Overwhelm isn’t caused by what’s happening TO you. Overwhelm is a physical, emotional, and psychological reaction to a pattern of beliefs, language, attention and behavior. It comes from how you are processing what’s happening in your outer world.
Here are a few resources that compliment End Overwhelm Now to assist in the quest to eradicate Overwhelm!
Environment
Mental Health concerns
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml National Institute of Mental Health
Chapter 2
Stress in America Survey, American Psychological Association: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2015/snapshot.aspx
Decision Fatigue: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lacey-craig/5-ways-to-minimize-decisi_b_9623396.html
Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Dr. Robert Cialdini
Chapter 4
Epigenetics:
www.WhatIsEpigenetics.com https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2014/apr/25/epigenetics-beginners-guide-to-everything
Chapter 5
Smiling reduces stress: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/simply-smiling-can-actually-reduce-stress-10461286/
Breathing to reduce stress: http://www.stress.org/take-a-deep-breath/
Music to reduce stress: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734071/
Chapter 6
Catching habitual thoughts: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships/2011/08/the-neuroscience-of-changing-toxic-thinking-patterns-2-of-2/
Organizing your environment:
Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying-Up by Marie Kondo
Field of Focus:
Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
http://uthscsa.edu/gme/documents/Circles.pdf
Health maintenance to reduce overwhelm:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2013/sleep.aspx Sleep
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/water-stress-reduction#1 Water
Chapter 7
Book: Mindset: The New Psycholoty of Success by Carol Dweck
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)