3 Steps to Change Your Perspective When Anxious
Jul 07, 2025
“You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside.”
--Wayne Dyer
Can you tell what I've been speaking on lately? Anxiety is a major concern, not only is the workplace, but at home. Here's a part of the presentation that I'm giving:
𝑨𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. When you find yourself feeling anxious--here's 3 quick steps to help you change your perspective:
1. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔. Drop your shoulders. That gets oxygen to the brain and that calms the fight or flight response that anxiety wakes up. Until we calm the brain down, we can’t change our mindset.
2. 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚. Embrace it, feel it and know that it’s real. Caroline Leaf says, “Name it and then we can tame it.” When you name your emotions, you're connecting the rational part of your brain with the emotional part. This allows you to think clearly and make choices that align with your values. Sometimes just taking the time to name the emotion calms the mind, because you are talking to the logical side of the brain to come up with the name that the emotional side of the brain is experiencing. 
3. 𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒊𝒕. When we stuff our emotions, especially anxiety, it shows up somewhere else. They get bottled up and then it’s like shaking a pop bottle and then taking the lid off. We don’t want it going all over. Worse yet, stuffing our emotions can wreak havoc in our bodies.
If you need some coaching through this, please let me know.
Peacefully typed,
Jan
Jan McDonald
Maxwell Leadership Certified Team
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