Unchecked stress can cause damage to your mental and physical health; if left unaddressed and unmanaged, stress can also negatively impact your relationships, both personal and professional, as well as your career. Practicing mindfulness is an effective way to manage and reduce stress. Read the blog on ChuckSchmalzried.org

1. HOW
PRACTICING
MINDFULNESS
Can Reduce Stress
PRESENTED BY
CHUCK SCHMALZRIED

2. UNCHECKED STRESS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE
TO YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.
If left unaddressed and unmanaged, stress can also negatively impact your
relationships, both personal and professional, as well as your career.
Practicing mindfulness is an effective way to manage and reduce stress.

3. MEDITATION
Connecting with your physical form as well as your internal thoughts
in a controlled, stable environment allows for productive introspection
and clarity.
Another important element of meditation is a focus on your breathing.
Meditation prompts individuals to concentrate on the present rather
than dwelling on worries about the future or concerns with the
past. Mindfulness meditation is an effective practice for managing
intangible stress and lessening physical tension.

4. AWARENESS
Practicing mindfulness exercises promotes
heightened self-awareness that helps
individuals prevent and manage the sources
of their stress. This awareness allows for a
shift in focus from the negative
consequences of stress to the stress itself,
encouraging a more productive attitude
and approach to the issue.
With a heightened emotional intelligence,
individuals who practice mindfulness are
often less likely to start or entertain
unnecessary conflict with others.
Another benefit of mindfulness practices is
the ability to delay your reactions to stress.

5. INNER STRENGTH
The amygdala is in part responsible for
stress responses. Practicing
mindfulness reduces activity in this part
of the brain, thereby lessening your
intensity of stress.
A calmed amygdala means that
background stress is significantly
reduced. Conditioning yourself to have
a more neutral reaction to future
stressors can also help you better
manage existing stress.

6. Mindfulness exercises—from
meditation to mindful eating—provide
a host of benefits to practitioners.

7. When it comes to managing and reducing stress, mindfulness is an
effective mechanism to utilize.
The practices may not come naturally to everyone, but granting yourself
time to practice mindfulness could be beneficial in improving awareness
and fostering resilience to stressors.

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