I am very excited to share some more thoughts with you on this topic of anxiety and stress.  I must confess most of this is from my learning journey and parts of this is quite recent.  I am not here to judge you or the journey you are on as I expect you will not judge me or the journey I was on and the journey I am still continuing.  I have tried too much with worldly ways to cope and build up my resilience, but none of that helped me.  It helped me to understand, but not to change.  I could only change when I started slowing down and made up my mind what I believe in.  If I claim to believe in God, I need to REALLY believe, I need to demonstrate faith. 

Faith is to believe without seeing the results.

This is was a four year old for me and until recently I learned even more and hope I am able to put it into context today.

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The last two weeks we discussed the possibility to experience silence in the storm, and we discussed the realities of the storms we are facing.  I hope you were able to identify a few things.

This week I want to address the future, where we are heading towards, or rather, where we are supposed to be heading to... :)

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It has been shown over and over again that stress and anxiety are not optimal for brain function on the long term.  You can expect your performance, productivity and efficiency will turn for the worse if your stress levels and anxiety is not in control, nor does it promote anything to your health.  I know this state of mind very well.  I was there.  Stressed, over emotional, health issues, small children, stressfull work, retrenchements.  Is there too much on your plate?  Do you struggle to say 'No'?  Are you short of temper, overwhelmed, out of control?  You can gain composure and your life back, but you need to be willing to make a few decisions, to change a few habits and to conciously, intentionally work towards a new, better you.

Over a few weeks, I will take you on a journey with me to investigate what we can learn from the latest brain research; what the Bible says about it, and how to bring it all back to practical implementations in your life.  Are you ready for it?

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I was at a brilliant training event this last weekend where a clinical neurologist taught us more about the brain.  I was astounded again to hear and understand the impact of stress and anxiety on our body, how bad it is for our bodies.  Stress and anxiety is the precursor for many of our modern illnesses.  I think it is worthwhile to tackle this issue and ensure we address the driving forces behind what is making us so fearful in life.   The world we live in is full of storms of different kinds - political, social, family, work, financially, etc.  But it is not all bad news.  Your brain was created perfectly by God to be able to overcome many of these.  You can do a lot of things to help yourself survive and thrive in this world.  Added religion and faith into this mix and you have a springboard towards tranquility and excellence.

Lam 3:24

It is both good that a man should both hope and quietly work for the salvation of the LORD

 God gave us a brain, He designed it, we must use it, we must use it WHILE we hope on Him, trust in Him, rely on Him.

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Listening allows me to understand you better.  Listening allows me to have a deeper relationship, because I understand you better, I get to know you better.  Listening to your clients, your children, your friends assist you to be able to quicker understand their needs and to more accurately serve them.  If you really care about people, you will want to understand their needs better.

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