Based on your answers to the quiz questions, your best path through work stress is the:
Based on your answers to the quiz questions, your best path through work stress is the Harmony Path.
Women walking the Harmony Path benefit from stress relief approaches from multiple paths within the Mind, Body, Spirit framework. The best way through work stress for women on the Harmony Path is to integrate 2 of the paths or sometimes all 3 of the paths. This means using a combination of the Mind, Body, and Spirit Paths unique to you.
This is because work stress is showing up in a whole lot of ways for you. It often feels like it’s seeping into every area of your life.
It may be that you can never find a peaceful moment for yourself outside of work because your Mind is constantly worrying about something back at the office. You may struggle with being your own worst enemy and are constantly beating yourself up mentally about your job performance.
Perhaps part of your unique Harmony Path is that you’re also prone to feeling stress deep in your Body. Muscle tension and exhaustion are frequent ways that work stress can show up in the body. Many women start falsely believing that bodily discomfort is just something you have to accept when you have a successful career.
Women on the Harmony Path may also notice a shift in their Spirit. This may be a feeling of disconnection from yourself, others, or a greater purpose. Work stress can also be associated with a level of irritability that wreaks havoc in personal relationships and with your sense of inner peace.
While it’s true women on the Harmony Path are challenged with experiencing work stress in multiple negative ways, it’s also true that there’s a myriad of stress relief approaches that come from joining together techniques from the Mind, Body, and Spirit Paths. A Mindfulness Meditation that integrates deep calm breathing and helpful affirmations is an example of a stress relief tool that integrates all 3 Paths. Keep reading to learn more about each facet of this Harmony Path stress relief tool.
If you’re rarely in the present moment because your thoughts are back at work in some unhelpful way, then that’s where the stress relief approach of mindfulness comes in. Practicing mindfulness is all about being wholeheartedly present in the current moment. That’s right. Not back at work. Meditation is one way to practice mindfulness.
Many of the ways stress shows up for women on the Harmony Path is in our bodies – whether that’s muscle tension, feeling on edge, or an upset stomach. These experiences can be understood as automatic responses of our threat defense system. This happens because your body is perceiving work stress as a threat from which you need to protect yourself and automatically kicks into fight or flight mode. The opposite of the fight or flight response is the relaxation response. Deep calm breathing helps us make the shift from the fight or flight response to the relaxation response.
Women on the Harmony Path might also notice an impact on their spirit. Engaging in helpful affirmations can support you in reconnecting with your core values, strengths, and beliefs. You can affirm your unique contributions, talents, and purpose in your current workplace. You may even be able to align your work with your most authentic self. This can enhance your sense of purpose, reinforcing a desire to make a difference in the world through your work.
