A woman makes a frame with her hands.

When you're in love, you walk through the world with the famous rose-colored glasses. Everything is great, and no matter what the new partner does, it is interpreted in such a way that it fits in with being in love.

In NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) you would say that you can understand the behavior of the other reframed – gives it a new framework of meaning. In this case, one that does not endanger or even collapse the positive image one has of the other.

You can also use this approach to get a different picture of the stress you may be experiencing right now.

How?

By a) either giving a new meaning to the stress experience itself or b) giving the triggers of your stress a new framework of meaning.

In the first case, you could say, for example, that the stress you're experiencing reminds you to do something good for yourself. For example, by consciously taking some time for something you like to do. Or at least to make up for it first when the worst stress is over.

The feelings of stress turn from something bad that you reject to a reminder of something good.

And that alone relaxes you a bit.

In the second case, if a deadline puts you under pressure, for example, you could say to yourself "Time pressure helps me to concentrate better and work more effectively". Or you can find another frame of meaning that lets you see the stress trigger a little more relaxed.

The forest bathing coach Jörg Meier, with whom I did my forest bathing training, recommends in his book "Bathing in the Forest" to simply make a frame out of small sticks during a visit to the forest and put it on your desk at home.

This way you always have a reminder in mind that you can also look at the stress in your life from a different angle.