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You are listening to the Driving
Confidence Podcast for drivers who want
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to be calm and confident on the road.
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We will be sharing tips, stories, and
advice to beat driving nerves and anxiety
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and build your driving confidence whether
you are just starting out as a learner or
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have had your driving license for years.
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If you want to transform how you've.
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Feel about driving this
podcast is for you.
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We're going to talk about the
difference between stress management
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and confidence building, and why
we think that you should use both
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in your lessons with your students.
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So, what is stress management?
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Well, basically, it's what you do
so you don't end up feeling really
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stressed, feeling really frazzled.
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And I suppose if you get to that
state, it's gone too far, hasn't it?
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Yeah, I would say so, in the,
in, certainly in driving less.
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You don't want to be coming up to a bend
with the, trying to pull your hair out.
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It's, it's, you know, it's
gone too far, hasn't it?
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Yeah.
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So what we're really talking about
is noticing, I suppose, stress and
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how we can manage that, is that?
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Yeah, it's making sure that yourself
and students have strategies so that
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they recognize when they're becoming
stressed, recognize what their
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triggers for stress might be, so what
scenarios and situations are likely
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to make them feel more stressed.
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And then having some tips and tricks
that they know will work for them to
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help to keep them calm because you
know that the more stressed somebody
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is, their driving changes, doesn't it?
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Yeah, I also noticed that
they're, you know, I can notice
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them getting more stressed.
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I mean, it's, it's their body language,
the way they grip the steering
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wheel, the way they change gear.
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Or, or not change gear, should I
say, sometimes it's just like, okay,
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something's happening here, or I might
notice in them the face changing to a
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different color, like red, you know,
so there's lots of different things
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that I notice, and it's probably
about getting them to be more aware
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of what they notice as well, isn't it?
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And this goes for you as well,
you know, if you're getting
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stressed, where do you feel it?
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You know, in the body, what happens?
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Is it you start clenching your fists?
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Is there a, like a feeling
in the chest that goes a bit
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tight or something, you know?
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So being aware of when you become
stressed, what does it feel like?
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Where is it?
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And then, okay, what do I do now?
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So even as an experienced driver, Your
knowledge about driving, your driving
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in theory should stay the same, but
if you're emotional, if you're feeling
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stressed, then your driving changes.
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You, it becomes more jerky and faster
or slower or you get closer to people,
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you're distracted because you're stressed,
you're thinking about other things.
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So this affects everybody.
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Thank you for listening.
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Find out about the different ways
that you can work with us on our
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website, www.confidentdrivers.co.uk,
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and begin to transform the
way you feel about driving.
