Feeling a little stressed or anxious? What if you could take one remedy unrelated to stress and apply it to your day in order to eliminate stress and anxiety.

Would you be up for giving it a try?


It works for others…it might work for me too
There has been growing concern about food allergies or sensitivities over the last few years. Detection can be tricky. Many test for food allergies by using different forms of an elimination diet. This is where certain foods are excluded from the diet for a certain period of time, and then reintroduced to monitor the effects.

Totally unrelated, more and more people are reporting they are experiencing stress and anxiety. Well, that got me thinking. Perhaps there is a connection. Ok, a connection of sorts.

What if you were to do a similar elimination diet? Only try it on those things that cause you stress and anxiety.

Try this
By this I mean take a break for a while from the things you know that cause you stress and anxiety. The twist however, is to exclude one thing at a time so you can pinpoint your reaction. This will be much harder to detect if you exclude lots of things at once.

Monitor
So exclude one thing from your day and observe how you mind and body responds as the day unfolds.

Test it by reintroducing it the next day…see what happens. Make note of how you feel. And monitor others’ reactions too. All this feedback is important.

How’s that working for you?
Don’t like the result? Then you know what you need to do…eliminate it!

Yes, you may experience some withdrawal symptoms which may feel new and somewhat uncomfortable. Trust that you are okay. It is another way your resistance is showing up because you are pushing your comfort zone, making change.

On the other hand relief can be swift and the benefits sweet – a new sense of freedom and calm, a change for the better.

Or maybe you will experience a delayed reaction. It might take a day or so for you to see the difference. Either way, excluding this from your day gives you clarity around your relationship to the very thing you are excluding.

And if there is no reaction, no change or difference – then you know it wasn’t that factor. Reintroduce it if you want, or leave it excluded if you don’t need it.

Make the process of elimination manageable for you. Make one change, one day at a time. Don’t judge what happens. Just observe yourself (thoughts, responses, choices and actions) and what unfolds around you as a result.

If you have tried a similar process of elimination, please let me know how you fared. Or if you go try this, please come back and write in the comments what unfolded for you.

Love and light
elle


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