One of the most common searches on Google in the new year is this question – how do I get rid of my stress? The short answer is one many people won’t like. You can’t. Life is full of stress, as a human being stress is a non-negotiable.
We often treat rest and relaxation as a reward. Something to be earned after burning the candle at both ends. In Western culture, this is seen as laziness. We have created a whole narrative to go with relaxation because we don’t understand its function.
Mindfulness is not simply meditating every day, it is a practice of intentional awareness of each moment throughout our day. Practicing mindfulness practices daily, bringing simple awareness and intention to our thoughts and actions, we create a greater understanding of ourselves, what sets us off, and brings us joy.
Our sympathetic nervous system (SNS) helps us engage in fight or flight so that we can protect ourselves from danger. The brain is not able to discern perceived vs real threat, it simply sees a threat as a threat.
Patrice Flanagan-Morris of Empowerment Within talks about what healthy workplace boundaries are, how to set them and what gets in the way of setting them.
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