How to create a stress management strategy for an exam

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Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, use of target language, and marketing.

This episode is dedicated to creating a stress management strategy ahead of an important exam, e.g. the EU's interinstitutional accreditation test, or the UN test for freelances.

DISCLAIMER: I am neither a doctor nor a psychologist. My background is in personal fitness training and nutrition. Where I suggest exercise, diet changes, or supplements, please exercise common sense and consult your doctor first.

I have added chapter markers so you can find your way around. Here are the aspects I've addressed:

• The four pillars of health, without which stress management techniques are a sticking plaster
• identifying stressors: drainers and nourishers
• motivation
• habituation
• stress management techniques for stressful situations
• mindset
• on the day
• summary: creating rituals

If you'd like more detail on the techniques I mention in the podcast, or you want to discover more powerful mind/body techniques, you can access my e-course here.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 4:40 Four pillars of health
• 6:03 Hydration
• 8:11 How diet can support energy levels and mood
• 13:47 Sleep
• 14:49 Exercise
• 17:16 Identifying stressors: drainers and nourishers
• 20:21 Motivation
• 24:17 Habituation
• 28:39 Stress management techniques
• 35:44 Mindset & reframing
• 39:34 On the day - your environment
• 44:43 Summary - creating rituals
• 47:39 Outro