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Speaker 1: Hi everybody. It's Carly Taylor here for this week's Mojo Monday. So,

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Speaker 1: if you have so much going on at the moment

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Speaker 1: that you are struggling to cope, or your experience a

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Speaker 1: stressful time that's affecting your ability to function, then I

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Speaker 1: wanted to offer you some strategies to help you get

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Speaker 1: through it. The first one is a bit of a

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Speaker 1: shift in your mindset. You can only do one thing

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Speaker 1: at a time, and there may be lots of things

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Speaker 1: that are on your plate right now, but in this moment,

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Speaker 1: you can only do one of them. And when you

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Speaker 1: identify what is in your control right now and what isn't,

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Speaker 1: then you can take that next step and do what

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Speaker 1: needs to be done, giving it your full attention. The

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Speaker 1: intensity of the overwhelmed feeling can be a matter of

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Speaker 1: where your attention is. Is it scattered or is it focused.

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Speaker 1: If you direct your attention to what you can do now,

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Speaker 1: which is all you can do, then it may alleviate

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Speaker 1: that feeling of overwhelm. You can feel overwhelmed and put

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Speaker 1: your energy into doing one thing at a time. There's

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Speaker 1: a Stoic principle called the art of acquiescence, which is

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Speaker 1: about calmly accepting the things that we can't change, and

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Speaker 1: this is related to what epictetis the Stoic philosopher called

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Speaker 1: the zones of control. Zone one is all the things

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Speaker 1: within our control, and zone two are all the things

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Speaker 1: that we can't control. By identifying these two zones, you

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Speaker 1: can direct your attention into what you can influence or

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Speaker 1: what you can control, and what you can do right

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Speaker 1: now in this moment. So if life feels like it's

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Speaker 1: out of control, this process can also give you some

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Speaker 1: clarity of what needs to change. This is especially effective

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Speaker 1: if you are close to burnout. What do you need

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Speaker 1: to do? Do you need to set some behavioral boundaries

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Speaker 1: for yourself, like maybe going offline by setting a time

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Speaker 1: each night where you just turn all your devices off.

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Speaker 1: Do you need to delegate tasks? Do you need to

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Speaker 1: have a difficult conversation with your boss? Do you need

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Speaker 1: to start exercising or doing breath work to help with

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Speaker 1: your physiology. What are you doing for your recovery to

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Speaker 1: gain some energy back? Are you actively recovering or are

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Speaker 1: you mindlessly recovering to numb the stress. Reflect on how

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Speaker 1: you are responding to the overwhelm and whether that's working

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Speaker 1: for you, So focus first on the low hanging fruit.

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Speaker 1: So if you need to make a change, what can

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Speaker 1: you implement straight away, and then go from there. Whatever

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Speaker 1: you need to do, now give it your full attention.

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Speaker 1: Notice when your mind starts to wander to the next

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Speaker 1: task or what might happen in the future, then bring

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Speaker 1: your attention back to now. Your attention is a valuable resource,

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Speaker 1: so use it wisely. So thank you for listening. I

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Speaker 1: hope you have found that valuable, especially if you struggling

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Speaker 1: at the moment. And if you have any questions or comments,

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Speaker 1: please reach out through my website which is Carlitaylorcoaching dot

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Speaker 1: com dot au or you could message me through Instagram

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Speaker 1: And I hope you have a great week and I'll

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Speaker 1: catch you next week