Love your stress
By Toms Astahovskis
🥰 Love your stress! That's the best, most efficient way of managing your relationship with stress!
💞 Why relationship? Because stress is an inseparable part of our life!
☯️ There are 2 types of stress!
✅ Positive stress which motivates and excites us, gets things done.
❌ Negative stress, which leads us to either boredom or overwhelms.
🎙️ This podcast brings awareness of different shades of stress so you can recognize it in your life, as well as shares proved formulas for effective stress management!
Tune in & be present / 🐝 💝 /
Love your stressOct 14, 2022
Love your stress Ep 23 with Jarne - Unpopular road to leadership - inner work
"Love your stress and love your challenges, because they make you a better person." – Jarne
How to truly own your role as a leader?
👉 Always start with looking within: to take responsibility.
👉 Once in, continue with asking: powerful, empowering and positive questions to command and direct your own mind.
👉 Then be aware: of thoughts and emotions within you moment to moment. This gives you power of choice 👉between responding consciously or going on autopilot.
👉 And then, have faith: in Self and follow the inner guidance with empowering intentions.
We cover these and other topics regarding one of the most underestimated leadership skills - stress management.
If your are busy, then at least check the highlights of the "Love your stress" podcast Ep 23 with Jarne.
Outline:
0:00 Highlights
1:00 What do you want to be known for?
2:12 Define Stress
3:52 What does it mean to be authentic?
4:32 Trust and faith within oneself
7:02 Alignment, perfect moment. How to get there?
8:34 Escaping, avoiding
11:30 Dealing with inner pressure
13:24 Correlation between acceptance and release
14:21 How do you manage complaining?
21:57 How do you make a decision?
26:06 Tuning into the "soft voice"
36:22 Using ego to guide us
42:47 Love your stress?
46:38 One Takeaway
48:00 Next guest
49:14 Reach out to Jarne
Love your stress - Ep 22 with Brad Strydom - Deep health not just good looks
Brad is a passionate deep health expert with extensive knowledge in personal training and nutrition.
Main topics:
- deep health - how to avoid confusion about the "holistic" term
- clean diet - simple and easy-to-understand structure
- supplements and when to use them
- health as a skill
- gut-brain - key to intuition
- mindfulness to take control of decision making
- accountability as a success accelerator
Outline
0:00 - Highlights
1:01 - What would you like to be remembered for?
2:43 - What is deep health?
4:53 - Purposeful movements
6:58 - Intention & habit
11:56 - Accountability
14:13 - How do you define stress?
16:12 - Stress and decision making
18:58 - Mindfulness for triggers
26:09 - Brain & gut
28:21 - Gut feeling
29:47 - Clean diet
32:02 - Supplements
36:33 - Love your stress
37:36 - Next guest?
38:49 - Connect with Brad Strydom
https://www.facebook.com/bradstrydomnc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/entrepreneur-health-nutrition-fitness-coach
Love your stress Ep #21 with Prof. Pete - "I am not a pizza"?
Another great interview between two stress management professionals.
In this interview we answer the following questions:
How is "I am not a pica" helping to reduce stress?
Is meditation not working for you?
Interested more in hands-on practice than listening to podcasts?
Price of living under stress?
Are you also burning the candle on both ends?
Outline:
0:00 - Highlights
1:12 - Intro
2:33 - Define stress?
4:59 - No.1 stress relief tool: gratitude
7:00 - Grateful? Grateful for what?
11:27 - Impact of accomplishment list
13:37 - Inner critic
19:29 - Not taking compliments?
21:12 - Energy and attraction
24:01 - Focus on what you want
27:38 - Why stress?
29:32 - Stress-induced diabetes
37:11 - Meditation not working for you?
38:14 - Intro for Short visualization exercise
39:03 - 1min visualization practice
40:50 - After visualization practice
41:51 - Love your stress?
44:21 - One takeaway
45:19 - Connect with Pete
46:18 - Next guest?
47:24 - Thanks!
Love your Stress Ep. 20 with Rishad - Life beyond thinking
Are you interested in finding out a way for you to recall any memory?
What if the thought was just another sense?
How would that change the quality of our lives?
Are we actually over-using our thinking?
Is problem-solving pointless?
This is the "Love your stress" podcast with Rishad Ahmed where we dive deep into the questions above and many more.
Smile & Be present!
Connect with Rishad:
https://zencoach.co.za/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishad-ahmed-zencoach/
"Love your stress" Ep 18 with Aileen A'Vard - stress resilience and confidence for youth - 2022
Any youth in your house? We all have stress, however, youth have fewer tools and less experience to deal with it successfully.
Watch this episode with Aileen A'Vard discussing how building self-confidence improves resilience against stress and disease. Discover how the ability to express yourself is one of the most important skills anyone must learn to lead a happy and fulfilled life.
Outline:
0:00 - Highlights
7:37 - Intro
10:28 - What is stress for you?
12:58 - Stress for youth vs adults
15:00 - What is the first step to building stress resilience?
16:50 - How do you encourage youth to express?
21:33 - How long does it take to inspire change?
23:52 - Different roles to develop confidence
25:33 - What motivated to inspire youth?
29:45 - Public speaking and stress management?
31:13 - Stopping the pain with you
33:19 - Does it get any easier to speak up?
35:02 - Relationship between confidence and stress
36:56 - Do you bring play into your training?
38:23 - Storytelling?
40:25 - Love your stress?
42:08 - Final tips?
44:37 - Who must reach out to Aileen?
46:09 - Guests for the next podcast?
47:30 - Thanks
Contact Aileen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aileen-a-vard-a295b819/
https://www.llgcoaching.com.au/youth/
Watch the full episode here:
Love your stress Ep #17 with Marie Alessi
Outline:
0:00 Highlights
5:18 Intro
6:45 How do you define stress?
8:58 What does it mean to you: love your stress?
10:13 Deciding factor to learn the skill to manage stress?
16:44 Would my partner want me to be happy?
18:06 "I have to move forward" vs "I choose to move forward"
21:56 Difference: grief vs stress?
25:03 Role of sharing to overcome grief?
27:59 Labeling paradox?
34:48 Re-trigger to heal neglect
36:52 Sense of being guided
39:00 Labeling emotions?
44:43 How to express your empathy for loss?
52:18 How to help someone in loss?
1:00:10 More about Marie's group
1:02:18 Thumbs up ghost?
1:07:57 Any projects coming up?
1:09:47 Best way to reach out to Marie?
1:11:27 Next guest on podcast?
This podcast episode is with Marie Alessi - a legacy coach helping people to Love their life after grief!
Get in touch with Marie:
Love your stress #16 with Angelique Pellegrino - 2022
Outline:
0:00 - Highlights
3:32 - Intro
4:00 - About Angelique
6:03 - Can you define stress?
7:41 - Emotional clues for stress?
8:39 - Journey of self development
17:11 - Traveling, mindset, energy
23:18 - How stress is affecting us?
25:58 - RTT - Rapid transformational therapy
29:59 - RTT letting go
35:45 - Clear energy tips?
40:56 - Love your stress?
43:26 - Next guest?
44:21 How to get in touch with Angelique?
Watch it here:
Connect with Angelique: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelique-pellegrino-677417162/
Connect with me directly: https://be.astmens.com/linktree
Love your stress Ep #15 with Aldwyn Altuney
Outline:
0:00 - Highlights
4:02 - Intro - Aldwyn Altuney
4:46 - Background of Aldwyn Altuney
13:21 - Stress relief & coping
17:38 - How do you define stress?
19:26 - Good stress?
26:11 - Love your stress?
32:52 - Go-to stress release tools?
40:12 - Tips for people pleasers?
43:22 - Traveling?
45:23 - Drama conditioning?
50:47 - Let the steam off?
55:08 - Favorite breath-work?
57:35 - Satisfaction with your stress?
1:01:38 - Guest for the next episode?
1:04:43 - Best way to connect with Aldwyn?
Watch it here:
Connect with Aldwyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldwyn/
Connect with me directly: https://be.astmens.com/linktree
Love your stress Ep #14 with Amanda Barrientez - Money Mindset
In This episode, we have Amanda Barrientez as our guest. She shares her story about the mindset shift from lack to abundance, from poor to rich. Amanda is enthusiastic about improving entrepreneur relationships with money.
Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nfamoney/
0:00 Highlights
3:09 Intro - Amanda Barriente
3:56 How do you define stress?
5:19 Flow state & sweetspot stress
7:27 Past stress relationship: chronic stress
7:59 Past stress relationship: what changed
10:41 Roadmap to happiness?
13:19 How did you get to a doctor's title?
13:34 Work with incarcerated man... what causes change?
14:40 Your relationship with stress?
15:46 Best stress release tools & practices?
18:16 How do you align yourself?
19:51 How about not enough stress?
21:22 Misalignment. Too much or not enough stress?
22:14 How long have you been choosing to be in flow?
23:42 Most inspiring people to start with?
24:14 Most inspiring people: Quote from C.J. Jung
24:41 Most inspiring people: "The big leap"
25:39 Most inspiring people: "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind"
26:52 Most inspiring people: "Max Potential Money"
27:10 Most inspiring people: Russel Brunson
27:15 Most inspiring people: Abraham-Hicks
27:20 Most inspiring people: Amy Porterfield
27:34 Most inspiring people: ProjectMe with Tiffany Carter
28:36 Life altering takeaways?
28:48 Next guest?
30:15 Post interview chat
33:59 Highlights
Love your stress Ep #13 with Otto - Mindset of Overcoming burnout
Stress & burnout. Rephrasing a quote from Otto F. Gatternigg: "There are many steps towards healing and mostly it is changing the mindset towards the stress."
This is already Ep 13 of the "Love your stress" podcast with our guest Ott. In this episode, we focus on providing the listeners with deep and powerful insights on how to detect and overcome burnout, manage and befriend stress.
Otto is a passionate & full-time Mental Happiness & Inner Health advocate. He has overcome and healed from burnout and found his path to befriending the stress. And Otto has a lot of wisdom to share on the path of "love your stress".
Outline:
0:00 - Highlights
3:18 - Introduction
4:48 - What is your relationship with stress?
6:03 - How would you define stress?
8:00 - Top 3 things stressing out?
9:08 - How are you handling stress?
10:02 - Mind your words?
11:35 - Powerful breathing techniques
15:50 - Mind your words. Take a breath. Take a break.
17:32 - Different people = different methods
18:00 - What motivates you to release stress?
19:26 - Burnout signs and prevention
26:35 - How did you start to get out of burnout?
30:23 - Stress prevention activities?
33:35 - One takeaway?
35:23 - Next guest?
37:18 - Be Present / 🐝💝 /
Connect with Otto on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/otto-f-gatternigg-54732451/
Love your stress Ep #12 Antonio Prescott - Stress & Focus
The guest of this Episode is sales fanatic Antonio Prescott. Learn about the mindset of a stress-free life.
Connect with Antonio on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonioprescott
Outline of podcast:
0:00 - 1:48 – Hightlights
1:48 - 3:50 – Introduction
3:50 - 4:43 – Why red color in Antonio's branding?
4:43 - 6:28 – How do you define stress?
6:28 - 7:12 – How do you feel stress in your body?
7:12 - 8:20 – Why does praying work for stress release?
8:20 - 9:44 – How is your relationship with stress?
9:44 - 13:49 – Love your stress?
13:49 - 16:05 – What is life about?
16:05 - 20:32 – Dream of helping people from heart
20:32 - 22:15 – Cause of the stress? Acceptance?
22:15 - 24:33 – Cause of the stress? Lack of focus?
24:33 - 27:51 – What helps to keep that focus?
27:51 - 29:06 – Recommendation for the next guest?
29:06 - 32:16 – Final quote?
Smile and be present!
Love your stress Ep #11 with Ipek - Understanding principles behind stress management
Ipek is an Insight Coach, Ho’oponopono guide & practitioner, Ikigai coach. She lives happily with her family in Canada.
In this episode, we talk about stress, powerful tools to release the stress. We also touch on why and how they work and how not to sabotage these methods by understanding underlying principles.
And we finish up with chatting about tarot cards.
Outline of the podcast:
0:00 - 4:37 – Highlights
4:37 - 7:31 – About Ipek
7:31 - 9:01 – Stress is something we need... in moderation
9:01 - 10:13 – I meditate and it helps A LOT (to destress)
10:13 - 11:51 – How do you define stress?
11:51 - 13:42 – Why is it important to define stress?
13:42 - 15:44 – Love your stress?
15:44 - 17:00 – Visualize stress as a friend
17:00 - 21:44 – How do you get aware of the stress?
21:44 - 27:09 – Isolation as a symptom of stress?
27:09 - 28:59 – Stress-induced loneliness
28:59 - 32:11 – Psychosomatic symptoms and emotional problems
32:11 - 33:38 – Emotional intelligence as a skill
33:38 - 35:15 – How to measure emotional intelligence?
35:15 - 40:08. – Emotional intelligence when hiring?
40:08 - 41:42. – Emotional intelligence when job seeking?
41:42 - 45:28. – Best stress management practices?
45:28 - 51:14 – Sabotaging stress release techniques?
51:14 - 52:58 – Why should you count your breath?
52:58 - 57:52 – Meaning of "The Hermit" tarot card?
57:52 - 58:31 – One takeaway from the conversation?
58:31 - 1:00:34 – Whom to invite for the next podcast episode?
1:00:34 – Smile & Be Present
If you want to get to know more about Ipek and see how she can help you, visit her website:
Love your stress Ep #10 with Arthur Russell - ex-paramedic sharing law of attraction insights
In this episode, we have Arthur Russel - an ex-paramedic who had to learn the hard way to manage his high-stress job.
Connect with Art on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-russell-260288a5
Outline of the podcast:
0:00 - Highlights
4:32 - Intro Arthur Russell
7:10 - Connection between the law of attraction, stress, and self-development
9:57 - How do you define stress?
12:26 - Experience with overwhelm side of the stress?
14:17 - Relationship with stress now?
18:21 - Be present strategies?
24:10 - Awareness of being stressed?
28:11 - Healthy habits
32:55 - Anything else breaks you free, back to center?
38:23 - What not who we are?
45:06 - Taking care of the body needs?
1:05:41 - Love your stress?
Love your stress Ep #9 with Maz Ifzal & TOms - The Secret behind fear of public speaking?
My name is Toms and I am Mindset & Yoga coach helping leaders to learn to love their stress.
In this episode, we have a communication and public speaking skills expert Maz Ifzal sharing her insights about stress management in her life and coaching business. In the interview, she reveals the secret behind the fear of public speaking. It's so simple that you will be surprised to make this connection!
Outline of the video:
0:00 - Highlights
4:00 - Intro Maz Ifzal
6:06 - What excites you?
7:48 - What is your definition of stress?
10:55 - Love your stress? Thoughts?
14:58 - Do you Love your stress?
15:45 - What do you do when you have too much stress?
20:20 - What motivates you to manage stress?
22:16 - Inner circle. Virtual vs in-person?
24:07 - Fear of public speaking?
29:17 - Stress and impact on leadership?
33:58 - One takeaway?
35:27 - Next guest?
36:33 - Thank you!
Connect with Maz Ifzal on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maz-ifzal-b1468b133
Love your stress Ep #8 with Rachida Djellab - Be Guilt-free & gentle on Self
In this episode, we are having a dynamic conversation with passionate mental health advocate Rachida Djellab.
Connect with her on LinkedIn where she posts insightful content about wellbeing in the workplace:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachida-d/
Outline of the interview
0:00 - Highlights
6:44 - Intro - Rachida Djellab
7:17 - Define "stress"?
10:40 - Difference: healthy & unhealthy stress?
16:42 - Guilt of disturbing?
20:32 - How do you notice stress in your body?
24:04 - Impact of tress on the digestive system?
27:44 - How to be aware of emotions?
31:23 - Stress relief?
33:51 - Physical activities?
40:39 - How to find your physical activities?
41:35 - Identify stress mindset?
43:00 - Relationship with stress?
45:43 - Why not self-compassion?
50:08 - Between being harsh and self-loving?
56:23 - Reset! Move & Hydrate!
58:37 - Most stressful areas of life?
1:02:25 - Proactive stress management?
1:05:06 - Activities during the day?
1:08:03 - What motivates you?
1:10:18 - How much of physical activities do you do?
1:13:14 - How much do you sleep?
1:15:44 - How do you feel about your diet?
1:18:17 - How satisfied are you with your life?
1:21:03 - One thing to share?
Love your stress Ep #7 - Naveena - wellbeing advocate from YAHA Life
In this episode, we have an amazing wellbeing advocate Naveena who shares her wisdom and stories on how she got to loving her stress! Tune in to her wisdom and experience!
0:00 - Highlights
3:34 - Intro: about Naveena
5:56 - Definition of stress
7:12 - How do you feel stressed?
9:36 - How do you manage stress?
12:51 - How much time do you spend on stress prevention?
14:57 - Your average stress levels and satisfaction?
16:54 - How do you recognize being too stressed?
\19:48 - How easy it is for you to take time for stress management?
21:25 - Why is it difficult to take time for self-care?
22:10 - How did your self-care journey start?
27:45 - Your satisfaction with your sleep and nutrition?
30:03 - Rate your knowledge about stress?
32:05 - Love your stress?
34:03 - Your biggest challenge right now?
35:03 - Next guest recommendation?
36:19 - One takeaway?
37:53 - Behind the scenes chat
Connect with Naveena on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yahalife/
Support Naveena's work by following YAHA's Youtube channel:
And check the well-being store with those affirmations and music Naveena uses herself to relieve her stress in the most efficient way ( 9:51 ): https://payhip.com/wellbeingstore?af=af60cdc913cd3d9 (proudly presented affiliate link 😉)
Love your stress Ep #6 - Graham Coath - Workplace management and stress impact
This interview is with Graham Coath - a passionate LinkedIn marketing marketer strategist for Health and Wellbeing sector!
We continue our journey into Loving our stress. And in this episode, our main focus is bringing awareness and solutions to the negative ends of the stress spectrum: burnout and boredom.
Both are detrimental to any individual or company's success, plummeting productivity, and creativity.
We also gave special attention to the impact management has on the culture of stress levels in the workplace. Both from a sense of leadership and management structures. What is to blame for an unproductive environment? Check it out in the podcast!
Outline:
0:00 - Interview Highlights
3:46 - NextStand Promo clip
4:13 - Start of Full interview, Love your stress
5:57 - How do you define stress?
6:48 - Stress extremes: Burnout & Bordom
10:07 - What can we do about it: Burnout & Boredom?
11:40 - Stress in terms of working environment?
17:01 - Commonalities between how people work?
19:21 - Stress causes: psychological vs management?
21:30 - Management first - lead by example!
22:06 - Management structures & stress
26:31 - Particularly stressed industries?
28:33 - Stress extremes: burnout & boredom
33:02 - What does "meaning" mean?
35:13 - "I feel good"
35:28 - Connect with TOms (IG: @be.astmens)
Connect with TOms on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beastmens/
Connect with Graham on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-coath-abetterwayoflife/
Check out more on NextStand:
https://nexstand.eu/?ref=astmens (affiliate/personal recommendation link)
Love your stress Ep #5 - Minna - Cravings, bad habits, coping with stress
Love your stress series diving deep and uncovering the truth hidden in plain sight.
0:00 - Highlights
2:37 - Introduction
3:16 - How did Toms get started on stress management?
5:10 - When you started yoga... what is physical only?
6:54 - How does going for a walk help to reduce the stress?
8:14 - What's your old pattern of having stress?
10:44 - One of your "old bad habits"?
15:40 - How do guilt and blame contribute to cravings?
16:42 - Role of self-awareness to stress relief?
20:26 - How do you bring yourself to present?
22:52 - Why does chewing relieve stress?
24:58 - Why does comfort eating does not work long term?
25:19 - Stress relief through exercise?
27:33 - Why do we fail to manage stress?
29:42 - Why should you love your stress?
35:51 - Takeaways from the conversation?
37:02 - How to contact TOms? (IG @be.astmens)
Connect with Minna over LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/minna-hu-b6001b36/
Love your stress Ep #4 - Allen Martin - What is on the other side of the stress?
In Episode 4 we meet a magnificent mindset shifter - Allen Martin. Allen is an Executive Coach, enthusiastic about People Development, and an experienced Sales Trainer. Check out his recent book 📚 - The Panacea Principles.
0:00 - Highlights of the interview
3:28 - Introduction with Allen Martin
5:39 - Panacea? What? And why?
7:31 - How would you define stress?
10:03 - What is on the other side of the stress?
11:41 - How would you rate your stress?
12:54 - What is your relationship with stress?
19:20 - How does stress feel to you?
23:05 - How do you release the stress?
25:45 - How do you practice being present for the meetings?
29:14 - What motivate you to be?
32:09 - What physical activities do you practice?
35:55 - How much do you sleep?
40:44 - What's your one takeaway from this conversation?
41:55 - Who would you recommend as the next guest?
44:07 - Behind the scenes... Pre-interview chat...
Connect with Allen on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenmartinmindsetshifter
Love your stress Ep #3 - Rajesh Malhorta - Stress with Type 1 Diabetes
Love your stress Ep #3 - Rajesh Malhorta and TOms - Stress with Type 1 Diabetes - Interview 2021
In this episode, my guest is Rajesh Malhorta who shares his heartfelt stories of dealing with Type 1 diabetes and his journey to learn about stress management.
0:00 - Highlights of the interview
2:45 - Start of the FULL interview
Connect with Rajesh on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeshmalhotrauk
Love your stress Ep #2 with Edward Zia
In this episode, we have legendary Edward Zia whom I know from running the best international networking events.
Most notably, my one takeaway from this episode is that as a good leader you must treat your employees as top-performing athletes if you expect them to deliver top performance in their work.
Tune in for more nuggets and be present! 🐝💝
Love your stress Ep #1 with Tim Beanland
This is the very first episode of "Love your stress" and our first guest is Tim Beanland. He not only shares some tips and experience with podcasting in general, he has also ample awareness and stories to share about stress management.
Tim Beanland - your podcast coach helping you in creating 1-3 Months Worth of Video Content In 45 min.
Tune in and be present!