056 - What Stress Can Do To You
02/11/19 • 12 min
What stress does to you
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What stress does to you
Stress is something that can catch us all at one point or another no matter the job/business/industry.
Having attended a huge conference for entrepreneurs in the UK back in November and through working with female business owners something has become very clear to me.
Too many people running their own businesses are STRESSED!
I mean we all know it can be stressful juggling and running a business but it almost feels like it’s just accepted as the norm, as part and parcel of chasing your dreams, or even worn as a badge of honour.
They’re MORE stressed than when they were in their jobs. It’s almost as if it’s accepted to be par for the course of owning your own business that you head towards burnout on a daily basis.
But what if we just let go. What if it didn’t HAVE to be that way...that would be nicer right? Maybe even more fun?
In previous blog posts i’ve talked about a lot of things that contribute to (Overwhelm, Procrastination, Perfectionism, Lack of certainty to name a few) and can help ease stress (Mindfulness, Visualisation, Journaling, Gratitude, Reframing, Kindness) but I want to just highlight a couple of things that I feel are really important to understand.
Stress can be literally dangerous to your health.
In certain situations stress CAN be good for you don’t get me wrong, in terms of an extra boost of motivation, or saving your life from a rogue lion but when there is no real imminent danger or threat and you’re living your life in a perpetual state of stress and anxiety it’s very much in the NOT good for you camp.
It’s a natural reaction and very normal but what we want is to be able to limit it and not let it get out of control. As I often say, you can’t control your first reaction but you CAN control your second.
Unfortunately your body doesn’t really tell the difference very well between emotional ‘threats’ and actual real life danger physical threats so you get stress hormones, Cortisol and Adrenaline, running through your body either way. Which, over time, can have huge detrimental effects on your overall health.
Over time stress has a big effect on your body.
It can affect pretty much every area. All your energy is constantly going to the key areas to help with ‘fight or flight’ which means energy and attention is taken away from other key systems and processes you need in your body.
For example, when you’re stressed a lot you tend to get ill, have a bad stomach, headaches, sleep issues, pains in your body, extreme tiredness, you also have an increased risk of heart attack among many other things. So, many physical symptoms from quite an emotional response.
Other effects of stress on the body is heart disease, high blood pressure, physical aches and pains, loss of sex drive, stomach issues, insomnia among a tonne of other things that it can CAUSE you to do. Think overeating, not eating enough, too much alcohol, smoking, snapping at people, withdrawing from people...essentially numbing out!
The danger is also stress turning into full on burnout which can wreak havoc for entrepreneurs (and anyone really!) and can leave you floored for weeks, sometimes much longer.
It’s also not just you it affects, it ...
What stress does to you
Show note links:
For more on this head to: https://www.franexcell.com/the-thing-about-stress
For more information or to apply for The Proactive Pants Mastermind: https://www.franexcell.com/proactivepants
Book in a discovery call to see how I can help you:
https://calendly.com/franexcell/30min
To join my Free Facebook Community for daily mindset tips and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/franexcellcommunity/
Download your Free Procrastination Buster here: https://franexcell.lpages.co/procrastinationbuster/
Check out my printable journal store here: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/franexcellprintables
What stress does to you
Stress is something that can catch us all at one point or another no matter the job/business/industry.
Having attended a huge conference for entrepreneurs in the UK back in November and through working with female business owners something has become very clear to me.
Too many people running their own businesses are STRESSED!
I mean we all know it can be stressful juggling and running a business but it almost feels like it’s just accepted as the norm, as part and parcel of chasing your dreams, or even worn as a badge of honour.
They’re MORE stressed than when they were in their jobs. It’s almost as if it’s accepted to be par for the course of owning your own business that you head towards burnout on a daily basis.
But what if we just let go. What if it didn’t HAVE to be that way...that would be nicer right? Maybe even more fun?
In previous blog posts i’ve talked about a lot of things that contribute to (Overwhelm, Procrastination, Perfectionism, Lack of certainty to name a few) and can help ease stress (Mindfulness, Visualisation, Journaling, Gratitude, Reframing, Kindness) but I want to just highlight a couple of things that I feel are really important to understand.
Stress can be literally dangerous to your health.
In certain situations stress CAN be good for you don’t get me wrong, in terms of an extra boost of motivation, or saving your life from a rogue lion but when there is no real imminent danger or threat and you’re living your life in a perpetual state of stress and anxiety it’s very much in the NOT good for you camp.
It’s a natural reaction and very normal but what we want is to be able to limit it and not let it get out of control. As I often say, you can’t control your first reaction but you CAN control your second.
Unfortunately your body doesn’t really tell the difference very well between emotional ‘threats’ and actual real life danger physical threats so you get stress hormones, Cortisol and Adrenaline, running through your body either way. Which, over time, can have huge detrimental effects on your overall health.
Over time stress has a big effect on your body.
It can affect pretty much every area. All your energy is constantly going to the key areas to help with ‘fight or flight’ which means energy and attention is taken away from other key systems and processes you need in your body.
For example, when you’re stressed a lot you tend to get ill, have a bad stomach, headaches, sleep issues, pains in your body, extreme tiredness, you also have an increased risk of heart attack among many other things. So, many physical symptoms from quite an emotional response.
Other effects of stress on the body is heart disease, high blood pressure, physical aches and pains, loss of sex drive, stomach issues, insomnia among a tonne of other things that it can CAUSE you to do. Think overeating, not eating enough, too much alcohol, smoking, snapping at people, withdrawing from people...essentially numbing out!
The danger is also stress turning into full on burnout which can wreak havoc for entrepreneurs (and anyone really!) and can leave you floored for weeks, sometimes much longer.
It’s also not just you it affects, it ...
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055 - How To Balance A Job And Grow Your Business Without Going Insane
How to balance a job and grow your business without going insane
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How to balance a job and grow your business without going insane
Are you juggling and trying to balance a job AND a business?
The struggle is REAL....but it doesn’t have to be and I want to help you think differently and more positively about it.
Firstly, If you’ve been with me for a while you’ll know that i’m a big advocate of doing both for as long as you can..just make sure you check your contract and do all your due diligence of course!!
As you will also know, I wish people in the online space would stop the job shaming already. It’s utter bonkers and a big bugbear of mine.
It just makes people feel ‘less than’ and more often than not pushes them to make the mistake of jumping too soon and running the risk of jumping straight into scarcity mode...and no one likes it there and alll sorts of mindset pickles unearth themselves!
Not a whole lot happens there apart from panic and trying to do EVERYTHING by yourself.
No, no my friends there is another way....a better way perhaps? That’s up to you to decide.
We tell ourselves that we’re ‘hustling’ that we’re MEANT to be crazy busy but with a few tweaks it’s all imminently doable...hopefully without the stress and burnout.
I speak from a LOT of experience here! I managed a job,sometimes 2, and a business (sometimes 2) at various points since I was 27 years old (which is a while...ahem!).
Having a job, part time job or just another source of regular income whatever that might be while you’re building, growing and want to invest in yourself and your business is one of the best things you can do in my opinion...especially when there is so much uncertainty, mortgages to get/pay, things to outsource...and you know BREXIT!
The average millionaire has 7 different income streams at any one time.
So we need to stop the judgement. People don’t know everyone’s situations and they certainly don’t know YOURS.
Who are they to tell you having a job and supporting loved ones, or getting out of an old debt, or wanting a particular lifestyle, whatever it is you’re doing, makes you any less of a business owner.
It 100% doesn’t...it makes you sensible, a master of time, hopefully an excellent prioritiser, freaking amazing and a bit of a hero.
You might not even WANT to take your business full time, you might actually enjoy your job, or at least see the benefits it brings you.
It’s YOUR choice and no one else’s what you want for your business and your life.
There are a LOT of benefits to doing both if you approach it with the right mindset, at least to start with. It may not be sustainable forever but while you’re building and investing it can be great and you will give yourself some valuable freedom to make the right choices for YOU.
It gives you TIME to get your mindset right. This is such a BIG part of it, the shift from employee to full time business owner is huge.
Firstly, you haven’t got anyone telling you you’re doing a great job. You don’t have the feedback, that person guiding you letting you know you’re on the right track.
Balancing a job AND a business also allows you to really invest in yourself and your business. It allows you to outsource certain tasks that are time consuming or outside your zone of genius, which will make everything SO much easier when you’re juggling both and by the time you do leave your business will be in a really good position with systems and a team in place.
It allows you to invest in the best training, go to all the events, take things in your own time and build your business how you WANT to, on YOUR terms without worrying about feast and famine mode.
Plus you get a pension and paid holidays which is nice!
It’s almost like...
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057 - How To Stay Motivated
How to stay motivated
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How to stay motivated
I get asked a lot about how you can maintain motivation while going after your goals, even through the tough bits.
When you start you get that initial burst of motivation when you get all excited and fired up to achieve what you want and then all of a sudden when you start taking action, the goal can seem bigger and bigger and harder and harder and when all the little things seem to be piling up or going wrong that initial motivation begins to wane.
Basically, It becomes more difficult to keep that motivation going as the excitement lessens and the obstacles and mindset gremlins get in your way.
There isn’t the magic pill everybody seems to want I’m afraid, BUT, there are definitely a few things that will really help you on your way.
The first thing to know really is...
Are you actually excited about what you’re doing?
You ‘ideally’ need to be excited about what you’re doing and to remember WHY you’re doing it because of course those are two pretty big keys to staying in the motivation zone and OUT of the procrastination zone so make sure you’re regularly asking yourself and reminding yourself of those.
Are you really SUPER clear on what you’re actually working towards?
If you can CLEARLY visualise (episode 25) what you’re working towards it will make it so SO much easier to work towards it.
Remember the brain doesn’t distinguish between what’s real and what’s imagined so when you marinate alll up in that vision you will feel all the feelings that you’ll have when you get there.
That’s some serious motivation there.
What will you feel like? What will your life be like? Where will you be? WHO will you be? What will having it bring into your life?
Next...
Do you believe you can actually achieve it?
You need a little confidence that you’re actually going to achieve it.
At the end of the day if it’s possible for someone, anyone, else then it’s possible for you.
We have the same 24 hours in the day and days in the week. Pretty much everything that someone else is doing can be learned....including confidence!(Episode 3)
You have all the resources you need, you were born with them just like everyone else.
You just need to know how to work with what you’ve got.
Look around you for all the evidence that it IS absolutely possible, because it’s there I promise you!
When you REALLY know that and trust that, then the motivation comes.
What actually makes YOU feel motivated?
It’s personal for everyone. Are you intrinsically or extrinsically motivated? Or both?
Intrinsic motivation is all about what drives you from within.
If you’re intrinsically motivated you will be pulled forwards by a higher purpose, a desire to fulfill your potential and a sense of achievement.
Doing something purely for the love of it.
Extrinsic motivation is where you’re driven by things outside of yourself. Recognition from others, numbers or money for example.
There is absolutely no right or wrong here, it just helps to know what drives you because it will help you stay motivated.
It could be one, it could be the other or it could be a mix of both!
If you’re extrinsically motivated it can be REALLY helpful to reward yourself for the little achievements along the way.
I’m both for sure. Put it this way, Alex Monroe has done VERY well out of me and my little milestones over the years and those little lovelies really motivate me to hit my goals and serve as a constant reminder of what I can achieve...so why not?!
If you’re intrinsically motivated it’s really helpful to remind yourself of who and how you can help and stay connected to w...
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