Finding Breakthrough From Stress

Often the way to breakthrough and freedom is through the challenge, not avoidance of the challenge. The very thing that can bring release is often that ONE THING we just really, really want to avoid. 

When talking about stress this often looks like a person wants to avoid what makes them feel stressed so they avoid leaning into the stress. They just know they feel stressed and they wish they weren't, but that's the extent of their understanding. 

However, the exact opposite is true. Breakthrough from stress comes when we are willing to get uncomfortable and understand why our brain is finding a certain situation stressful. Why is our brain interpreting something as a need for adrenaline release? Uncovering this answer is the key to breakthrough from stress.

Because our brains want to keep us safe the process of finding the answer to why our brain finds a certain situation stressful is not as easy as it seems. Our brains want us to stay safe and that means if we normally get stressed in a situation then continuing to get stressed is "safe". This is why patience and time is important. 

In our Parkour Programs we gradually chip at the root answer to "what is causing my stress" with unintrusive and playful ways. When coaches start shifting the view point of challenge, failure and progress, it allows thoughts to begin surfacing in a child. It allows comments to start coming out. It allows awareness to start being drawn to the brain and what it is doing to trigger negative responses that often bring stress.

In our internship we dive in more deeply to awareness of thoughts. With older teens I, Hannah, offer a one-on-one Neuro Coaching program to dive head on to stressful thoughts and what is causing them. There is a scientific process that allows us to quickly rewire the brain to trigger less stress within 67 days!