every single night before you go to sleep.  Put it on your nightstand as a reminder to write before you get into bed.
2. Stop watching the news for at least one week (hopefully longer).  Replace this habit with reading a PAPER book.

Tips for reducing stress in your life

1. Get Grounded*
   1. Research has shown that if you place your bare feet on the ground (grass, beach, ocean… not concrete) after injury, electrons from the earth may migrate into your body and spread through your tissues.   
   2. This may help reduce inflammation and the stress response
   3. Try to walk outside barefoot daily!
2. Just Breathe / Meditation
3. Yin Yoga Classes (YouTube)

• For Beginners
• Hip Openers 
• Hips and Hamstrings 
• Upper Body

4. Gratitude Journaling
   1. Gratitude journaling is as simple as writing down three or more things everyday in a paper journal.   Keep a paper journal beside your bed with a pen.  Every night before you go to sleep, write anything that happened during that day that was positive and that you are grateful for.
5. Mind Dump Journaling
   1. Put on a 20 minute meditation song or video and write down absolutely everything you have to do for work, health, personal life, and anything else that comes to mind.  
   2. After 5 minutes, take a look at your list and circle the most important ones on your list. 
   3. You should have less than 10 items circled on your list.  Label these items in order of importance, one being the most important and 10 being the least important.  
   4. On a separate sheet of paper, write the top three things you have to do – label them one, two, and three.
   5. Start with one and don’t move onto two until you’re finished with one, etc
6. Get Rid of Your Victim Mentality
   1. What if life is happening FOR us and not TO us? Be a VICTOR not a VICTIM.
7. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff (as Richard Carlson would say)
   1. Will this matter five days from now?  If it will not, then it is something small and not anything to worry about.

Print and hang on your mirror to read daily while brushing your teeth.

Supplement of the Week Review

• Week 1: Heyedrate Lid and Lash Cleanser
• Week 2: Dry Eye Drink
• Week 3: Passion 4 Life Multivitamin
• Week 4: Heyedrate Omega 3 For Healthy Eyes or PRN DE3
• Weeks 5 + 6: Nothing new! Keep it simple.

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