6 | Releasing the Pressure Cooker of Your Mind

So over the years, I've seen several images of pressure needing to be released, and two in particular I will share with you today.

One was a pressure cooker.

I'm talking the old school, retro 1970s pressure cooker that was the green and yellow colors, and brown, if you know what I'm talking about.

[laughs] And so when I was working on my client, I got a tight feeling in my chest as I was working over his chest, throat, and heart areas, and that's when I saw the image of the pressure cooker.

It was whistling, and the valve was rattling, and the steam was starting to creep out, and the pot was getting ready to explode.

It was on the verge of a disaster.

And this reminded me of when my mom would use the pressure cooker back in the '80s, and it would be on the stove.

And you would think that the whole house was going to explode [laughs] by the noises it would make.

So I digress.

The message that I heard at that point was: how can you let out a little steam each day so you don't explode? And so what spirit was talking about was steam meaning stress, worries, disconnection to self.

How can you let out a little steam each day so that it doesn't have a giant buildup, which leads to an inevitable disaster? And spirit also mentioned creating daily habits to, you know, acknowledge and address and process your emotions are critical to, quote-unquote, "releasing the steam." And so when we think about what we can do every day to help with our daily stressors, to help with our pressure cooker of our mind, it doesn't have to be crazy, monumental, time-consuming activities.

It could simply mean a brain dump at the end of the night before you go to sleep.

Let's say you are juggling a lot of projects or responsibilities and you have a crazy schedule.

In order to be able to connect to that REM sleep and that theta wave state of relaxation, brain dumping and writing down all the things that are on your mind can really help release that pressure from your mind so that you can fully relax and sleep and help your body reset itself.

So I highly recommend the brain dumping.

I also recommend checking in with yourself every day, and that could be as simple as, you know, sitting and having your tea or coffee in the morning and putting a hand on your heart and just asking yourself, like, "How are you doing today?" And be completely honest.

If there's something that's bothering you, a situation or an emotion that you can't quite put your finger on, giving yourself the stillness and space can help you to identify it.

And then once you identify it, that's half the battle.

Then you can understand that this is what it's going to take to work through it, or now that I acknowledge you, I realize that, you know, something is coming up for me to learn.

Let me explore this some more.

You can also journal.

I'm a big journaling fan.

If I don't feel like actually journaling, lazy person hashtag, [laughs] I do a voice memo on my phone and just let it all out.

I talk to my best friends and people that I really trust that create a safe space for me to talk about how I'm feeling.

And, you know, there's, there's just numerous ways to be able to check in and allow that steam to be released slowly every day so that it doesn't build up.

So over the years, I've seen several images of pressure needing to be released, and two in particular I will share with you today.

One was a pressure cooker.

I'm talking the old school, retro 1970s pressure cooker that was the green and yellow colors, and brown, if you know what I'm talking about.

[laughs] And so when I was working on my client, I got a tight feeling in my chest as I was working over his chest, throat, and heart areas, and that's when I saw the image of the pressure cooker.

It was whistling, and the valve was rattling, and the steam was starting to creep out, and the pot was getting ready to explode.

It was on the verge of a disaster.

And this reminded me of when my mom would use the pressure cooker back in the '80s, and it would be on the stove.

And you would think that the whole house was going to explode [laughs] by the noises it would make.

So I digress.

The message that I heard at that point was: how can you let out a little steam each day so you don't explode? And so what spirit was talking about was steam meaning stress, worries, disconnection to self.

How can you let out a little steam each day so that it doesn't have a giant buildup, which leads to an inevitable disaster? And spirit also mentioned creating daily habits to, you know, acknowledge and address and process your emotions are critical to, quote-unquote, "releasing the steam." And so when we think about what we can do every day to help with our daily stressors, to help with our pressure cooker of our mind, it doesn't have to be crazy, monumental, time-consuming activities.

It could simply mean a brain dump at the end of the night before you go to sleep.

Let's say you are juggling a lot of projects or responsibilities and you have a crazy schedule.

In order to be able to connect to that REM sleep and that theta wave state of relaxation, brain dumping and writing down all the things that are on your mind can really help release that pressure from your mind so that you can fully relax and sleep and help your body reset itself.

So I highly recommend the brain dumping.

I also recommend checking in with yourself every day, and that could be as simple as, you know, sitting and having your tea or coffee in the morning and putting a hand on your heart and just asking yourself, like, "How are you doing today?" And be completely honest.

If there's something that's bothering you, a situation or an emotion that you can't quite put your finger on, giving yourself the stillness and space can help you to identify it.

And then once you identify it, that's half the battle.

Then you can understand that this is what it's going to take to work through it, or now that I acknowledge you, I realize that, you know, something is coming up for me to learn.

Let me explore this some more.

You can also journal.

I'm a big journaling fan.

If I don't feel like actually journaling, lazy person hashtag, [laughs] I do a voice memo on my phone and just let it all out.

I talk to my best friends and people that I really trust that create a safe space for me to talk about how I'm feeling.

And, you know, there's, there's just numerous ways to be able to check in and allow that steam to be released slowly every day so that it doesn't build up.