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0:00Hi guys. Welcome and welcome back to my
0:02channel. If you're facing [music] stress
0:05while juggling school at the same time,
0:08it can definitely feel like a challenge.
0:11My challenge for you is to stay until
0:13the end of this video with hopes that
0:16you will completely [music]
0:18rewire your thoughts around approaching
0:21studies while coping with stress at the
0:23same time
0:24>> [music]
0:25>> and finding healthy habits and practices
0:28to incorporate
0:30into your daily routines, practices,
0:33>> [music]
0:33>> in the most beneficial way to help
0:36supplement your well-being and help you
0:39focus better on your studies.
0:42I have multiple reasons to be making
0:44this video.
0:45>> [music]
0:45>> One, it was suggested by many of you and
0:48two, this was motivation by myself
0:51because I have personally been going
0:53through a lot of
0:55moving around and juggling coursework
0:58with working full-time while managing
1:00two YouTube channels.
1:02So, as somebody who has learned how to
1:04manage her stress while managing
1:08studying at the same time, I really feel
1:10like I have the expertise [music] and
1:12experience to be explaining this to you
1:14guys.
1:15So,
1:17unlike most of my videos, I have
1:19structured [music] this one out a little
1:20bit
1:21just because my schedule is about to
1:24become a little bit busier because I'm
1:25taking 15 [music] credits this semester
1:29for the summer to accelerate my
1:31>> [music]
1:31>> um
1:32degree pathway that I'm doing right now.
1:35I actually recently just attended my
1:38commencement ceremony for the previous
1:40college that I got my psychology degree
1:42at. Here's actually a picture of me just
1:45the other day.
1:46>> [music]
1:46>> It was great and that itself was
1:48motivation to make this video. But, to
1:52begin with, I want to step right into
1:54[music] the first principle
1:56of managing stress while studying. The
2:00first thing you have to think of is
2:03self-compassion.
2:04Because often times when we have all
2:06these circumstances going on in our
2:08lives, it's easy to want to blame
2:10yourself [music] and say, "I'm just not
2:12handling it well enough. I'm not smart
2:14enough to know how to handle it and I
2:16>> [music]
2:17>> I'm not efficient enough to have these
2:19resources or I'm not disciplined enough
2:21to incorporate [music] these practices
2:23into my life to help balance it out
2:25studies while
2:27trying to focus on self-care [music] and
2:30minimizing and ameliorating that stress
2:33that you're dealing with.
2:34You want to be compassionate with
2:36yourself about this because
2:38>> [music]
2:38>> we can't find a way to manage stress. We
2:42can't manage stress from
2:44self-rejection or self-hatred [music]
2:46because that only digs us deeper into
2:48that hole of self-hatred or
2:51>> [music]
2:51>> rejection. Because and I've spoken about
2:54this many times in previous videos of
2:56mine, but I really place the emphasis on
2:59taking action from a sense of self-love.
3:02Loving yourself first.
3:04>> [music]
3:04>> And then a lot of times I get questions,
3:06"Well, how exactly
3:08do [music]
3:09I love myself?" Ask yourself this.
3:13Where aren't you loving yourself? Are
3:16you giving yourself time to prepare a
3:18healthy meal? Are you giving yourself
3:21time to have a spa day, take a bath? It
3:25can really just be the little things in
3:27life. Like, I know not everybody
3:30>> [music]
3:30>> thinks about cooking a healthy meal from
3:32their for thems- for their selves.
3:35But, in my experience, in my opinion,
3:38this is one of the most nourishing, most
3:41loving things you can do about yourself
3:43do for yourself because you're
3:46feeding your body, mind, and soul. When
3:49you make a delicious, healthy meal for
3:52yourself,
3:53>> [music]
3:53>> when you look in the mirror and tell
3:55yourself,
3:56"I am worthy
3:58>> [music]
3:58>> of great things. I am worthy
4:02of rest." I'm actually looking at myself
4:04into my mirror as I say this because
4:06there's a mirror right at my [music]
4:07desk, which is great because, you know,
4:10when it while I'm recording, I get to
4:11look at myself and,
4:12>> [music]
4:12>> you know, take admiration for myself and
4:16admire the effort that I'm putting into
4:17my videos, well.
4:20I'm basically juggling all these things
4:21at once. Like, yes, I'm a busy person.
4:25Do I feel overwhelmed with working
4:27full-time, being a full-time student,
4:28and managing two YouTube channels? Of
4:31course, I feel overwhelmed. As a content
4:34creator preaching self-development,
4:37self-healing, and manifestation,
4:39I still need to know the relevance of
4:42facing [music] these challenging
4:44emotions because if I didn't deal with
4:46them, then
4:47there's no relevance in teaching you
4:48guys how to handle these emotions if
4:50[music] I didn't experience them.
4:54So, to take a step back and reflect,
4:57>> [music]
4:57>> be compa- be compassionate with
4:59yourself. Have that conversation that,
5:01[music]
5:02"Hey,
5:03where am I not loving myself? And
5:07how do I need to nourish my inner world,
5:10my mind, my body, and soul so [music]
5:14I can fill my own cup before I pour it
5:17into my studies?" [music]
5:20The next thing we want to focus on is
5:23the assessment [music]
5:24part of this step. So, assess where you
5:28are versus where you want to be.
5:31What do your current grades look like?
5:35Where are you in your academic standing?
5:38When I first [music] began college, I
5:41was not in a good position because prior
5:44to my first year, my first semester of
5:47college, I had no classroom experience
5:50[music]
5:50and I wasn't used to juggling
5:54full-time school [music] because I grew
5:56out
5:57I grew outside of the traditional
5:59classroom setting. So, being in a
6:00classroom setting was very intimidating
6:03and I ended up dropping
6:05two courses. My grade was very bad to
6:08begin with. I had a I had like a B- or
6:10something like that like that which
6:12isn't so bad.
6:14But, to my standards, I don't consider
6:17that as good.
6:18So,
6:20like I mentioned previously, I had to
6:23have that compassionate conversation
6:25with myself and say,
6:27"This is my first year of college. I've
6:29never had classroom experience before.
6:31There is no one in my life to really get
6:33me
6:33>> [music]
6:34>> here to where I am now
6:35to allow me to have that experience."
6:39I had to gauge
6:41where I wanted to be and that was
6:44finishing the semester with a 3.5
6:46[music]
6:46GPA and still finishing with seven
6:49credits on my transcript.
6:52Luckily, I actually finished that
6:55semester with a [music] 4.0 GPA
6:58and
6:59that was so that was at the college that
7:01I just graduated with with my psychology
7:04degree and
7:05>> [music]
7:05>> I ended up having a 4.0 GPA throughout
7:09the entire 2 years that I spent at that
7:11college and I
7:13credit that [music] to myself love and
7:17constantly gauging where I wanted to be
7:19against where I currently was. So, this
7:22kind of feeds into the next thing that I
7:25want to talk about is
7:27beyond assessing our current standing in
7:30[music] our academic performance, we
7:32want to assess what we control in our
7:34lives that is contributing to our focus
7:37in our studies.
7:38So,
7:40assess what you control around your
7:42study time versus what you can't.
7:43>> [music]
7:43>> Find opportunities / practices to relax
7:46your nervous system such as journaling,
7:49meditation,
7:50>> [music]
7:50>> yoga, therapy, or visualization,
7:52especially when it comes to the stress
7:54because
7:56>> [music]
7:57>> let's be real.
7:58School is very stressful. We're all
8:00human and we all experience stress
8:02surrounding school. [music]
8:03So, I want you to think about the things
8:06in your life that you can control that
8:08are contributing to the stress.
8:11So, for example,
8:13I want I highly believe I strongly
8:16believe that 90% of the things that are
8:20stressing us out are within the mind.
8:24And I realized this because I have been
8:26journaling for almost 4 years straight
8:28[music] every single day and the more I
8:30look back at my old entries, the more I
8:32realize
8:34that [music]
8:35it was really my thoughts that were
8:36stressing me out. Yes, the the external
8:39environment in my immediate
8:41surroundings, it would be easy to blame
8:44that for
8:45the reason of my stress, but if we if we
8:48want to be in control and we want to
8:51>> [music]
8:51>> regulate that stress, we have we have to
8:53gauge like how much of that is mental
8:56because
8:58you could let's say for example, so I
9:00have four younger siblings and [music]
9:02when I used to live with my family when
9:03I was 17,
9:06there was noise all the time and I'm
9:08I I like to have my quiet time, so it
9:10was it was very hard for me to focus,
9:14but even in the times of silence, I was
9:16still reflecting on the times where I
9:18was upset and I would ruminate on
9:21my anger and my fury about the noise
9:24that would go on even in the times where
9:26it was quiet, I would still
9:27>> [music]
9:28>> ruminate on that. So, I had to journal
9:30out I am in control of my thoughts and
9:33one thing [music] I can do to control my
9:35thoughts is by practicing yoga Because
9:37when we practice yoga, that actually
9:39brings your mind
9:40>> [music]
9:41>> down to somatic awareness. It brings
9:43your mind's focus to your body because
9:45when you do yoga, you have to focus on
9:47balance. [music] You literally have to
9:49be so focused on every single movement
9:51so you don't fall over because I do a
9:53lot of standing yoga and that is [music]
9:55something that
9:57really, really, really helped me bring
9:59my mind
10:00to my body instead of my mind spiraling
10:03to my thoughts because
10:05>> [music]
10:05>> back then I used to try to use my
10:07thoughts to control my thoughts, but
10:09that actually exacerbated the process.
10:11So, it's all about like bringing
10:13your mind [music] down to your somatic,
10:16your bodily awareness before proceeding
10:18[music]
10:19with again trying to use your thoughts
10:22to control even more thoughts. [music]
10:25So,
10:27the bottom line is we want to be aware
10:30of what we can control. [music]
10:33Don't blame your surroundings because
10:35the truth is even if you're in a chaotic
10:37environment, it is within your control
10:39to step out of that chaotic environment.
10:42It is with [music]
10:43in It is within your control to put in
10:45headphones. It is within your control to
10:48find a quieter room to [music] study and
10:51really put that effort into everything
10:53that you're learning.
10:55Now,
10:56the fourth step in this process that I
10:58want to talk about is [music]
11:00beginning to take action. And this very
11:03much
11:04reflects the latter that I just
11:06explained was taking action. You know,
11:07stepping into a quieter room, putting in
11:09earbuds, [music]
11:10practicing yoga. Maybe it's meditation.
11:13Something that just makes you [music]
11:15feel calm.
11:16One thing that I like to do in
11:17particular is if I'm feeling overwhelmed
11:21with studying and working and [music]
11:23managing two YouTube channels, something
11:25I really like to do is I just come to my
11:29desk and I either light maybe [music]
11:31two or three candles. I love candles and
11:33I love essential oils because I feel
11:36like aromatherapy really has the power
11:38to bring us [music] down into the
11:40physical realm, like I previously
11:43emphasized when I talked about yoga and
11:45bringing the mind down into the bodily
11:46awareness.
11:48I like to do that while I'm studying
11:50because I've actually made a connection
11:52with a certain scent and I've
11:54made that association. Like, when I
11:56smell that particular scent of the
11:58candle or essential oil, like I
11:59immediately think studies. I immediately
12:02think of like,
12:03>> [music]
12:03>> it's time to be calm and it's time to be
12:05focused on my studies. So, it's kind of
12:07like somatic anchoring, which is
12:09something I've mentioned [music]
12:10previously in a few of my videos. So, I
12:12would highly suggest just finding a
12:15place where you can be alone, a place
12:16that's quiet, maybe put in some [music]
12:18earbuds. And again, just light candles
12:21or get an essential oil diffuser.
12:26One thing a lot of people like to do
12:27while studying that I want to also
12:29mention is listening to music while
12:30studying.
12:31There you can listen to study
12:33frequencies and like instrumental
12:34[music]
12:35calming music, but I actually don't
12:36recommend listening to music with lyrics
12:39because that is scientifically proven in
12:41studies to actually hinder your focus
12:43[music]
12:44because you shift between trying to
12:47listen to the lyrics [music] while
12:48studying. Like, even if you're not
12:51consciously aware of it, we
12:52subconsciously tend to do it because
12:54when we're listening to music, we want
12:55to focus on the lyrics and we want to
12:57>> [music]
12:57>> we want to focus on like the feel good
13:00vibes from the music. So,
13:02when you're studying and if you want to
13:03listen to music, listen to like gamma
13:06waves frequencies [music] because they
13:08can actually like
13:10scientifically boost different types of
13:13brain waves released by your brain and
13:15actually like helps you focus while
13:17studying. [music] So, like I actually
13:19have made subliminals on my subliminal
13:21channel. Like, there's a mental agility
13:23subliminal that I made. I I to it
13:25specifically when I'm studying because I
13:27have actually incorporated frequencies
13:29in that subliminal. I believe it was
13:31741 hertz paired [music] with gamma
13:34waves to help accelerate
13:37my ability to focus
13:39>> [music]
13:39>> while studying while also listening to
13:41brain power affirmations in the
13:43background.
13:44So, anyway, I'm going to start stop
13:47blabbering and I'm going to move on to
13:49um the fifth step of this process
13:52is I want you to evaluate this action
13:55plan [music]
13:56{slash} whatever this relaxing technique
13:58you're doing to help manage your stress
14:00while studying.
14:02So, I want you to ask is it working or
14:05is it not? I want you to measure how far
14:07you've come to your goals if you've
14:09already completed them. Basically,
14:11asking yourself what went right or what
14:13went wrong and use that as a learning
14:15opportunity for how to improve in the
14:19future. [music] So, now that you have
14:21your
14:22you know, maybe it's your little quiet
14:24place where you light your candle or
14:27diffuse your essential oil, listen to
14:29your affirmations, listen to your
14:30subliminals while studying. I personally
14:32listen to the subliminals while studying
14:35like I like I said in other videos and
14:38>> [music]
14:38>> maybe I I know I spoke a little about
14:41that in this video in particular, but
14:43>> [music]
14:44>> really just assess how far you've come
14:48to your academic goals based on like how
14:50much you've been able to regulate your
14:52nervous system through making yourself
14:54feel calmer and not feeling as much
14:56stress.
14:57So, in my case
14:59recently because I just began the summer
15:01semester and I'm taking 15 credits,
15:03three of those classes being accelerated
15:05while working full-time and managing two
15:07YouTube channels
15:09I've really had to be hyper aware
15:11of my surroundings and the in the
15:14environment that I've made for studying
15:16because I mean, that is so incredibly
15:19condensed [music] and
15:20my brain literally
15:23feels like it's just on go mode 24/7
15:26because I'm constantly thinking of all
15:28the things I have to do.
15:30But, because I've trained my nervous
15:32system to realize
15:34I chose I chose to be full-time. I chose
15:37to be a full-time student, a full-time
15:38worker, and manage [music] two YouTube
15:40channels. That is within my control. And
15:42if I need to stop, I have the power to
15:45stop. So, realize that you're the one in
15:47control here, and you [music] have the
15:49power to reassess and reassess
15:53and adjust your environment, your your
15:56goals based on where you are. So, you
15:58basically have to be
16:00>> [music]
16:00>> hyper-aware.
16:01And then
16:02just sit back and relax and realize that
16:04you're the one in control.
16:07So, like
16:09the bottom line of this step is just
16:11basically
16:13making adjustments as needed and [music]
16:16starting over with step three and repeat
16:18as needed. So, step three being assess
16:20where you control [music] what you can
16:23control around your study time versus
16:25what you can't and finding
16:26opportunities/practices
16:28to relax your nervous system. Again,
16:31maybe that's journaling, meditation,
16:32yoga, therapy, or visualization.
16:37So, I want to keep this video short and
16:39succinct because my time is [music] a
16:43little limited here.
16:45So, if you stayed until the end of this
16:47video, thank you so much. It's been an
16:49honor to talk with you, and
16:51>> [music]
16:52>> don't forget to like, comment, and
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16:56you guys have any questions, do not be
16:58afraid to reach out to me in the comment
17:00section below. I do believe I have my um
17:03>> [music]
17:03>> life coaching email in my bio on my
17:06YouTube channel. If you're ever
17:07interested in a personal one-on-one with
17:10me, make sure to contact me at
17:12[email protected]
17:13[music]
17:15for a personalized coaching details or
17:17even if you just have any questions
17:19[music] or topics you'd like to discuss
17:23or if you have suggestions for future
17:24videos, please do not be [music] afraid
17:26to reach out to me.
17:28And
17:29without further ado, I will see you guys
17:32in the next one. I love [music] you and
17:34take care.
17:35Bye.

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