The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life -- and your well-being -- off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.
GPS Guides are our way of showing you what has relieved others' stress in the hopes that you will be able to identify solutions that work for you. We all have de-stressing "secret weapons" that we pull out in times of tension or anxiety, whether they be photos that relax us or make us smile, songs that bring us back to our heart, quotes or poems that create a feeling of harmony, or meditative exercises that help us find a sense of silence and calm. We encourage you to look at the GPS Guide below, visit our other GPS Guides here, and share with us your own personal tips for finding peace, balance and tranquility.
In her GPS Guide below, M.J. Ryan, author of "The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life," explores a couple of ways she finds calm when she feels she's about to blow a fuse. Check out her guide then let us know in the comments: How do you seek patience?
1. I leave the room when I’ve lost my patience with someone so I don’t make matters worse. I say, “I need to calm down,” then I go and do some deep breathing in another room till I’m ready to re-engage in a positive way.
2. When I am stuck in traffic, I use the red lights to remind me to take three deep breaths, relax all my muscles, and remind myself that I will get there on time. This helps me stay out of fight or flight and engage my patience.
M.J. Ryan's GPS Guide: Evoking Patience
Best-selling author M.J. Ryan is one of the creators of the Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Power of Patience, This Year I Will…How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True, Attitudes of Gratitude, and many other books. She works as an executive coach to individuals and teams around the world. Her website is www.mj-ryan.com.
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