Change your day around RIGHT NOW
I'm worried about what stress is doing to my peers. Many women are doing "everything right" on paper but still are sick. And this is stealing joy from their lives.
I worry that stress management isn't at least top three for priority for them when it comes to their healing plan.
It is easy/easier for people to prioritize the supplements, the food, the movement, the hydration, the sleep.
It is VERY tough to stop stress patterns in the mind. And it is keeping us in fight, flight, or freeze. It is robbing our body of energy it needs to heal in other places. Stress plays a big role in keeping us ILL.
Would it be worthwhile for you to trial some techniques this month on your own? Let me explain if you have a sec. <3
The below three practices (that I personally love) are for nervous system regulation. Would you ever be up for *trying* to incorporate some of these for a few weeks? What if meant you really COULD get some big, quick wins for yourself?
What if your relationships improved because of it?
What if your mental health improved because of it?
What if your perspective on things improved because of it?
What if it gave you more energy and clarity?
And the cool thing is what I am about to tell you is SO SIMPLE. You just need reminders to actually do them.
Now listen, I am NOT AN EXPERT. But I do learn from the experts and try to expand my own understanding of what they teach. See what works for me and what doesn't. (Not all of what they preach works for me.)
Try these out:
3 ways to get some big wins with nervous system regulation
1. A few times a day challenge yourself to do your tasks with a CLOSED MOUTH. Meaning: Nose breathing only. Slow, present, deep breaths AS you are productive. Learn to do this. Don't be a shallow breather and don't be a mouth breather if you can help it. This is hard to retrain yourself- you CAN do it though. Put up a post-it note "Nose breathing only biotch" ;)
2. Learn to repeat the mantra "This stress is not worth the ______" When you feel yourself at the beginning stages of an emotional spike... For example: You're reading an email that tightens your chest. An argument starts with your partner. You're late and stuck in traffic. Someone walks into the room that you don't like...
When you start to feel this bubble up-- QUICKLY catch yourself and say "This stress is not worth the ________." Not worth the hair loss. Not worth your adrenal glands blowing out. Not worth your sex hormones plummeting. Whatever it is.
Start breathing slowly and imagine yourself as very even-keel and balanced. Nothing is rocking your boat. Decide that you're going to be "chill" in this moment because you have the goal of regulating your nervous system and therefore this is something that you need to learn to do.
3. Get in your Vitamin B5. If you need a quick win, get those B5 levels replenished. Often times people who are extremely stressed are depleted in B5. B5 is basically adrenal gland food. Get a methylated version. Nurse Doza always says he pops a B5 in times of extreme stress.
Can you implement one or all of these? I think you can do it!!
