Good Advice to Remember from the Brat Factor Post

As THE original SHE I can tell you that the most common cry among SHEs is, "I am overwhelmed." After the cry, the SHE will invariably go into the details of the over- whelming state. What I have learned over the 30 years I have been help- ing SHEs (myself included) is that when we get over- whelmed we need to STOP and take a deep breath! That is what I said, STOP and breathe. Don't talk and tell yourself or others about your state. Don't consume yourself with pity, hate, discouragement or whatever negative emotion you are capable of conjuring up. Just STOP and breathe. When you do stop and breathe you will become still. Stay that way for a couple of minutes. Then take your problems (you have created more than one or you wouldn't be overwhelmed) and make the collection of problems a smaller problem. WHAT SHOULD I DO IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES? Make your smaller problem the ONLY problem you have. You will then only-one-problem-at-a-time yourself to getting out of confusion and chaos. Try it.