« The Key to Success from Think and Grow Rich and Napoleon Hill | Main | A Funny Story about Healing Stress, Anxiety and Even Chest Pain »
How to Overcome Burnout, Anxiety and Depression
Here are some simple, yet effective, ways to have a better life by overcoming burnout, anxiety and depression.
Lori Prokop Better Life Tip #1
Start the day achieving. The tone of your day is set in its first five minutes. Henry Thoreau used to stay in bed after waking telling himself all the good news he could think of. When he arose to meet the day, his mind attracted good things, good people and good opportunities.
One of my mentors told me, “Lori, many prominent men and women, upon rising in the morning, think great, positive thoughts. Then, they go out in the world and the energy of happiness and success is naturally attracted.”
This helps avoid and overcome burnout, anxiety and depression. It spreads enthusiasm all day. By nightfall, you will have accumulation of positive energy and results.
Lori Prokop Better Life Tip #2
Seek material filled with positive messages. For some this is religious texts or spiritual books. Books, CDs, DVDs and movies with messages of love, hope, joy and success are great fuel for overcoming burnout, anxiety and depression.
Stop reading tragic news. Disasters are not stopped because you read historically about them. Research is discovering that when people concentrate on violence, anger or fear, these types of incidence increase.
A friend of mine called and said, “Lori, have I got great news for you.”
He went on to tell me that in Washington, D.C. a group of people concentrated on love, kindness and healing and the crime rate decreased during that time. Select movies, television, songs, books and news that renew your spirit and your mind. The goal here is to lesson negative energy to avoid burnout, anxiety and depression.
Lori Prokop Better Life Tip #3
Love your life and the people in it. This can seem like no easy task, especially in today’s world. Sometimes it seems like people have gone insane with anger, jealousy and fear. This is just the reason why love is more important now than ever as an antidote to burnout, anxiety and depression.
In research conducted by Dr. Raymond Moody, he interviewed over 2,000 people who had died and come back to life. The research is featured in his book and documentary movie, Life After Life, which have sold over 13 million copies. I place this work on the Lori Prokop favorite list because it gives a powerful answer to burnout, anxiety and depression.
The people were interviewed individually, so they could not hear one person’s story and claim the same experience. They were from all religious backgrounds including no religion.
The strongest message “from the other side” spoken by the largest number of participants was: “Love is what is keeping this earth and people alive. The most important thing is love.”
Lori Prokop Better Life Tip #4
Guard your energy level. To overcome burnout, anxiety and depression and have a better life, make sure your incoming energy is greater than your outgoing energy.
Living at any of the lower 15 levels of your Life Guidance System will drain your energy. These lower level emotions which create burnout, anxiety and depression are, for example, frustration, overwhelm, jealousy, anger, blame, “keeping up the Jones” and fear.
The upper six emotional levels of your Life Guidance System will charge your energy and help eliminate burnout, anxiety and depression. These are emotional choices such as contentment, ease, positive expectation, hopefulness, enthusiasm, love and gratitude.
So go ahead. These steps will help you overcome burnout, anxiety and depression so you can experience a better life.
What do you think? Click on the Questions And Comments link and let us know.
Posted by Lori Prokop
Comments
I am ruining my life and dont know what to do.
have others around but am immoble
Posted by: lion at September 27, 2007 5:29 AM
Dear Lori
Why is it that some people are constantly bombarded with negative events? I have a friend that has been in the depths of despair due to situations arising that are outside her control. She and some members of her family are always experiencing problems.I have tried on numerous occasions to counsel her and advise her to think positively and release all negative thoughts. I even gave her some positive affirmations to assist her along the way, but to no avail. Is it that people bring this upon themselves?
Posted by: shaam at June 9, 2006 6:01 AM
