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Reframing Stressful Situations with Excitement
47:53 - 53:27 (05:33)
Reframing stressful situations into excitement helps in dealing with anxiety as it diverts the blood from the digestive tract to other parts of the body where it's necessary, decreasing digestion, ultimately resulting in a better response to stressors.
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Performance anxiety is caused by a chemical change in your body when your blood moves away from your digestive tract and towards your heart and brain, leaving you with the telltale butterflies and loss of appetite.
47:53 - 50:42 (02:49)
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Performance anxiety is caused by a chemical change in your body when your blood moves away from your digestive tract and towards your heart and brain, leaving you with the telltale butterflies and loss of appetite.
ChapterReframing Stressful Situations with Excitement
EpisodeIncredible Research From Harvard: 4 Simple Tools to Conquer Your Fear
PodcastThe Mel Robbins Podcast
Reframing stressful situations you face as exciting ones can help you eliminate your stress response.
50:42 - 53:27 (02:44)
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Reframing stressful situations you face as exciting ones can help you eliminate your stress response. This technique works because the way you feel before walking on-stage, being nervous, having dry throat, sweating underarms, and having butterflies is exactly what you feel before an exciting situation.