Tag: stress
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The reason why slowing down feels so triggering and what to do about it
I arrived at the tube platform the other day when a man in front of me animatedly sighed, because the tube was 4 minutes away. “Typical,” he huffed as he kicked the air. Because he had to wait four minutes. You know we have a problem with rushing as a society when you watch this…
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Why your stress management isn’t working & what you can do about it
What role does stress and anxiety currently play in your life? What are your ways of managing it, and are they working? Chances are, like most of us, your coping strategy will include some form of numbing or masking. Numbing includes things like binge-watching or doom scrolling as a form of distraction. This is another…
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The link between our breath, mental health and emotions: a somatic interpretation of the nervous system
If you think to any past experience of deep emotion, your breath would have shifted in response. Be it a gasp in shock, a sob in grief, or an inhale in excitement, your breath would have changed. Those heart racing, eyes leaking, belly flipping things we call the feels, it all changes our breath. In…
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What a breakdown in rush hour will do for you
I don’t believe in bad luck.I don’t enjoy, although I am no stranger to, a pity party.Bad things have to happen in order for us to experience good and without the bad days, there wouldn’t be the good ones. When I found my cars wing mirror torn off from its hinges this morning, I don’t…
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