 hey you guys so disclaimer I'm on my old computer also another disclaimer I am currently recording several videos today so I will be wearing the same thing if you're noticing that so in this video I'm going to be discussing how I personally keep my anxiety at bay those you who don't know I do suffer from anxiety my anxiety not to downplay it it's more so situational anxiety so I can get excited happy about it but it makes me anxious around the holidays which we're in right now the holiday season with busy schedules and just you know running around acting crazy in general I get anxious and so I am on medication for it but I find that with any type of I don't even want to say disease or with any type of process managing it is the challenging party but at this point this is like my fourth or fifth year into this especially since I have a small child at this point I have noticed some signs and I have created a basically plan of things to help me to keep my anxiety at bay the disclaimer I am not in the medical profession if you have any questions or concerns regarding your own mental illness or anxiety please please contact a local doctor okay your physician or psychiatrist someone who can help you there so what I'm going to do basically is give you guys a breakdown of things that I do to keep my anxiety at bay so the very first thing and I shouldn't say that not in any particular order is to recognize the red flags for me personally it's when I'm forgetting stuff I'm being short-tempered and I can tell I mean I can literally feel it creeping up you know it's coming from my toes all the way up creeping up and traveling up my body that's how it is for me I even say it out loud I'm getting anxious though you know my husband or JB you're driving me crazy because I'm getting short I'm getting I'm getting short with everyone I know the warning signs but then the next step would be to act accordingly and I haven't been and I'm excited in this previous go around I knew it was coming I knew it was coming and what happens especially with me personally is that I get so anxious and so busy with life that then I get sick and then that just heightens my anxiety because now I'm out for a few days because now I literally have made myself sick worrying about things so recognize the warning signs direct flags and take the steps okay so some other things that I'm going to show you some things I actually use is I will say the number one thing that for me is to live intentionally that basically means for me is make sure I'm drinking my water I'm taking my vitamins try to stay on schedule if possible schedules are really big for me I am a to-do list person if something doesn't get done today I've tried to do it the next day if it doesn't get done then I try to do it that week that way I'm not rolling things into the next week and now I'm really anxious about it because my schedule is off okay I'm working out being mindful how I speak to others being mindful of my thoughts when I'm thinking about okay trying to stay on things that are not so negative a next thing for me would be to remain positive stay positive it is really easy when you get anxious and you have a lot of things going on like I said to dwell on the negativity and take it from me you guys I just got out of a spill of anxiety to where I was almost creeping into depression and I had to literally pull myself for me personally I can do that not everyone has ability to do that so I say my positive affirmations I focus on what I accomplished that week or that day and then I use any type of mishaps or fails I should say as a learning opportunity okay what can I do tomorrow next week or next month so this doesn't happen again okay I'm another thing is to be flexible and this goes with my scheduling I used to be a type of person to where I felt like I had to get everything done on a Friday you have two more days Friday Saturday Sunday be open okay be flexible don't be rigid to one schedule one thing goes back to living intentionally plan yet be flexible I like I mentioned earlier I am a planner I have my three priorities for the for the day but sometimes if I get my three priorities for the day done I look at what's going on later on that week okay can I do something from this list if I can great that way if something happens tomorrow now I have two items on my to-do list to do instead of three because I did that extra one today you see what I mean if my plan a or plan B doesn't happen it's okay I really have to tell myself that sometimes you guys because I could get so bombed out if something doesn't fall through but I have to again out loud say it's okay tomorrow's another day let's move it on to tomorrow and let's just move on there's another day just move on so again plan accordingly but be flexible alright and last but not least this is a big one for me extension oils I say I have them in front of me I have an extension oil diffuser we have to say my three favorite oils for anxiety or a lavender sweet orange and frankincense and I have some examples here to show you this is sweet orange you probably can't see that and then this is the lavender I keep several bottles of lavender oil around like this is probably the third one I have in the house but more recently I purchased a oil mixture through whole foods called chill pill and I've already gone through almost half the bottle chill pill and it's actually a mixture of I want to say lavender lavender and sweet orange and there's some other things in here but yes extension oils are great sometimes when I'm really feeling it the anxiety I will put a little bit of lavender oil behind my earlobes on my actual wrists I have a diffuser that goes on 10 12 hours out of the day I purchased this through Amazon I will be linking that down below I was sometimes sprinkle one or two drops on my little boys pillow on our pillow at night yes I do believe in that so that is it you guys let me know if you have any tips any suggestions on how you deal with anxiety but yes I like I said before I do have medication for it but if I can follow all of these items I really do find these five extension oils focus on the positivity live intentional that is really big for me because that encompasses a lot of different things everything from eating well to being whole spiritually and just all the way around okay being aware of the trickery signs or warning signs plan yet be flexible those are my tips so that is it you guys thank you so much for watching take care bye