Anxiety can sometimes become an unhelpful automatic response. An analogy is when it rains the water runs down the furrows it has created. Acronyms of ABCD and ACE can be helpful.

This practise can be helpful when you notice yourself getting overwhelmed by your emotions and thoughts:

You can think of this practice as similar to a boat pulling in the sails and dropping anchor during a storm.

This exercise can be helpful for people who are experiencing recurring stressful thoughts.

“God comes to us disguised as our life”

Five Step Daily Examen Tool taught by St Igantius

On Stress - 10 Tips for Feeling Better

Practises to build resilience - to build resilience we need to develop daily exercise habits.

Work-related stress occurs when the demands of work exceed the resources we have for managing those demands. Research has demonstrated that a number of psychological strategies can be effective at managing occupational stress.

One in four Australians (25%) struggle with anxiety at some point in their lives. If you’re open to spirituality, it can help a lot to talk to God / Holy Spirit and unburden your worries.

Use this whenever you are experiencing pain or painful thoughts and feelings, or feeling overwhelmed.

When stress feelings well up. A simple exercise of calming

Be the light, shine the light, look for the light in all things; protect and amplify the light.

The Uplift Centre has relocated back to Melbourne.