Survival Kit for when the worries wake you up

RichThinking Times: Issue 8: June 2009

Welcome to RichThinking Times for June!

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In May I had a wonderful weekend in Belfast with several members from my Marketing Mastermind Group. We were working on developing our businesses, being led by Bernadette Doyle, Carrie Wilkerson, Steve and Kerry Beck and Perry Lawrence (Mr. Video). It was packed full of useful information, which I will be distilling out in my Coaching Circles next one starting 10^th June, sign up right now if you want to challenge yourself, grow your business and learn more about the workings of your mind, as there are only a couple of places left! See www.richthinkers.co.uk/coachingcircles.html for more information.

So I hope you enjoy this month’s article – and don’t have to use it much! (You’ll see what I mean when you read on…)

Warm wishes

Jane

Article: Fear: Middle of the Night Survival Kit for when the worries wake you up

This survival kit is a list of soothing options to turn to when you wake in the middle of the night worrying. I’ve been in this place often, so I’m well-qualified to write about this! This is my personal kit of things that work for me; I’ve divided it into two sections, the first when for whatever reason you just want to distract yourself enough to go back to sleep, and the second for when you are conscious enough and wanting to address the fear.

You might find that you don’t have to get out of bed, but I find that taking action and moving to another physical place in itself can interrupt my worrying mind. It is a really hard thing to do, to get out of a warm cosy bed when it’s dark and cold, but it often works.

There are plenty of herbal solutions to help sleep come easily – (my Mum swears by homoeopathy), and many books available, but this is a very personal list of what I do that works. Try compiling your list, have it by the bed so you don’t have to think when you do wake up, and let me know what happens! (These are in no particular order, none are better or worse than others).

Distraction actions

• Read your novel (no business reading or studying allowed!)

• Get up and have hot milk

• Shake your body out

• Watch the TV

• Write a letter to someone, longhand

Transformation actions

• Use an affirmation to calm down, eg I am so happy and grateful now I have….

• EFT: Use Even though I am worried about …. I deeply and completely love and accept myself. (See www.emofree.com for more info re EFT)

• Write sentences beginning: Wouldn’t it be nice if….. to help you move your energy from worry to ease

• Write about all the positive aspects of what you’re worrying about

• Pray, meditate, contemplate, listen to your Higher Power.

• Throw the I Ching (or use any other kind of divination system familiar to you)

• Direct your thoughts deliberately to what you WANT to have happen, instead of what you DON’T want to have happen

• Give yourself 5 minutes maximum of really going full tilt into the worries. Imagine the absolute worse. Then in just as deliberate a way, imagine a successful outcome of whatever you’re worrying about, for at least 5 minutes.

• Read or dip into a book you know soothes you and reminds you you are not alone. (Make sure this book(s) is by your bed at all times.

• So hopefully this helps in those long dark nights when it seems you are all alone, and have forgotten about the good things of life.

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