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Julian Brass On Why Your Anxiety May Be Your Biggest Asset, How to Reclaim Your Body, Mind and Soul, and Much More!
In this discussion, you'll learn...
-What 'Own Your Anxiety' actually means...2:50
- Being vulnerable enough to admit that you're anxious and still crush the anxious task
- Anxiety is energy
- "With the right lifestyle and mindset decisions, we can all own our anxiety"
- 2008 Notable life: Solution to inspire young, professional millennials to live the 'notable life' with a well balanced lifestyle
- Notable Awards - Awards for young professionals across Canada
- 9 years of running the business, Sold the company in 2017
- Had his first anxiety attack at the launch of this first startup
- Pro athletes and musicians are able to take nervous energy and transform it into an almost superhuman performance
- Julian figured he could get "athlete-level" with his anxiety
- Meditative state, picturing the energy and transforming it into propelling energy
- >45 million adult sufferers of anxiety
- Most common mental disorder in the Americas
- Be very intentional about how and when we share, especially in the workplace
- Using Julians anxious energy transfer tools accordingly
- Opening up at the right place at the right time can create an authentic, vulnerable connection between yourself and others
- Show up without judgement, especially for family
- Very subjective
- A worry of what could happen vs. real life anxiety triggers
- "Anxiety is our life alarm," telling us something is wrong physically or metaphysically
- Physical: Too much caffeine, sugar, drugs, alcohol
- Metaphysical: Our feelings, beliefs, energetic space
- Try to get out of the moment by realizing that this is just a sensation and ask yourself, "What can I do about this feeling?"
- Try to dissect a previous anxious episode to understand why it happened
- Reduce caffeine intake, try Matcha tea instead
- Julian's fun anxiety reduction idea: "The Triple P" - Personal Power Points
- Shifting your self talk
- Moving your body - anxiety is energy
- Hydration - women should consume 2-3 liters of water, men 3-4 liters
- Empower yourself with the ability of knowing your direction in life
- The mirror trick - shift our mirror dialogue to something confident
- Breath and gratitude
- 10 very deep breaths from nose to belly
- "Grateful am I for..."
