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Neuro-Semantic Patterns for Stress Reduction

Discover Neuro-Semantics patterns for transforming stress frames, accessing resource states, and developing mastery over your own responses. These methods work at the level of meaning-making itself.

Practice Now: Meta-State Awareness

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Frame Games: Changing the Rules of Response

Neuro-Semantics patterns for transforming stress at its source—your frames

The Frame Games Principle

In Neuro-Semantics, "Frame Games" describes how mental frames govern your experience. The frame you bring to a situation determines your response. Change the frame, and you change the game entirely. Stress is not what happens to you—it's the frame through which you interpret what happens.

Instead of trying to escape or suppress stress, Frame Games invites you to ask: "What frame would serve me best here?"Curiosity frames, learning frames, and growth frames transform obstacles into opportunities.

Frame Refusal: Saying 'No!' to Toxic Scripts

5-10 min

A Neuro-Semantics pattern for refusing frames that create unnecessary stress and pressure.

How to Practice:

  1. 1Identify a stressful thought ('I must be perfect', 'I can't fail')
  2. 2Recognize it as a frame, not a fact
  3. 3Ask: 'Is this frame serving me?'
  4. 4If not, say 'No!' to the frame with conviction
  5. 5Replace with a resourceful frame ('I choose excellence', 'I learn from all outcomes')

Kissing the Dragon: Transforming Fear States

10-15 min

Embrace stress signals as information rather than threats, transforming your relationship to fear.

How to Practice:

  1. 1Notice a stress or fear sensation in your body
  2. 2Instead of fighting it, welcome it as a messenger
  3. 3Ask: 'What is this emotion telling me?'
  4. 4Thank the emotion for the information
  5. 5Choose your response from a state of awareness, not reaction

The Drop Down Through Pattern

5-10 min

Descend through layered meta-states to find and transform the core frames creating stress.

How to Practice:

  1. 1Identify your current stress feeling
  2. 2Ask: 'What am I feeling stressed about?' and notice
  3. 3Ask: 'And when I feel that, what do I feel about THAT?'
  4. 4Continue dropping down through each layer until you reach the core frame
  5. 5Transform the core frame with a more empowering meaning

Your Progress Path

Continue your stress management journey

Step 1

Identify your stress sources

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Learn reduction methods

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Step 3

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