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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTen Simple Ways to Calm Your Anxiety (That You Can Do Right Now)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Disclaimer: this post contains Affiliate links and I may make a small amount of money if you decide to purchase from my links. Read my full disclosure and privacy policy <\/em><\/strong>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully one, some, or all of these will help you find some peace right now. Remember, meeting your anxiety is much more sustainable than beating your anxiety. #yougotthis Feeling anxious? Here are 10 simple ways to calm your anxiety (that you can do right now). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34,35,36,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":391,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deliberatelydeb.dreamhosters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>Deep breathing helps oxygenate the blood, slow your heartbeat, and can lower blood pressure.<\/a> Focus on breathing in through your nose and filling your belly with air. Then out through the nose and get rid of all of the air you took in before you breathe in again. If you\u2019re comfortable or in a safe space, try closing your eyes and really thinking through your whole breathing process. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Nothing complicated. Just 1, 2, 3. Get them out of your brain on onto paper (or a digital note if that\u2019s more your style). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Come up with 1 or 2 things you can do to help lessen the stress being caused by those three things, even if your \u201cthing\u201d is \u201cstop thinking about it so much\u201d, you\u2019re still meeting your anxiety where it is and coping instead of it filling your brain up.
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<\/strong>Go for a walk (yes, even in circles around your house counts), pop on a gentle 10 minute yoga flow video, or do some basic stretches. Get your blood flowing but take it easy – you\u2019re not in a race or competition, you\u2019re just moving your body a bit. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The MyLife app<\/a> guides you through checking in with your emotions, then gives you options for short, medium, or long meditations. They\u2019re all guided and very simple – lots of breathing, focusing on your body\u2026 when you\u2019re done, you\u2019ll check back in and see if you\u2019re feeling any different than when you started. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Put on some music that makes your heart happy and dance! Or sing, loudly. Express yourself with your body and your voice and get some of that pent up energy out. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Caffeine can exacerbate stress and anxiety, but a hot cup of tea can help calm our nerves. Don\u2019t have tea? Squeeze some lemon into hot water, make a decaf cup of coffee, or make some chicken broth to sip on. Try to do this distraction-less; a phone\/computer\/work break where you just enjoy your hot beverage is all you need for this one. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Are you hungry? Dehydrated? Do you have a headache? Let\u2019s fix those issues. Get a snack, drink some water, and pick your best headache remedy (sometimes it\u2019s some OTC medicine, sometimes it\u2019s peppermint gum, sometimes it\u2019s essential oils in the diffuser or my favorite candle). <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>This simple gratitude journal<\/a> I picked up from Amazon gives me space to write three things I\u2019m grateful for every day. Lots of times they\u2019re really similar, and that\u2019s okay – it just means my gratefulness is magnified for my husband, coffee, and my Brandi Carlisle Pandora station. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Being even just a little bit creative can help our brains refocus on the expression of creativity instead of what is making us anxious. Jot down your thoughts, put some stickers in your Happy Planner, or grab some crayons and color. Don\u2019t have anything to color in? There are lots of free coloring sheets you can print, or adult coloring apps<\/a> to use on your phone\/tablet instead. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Have other simple ways that you use to help calm your anxiety? Please feel free to share them in the comments below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"