The e-course includes a set of videos and activities sent to you every 3 days for about 3 weeks. The videos and activities walk you through a circuit of sensory-based supports for your nervous system for learning at your own pace.
I periodically offer a live version of this workshop, so check back later.
Both the e-course and live version are designed to support learning one sensory practice or mindful practice at a time (roughly 5 minutes each). Comparing one practice to another allows you to explore which sensory supports fit you best so that you can add your favorite ones to an on-the-go toolkit you can use while you’re in public.
These are designed from my own challenges – and methods of support – with an anxiety condition combined with multiple roles requiring public speaking.
You Can Reset In the Moment
As an instructor at a local university and in a prior role presenting community health assessment findings to elected officials, to community members, and to reporters it was common for me to have panic attacks and feel exhausted after any presentation.
The level of high stress/overwhelm was from: a) resisting the experience of being visible (e.g. fighting against the fact that my reality included being in front of groups of people regularly), b) the mind creating imagined negative projections (e.g. ‘they will think this about me’), c) an expectation that it is possible to stop mistakes/stop the mind through control… and d) a judgment that I was failing because I could not control the mind.
In the course I walk through why control is a lie based on how the brain-body system creates emotions and why this is good news.
The live version enables you to ask questions in real time.
The e-course gives you options for self-paced learning. In the e-course you can choose to learn some of the science behind how this works, or go straight to the activities. You can choose to watch the whole circuit of practices (roughly 35 minutes long) when you’re feeling overwhelmed for a type of guided practice.
If you’re a sensitive, wonder-loving, transformation-focused professional who has tried wellness tips like hot yoga, meditation, talking about your problems, or drinking strange concoctions that taste a bit like dirt….
And it’s dawned on you that these fail in the moment, maybe because you feel like you’re trying to do something that works for someone else, and it’s not really your thing, or you can’t meditate or do yoga ALL DAY….or none of these really really seem to help when you’re in a meeting, a hard conversation, or giving a talk and the stress wave washes over.
I have developed a science-based system that does not require you to:
*Support your body some other person’s way
*Forecast what you’re doing to support the brain-body system when it’s in a public setting
*Meditate for 30 minutes before a presentation
The Stress Less With Sensory Awareness System practices can take you from frazzled to supported in less than five minutes. When you find the one that is a best fit for you it can dial the stress notch down, in a way that works for YOU.
This is FOR you if:
You want to feel more connected instead of checked out.
You are comfortable exploring new practices even if they feel awkward at first (you change them to fit you anyway)
You want to be able to get present quickly when you feel stressed.
You’ve heard that senses are helpful to reset from stress and want to understand how that works.
You see the possibilities of listening to your body when it comes to self care.
This is NOT for you if:
You are looking for a way to stop feeling stress permanently.
You find exploring your senses icky.
You don’t want to set or honour boundaries with yourself.
You have not done any form of self care work before.
You need personal, customized life guidance (please consider seeing a therapist).
You are facing immediate, dire life events (please contact an emergency hotline).
