Get A Checkup For Overwhelm
Overwhelm: To overcome in mind or feeling; to load with an excessive amount of anything. Most of the world’s women are overwhelmed. Overwhelm can destroy your joy, and overwhelm can waste your life. How does your overwhelm affect you and affect those you love?
If you’re like most women in the world:
* You don’t get any real relaxation * You seldom feel you are doing enough * You can’t catch up with all you have to do * You feel powerless to stop the increasing demands on you * You are frustrated, sad, and angry with your life’s direction
As a woman you are set up to be overwhelmed because of the unique factors you deal with: Your commitment to your family, your work inside and outside the home, your caring for others, the world’s message of what you should be, and your lack of time and energy.
Many of the emotional and physical symptoms you experience may be a result of overwhelm. Health symptoms related to other conditions may be exaggerated by stress and overwhelm. On this list, which factors apply to you? If you have 3 or more of these symptoms, you will derive great benefit from lowering your stress:
* Lack of focus * Anger * Sadness * Weight problems * Exhaustion * Frustration * Resentments * Hopelessness * Loss of sexual interest * Health issues * Sleeping problems * Discouragement * Loss of humor * Crankiness * Relationship problems
Overwhelm does not go away on its own, and it can get worse. So how can you lose the overwhelm , and get your life back? How can you control your stress and overwhelm and bring joy back into your life? Any real change begins with an understanding of what is causing overwhelm and a course of action.
Overwhelm can occur in life when 3 feelings are present:
1. Feeling helpless to stop the factors that are causing overwhelm
2. Not being able to feel a sense of accomplishment no matter how hard you work
3. You feel hopeless because the future will be like the present
When you are overwhelmed, you create agendas to control it. Agendas show up in plans you make to eliminate, organize, communicate, and dictate. Agendas create more stress as you become a person that is not who you want to be. Overwhelm causes you to lose connection with those closest to you. Your head is running your heart. You fill yourself up with busyness to maintain a sense of worth.
What’s the cure for overwhelm and what heals a life which is overloaded, overtired, overstressed, and overcome? A realization that your overwhelm is not in your career or home, but in your own spirit, that part of you which needs to feel purpose, fulfillment, and joy. To do that you must connect to your deepest values and your true loving self. You can move from overwhelm to joy when you surrender your agendas and let your heart rule.
Carole Bryant is an author, speaker, and life coach who teaches people to create joy in their lives. Her work teaches growth through development of loving attitudes. Her audio course for stressed and overwhelmed women was created for women looking for more purpose and joy. Sign up for her free Joy Notes emails at CaroleBryant.com.