Thriving in Chaos: Two Minute Stress Management Tools for Anxiety, Stress Relief and Increased Confidence

By Sandy Dow

"This book is definitely a must-have for busy, stressed people everywhere." Robert Murray - Best-Selling Author, Global Speaker, Business Strategist

“Thriving in Chaos” is THE book you want on your bedside the next time you are feeling the effects of stress. Whether you are losing sleep from worrying about how to pay

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dow Effect Coaching
• Release date: Sep 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9780995319004

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Thriving in Chaos

Acknowledgement

I acknowledge this book was written and published on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Thriving in Chaos

Two Minute Stress Management Tools for Anxiety, Stress Relief and Increased Confidence

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Copyright © 2017 Sandy Dow

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This is a personal work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details may have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

Cover and Book Design by Penny L. Sampson, cleverbitch.ca

Mandala Artwork by Melissa Dow

Original Cover Photography by Frank Winkler, Germany

Editing by Karen Melin, Malerie Meeker and Alissa Martin

In Partnership with Influence Publishing Inc.

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ISBN: 978-0-9953190-0-4

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my mother, who taught me to believe in my dreams.

Contents

Acknowledgement

Dedication

Disclaimer

Forward

INTRODUCTION

MY STORY

LET'S DO THIS

Making Changes Stick

Create a Plan

1. ANXIETY

Pause and Look

Thump Your Thymus

Time for a Hug

Tap Your Stress Away

Befriend Your Fear

Move through panic

2. Ground yourself

3. SOOTHING SELF CARE

Love Your Kidneys

Sing Your Stress Away

Weigh yourself down

Hand Massage

Breathing Made Easy

Step away from your emotions

Cool Your Brain

Eye Yoga

4. ENERGIZE

Wake Up Fast

Ear Love

Bust A Move

Figure Eight Healing

Slap Yourself Awake

Follow Your Internal GPS

Open Your Energy Channels

Nurture Your Nose

5. CONFIDENCE

Find the Love in Your Audience

Supercharge Your Creativity

Strike a Pose

Remember How Amazing You Are

Dedicate your Passion

Speak From Your Power

Live your Dream

6. ANCIENT SOLUTIONS FOR MODERN TIMES

Creating a Sacred Space

Space Clearing

Nature Heals

Surrender

7. THINGS I LOVE

Homeopathy

Nerofeedback

BodyTalk Cortices Technique

Crystal Therapy

Minerals and Supplements

Cold Water Therapy

Healing Sounds

NOTES

8. FINAL THOUGHTS

About the Author

Thanks

Sources

Resources

Disclaimer

This book has been created to inform individuals with an interest in taking back control of their own health. It is not intended in any way to replace other professional healthcare or mental health advice, but to support it. Readers of this publication agree that neither Sandy Dow nor her publisher will be held responsible or liable for damages that may be alleged or resulting, directly, or indirectly, from their use of this publication. All external links are provided as a resource only and are not guaranteed to remain active for any length of time. Neither the publisher nor the author can be held accountable for the information provided by, or actions resulting from accessing these resources.

Forward

I met Sandy Dow in 2008 when she showed up on the Big Island of Hawaii for a weeklong workshop I was teaching on Hawaiian shamanism.

I didn’t realize it then, but Sandy had already begun a healing journey that had led her to my workshop—a journey that brought her into contact with many other teachers and healing modalities rooted in the latest findings in the biology of trauma.

The practices from these teachings—which Sandy details in her book—resolve the negative impact the nervous system can have on the body and mind, creating a firm foundation in the body that supports the more energetic and spiritual practices she also includes.

Over her years of study, Sandy has taken the best of what she learned and shares it with us in this concise, little book. It’s as if she has read thousands of cookbooks and handpicked the most delicious yet easy-to-make recipes for us to enjoy.

Her genius is to give us a series of brief but powerful exercises and techniques that relieve anxiety, instantly calm the body and mind, and spark the energy that the body needs in order to succeed in whatever way is meaningful to the reader. She has also structured her 2-minute practices in such a way that when we follow them in sequence, they allow us to pause in the midst of whatever it is that is distressing us and begin our own journeys towards healing and thriving.

My own training in NLP, Hypnosis, Somatic Experiencing® (trauma therapy), family constellations, and Hawaiian shamanism (I was initiated as an alakai or teacher in a lineage of kahuna) echoes a lot of what Sandy offers here. So I was delighted to see many of the techniques I had also learned contained in her book. But I was thrilled when I practiced the ones that were new to me and found how effective they were in creating instant changes.

Although Sandy intended this book as a resource for personal growth, I now use it with my clients by picking and choosing exercises for them to practice during the week when they feel they need some help and I’m not around.

If you have ever watched lava flow into the ocean, you will have seen the wild, steamy act of creation in progress as it forms the newest land on the planet. And that is the point of Sandy’s book: We can form new lands for ourselves, new paths and journeys, while in the midst of anxiety and upset. Or, as Sandy