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Try this simple exercise that can be part of your process of being present and fully aware of where you are and what you’re doing—all with the help of your imagination. This exercise will help you use visualization to achieve a state of mind that gives you power over debt.

This exercise is designed to help you increase your feelings of compassion, both for yourself and others. Follow these three simple steps and focus on inner peace to stir up your compassion.

If you feel physically ill, in pain or tense when a stressful event is on its way, your body is actually trying to talk to you! It’s communicating exactly what your stress triggers are, and if you listen, you can start taking control of those stress responses and stop them from fully developing.

Mindfulness is one of the best tools for calming anxiety, depression, and pain. Use this exercise to step away from a heightened state, and come back to an awareness of your own body and breath.

The “Stop the Burn” exercise identifies the area in your body where you have the most stress-related pain and discomfort. Learn how to use progressive muscle relaxation to gain control and release your tension.

Writing can be a powerful tool to release you from financial stress. Try our simple 4-step process to help you leave your debt-related anxieties on the page.

An emotional hijack is when your emotions are so strong, they shut down much of your ability to think clearly and begin planning. This two-step exercise will help you recognize and combat events that trigger your emotional hijack response.

This exercise will teach you a simple technique to turn around those out-of-control negative thoughts that are part of financial stress. This is a three-step process we call A-S-C, which has been proven to be an effective way of using your ideas to take control of your brain.

When we are stressed and anxious, our breathing automatically becomes shallow and irregular, which only causes more anxiousness and heightens our stress level. Learn to breathe deeply and let the stress of financial worries fade into the background.