Did you know that toast seems to continue to land avocados? You reset the ponytail and move on, then boom! Another slice hits the ground. I recently had one these days. My three children arrived late for their actions. Which were, of course, on the opposite side of the town. And that day the traffic was more brakes than the gas pedal. So I missed the bar class I had been hoping for all week in my “no return, no excuses” studio. When I got back to the car, cursing inwardly (well, outwardly), my tire exploded and I ended up on the side of the road that ended up stuck on a flat road, without my phone charger. In other words: Avocado. Edonon. When I finally got home, instead of thinking about how to remove the stress leads to the carpet or base with a cup in the yard Quiet natural, I did what many of us did … we threw the drink out of the situation.
I decided that a good rigid cocktail would do the trick, even for me he knew which would probably lead to two (three), which would inevitably put me on my heel in the morning. A couple of G&T, stress of the day yours he calmed down, but, as was to be expected, the next day the severe headaches appeared as an unwanted guest of the house. And if that’s not enough, Anxiety, my old friend, who I try to keep away from, came in full force once the delicious was over.
Obviously, I needed to have a new set of wellness solutions in my toolbox that didn’t include gin. Deciding to take care of myself for the bad days of the future, I hired a holistic health and wellness coach in New Zealand. Sara Acland to provide some instructions on how to manage stress easily and naturally.
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Acland, a busy two-year-old mother, began her journey when her hormones were damaged as a result of stress, so much so that the doctor said her hormone levels were inconsistent with a patient with breast cancer. Knowing that he needed to make major changes, Acland took a holistic approach to his healing, which transformed his life and began his career to help others move forward. He first studied anatomy and physiology so that he could better understand the human body, then became an ICF-certified coach. Institute of Human Potential and recently completed an IIN Health Coaching course. He also trained as an emotional body trainer, where he learned how our emotions affect our body so that the client can be guided by gently releasing them. According to Acland, “intuition is an important part of this coaching: seeing the words that are said and knowing what is going on with the client to help them be as healthy and full as possible along the way.” And we couldn’t agree more.
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Keep reading Acland’s thoughts Find out how to make your bad day a better day:
In your work, what have you found to be the biggest stressors in your life?
Ha, I could write a whole essay! Sometimes they are unprocessed emotions, so the emotional glasses are full before you get out of bed, and then you don’t need a lot to get overwhelmed and feel stressed. Or living a life that doesn’t fit our values can be stressful.
For some, stress is perceived real stress – we can’t enjoy the moment because we are constantly looking back or looking to the future, worried about what’s been done or what’s to come.
For others, it may be a lack of organization to do so much and without a plan! They feel pressured at work — working too hard, piling too much on the plate, not enjoying the work — and out of control. Of course, so did Covide and all the strangers and curves he threw at us.
How does a person identify the source of their stress?
Our body stores a lot of wisdom: take a breather and take a focus, think about individual sources of stress and notice how your body feels when you think about each one. You will feel a physical response if you are stressed – your heart rate will go up, your stomach will feel red, tangled and so on, you can hear what your body is telling you. Stress is how we respond to external challenges and usually, the greater the challenge, the greater the stress response. Sometimes the answer is the perfect way to activate our skills and do what we need to do. Theoretically, after the challenge is over, we rest and heal, but the challenge is constant and we can’t relax and take the rest we need and / or activate our sympathetic nervous system to fight or escape and many people are stuck in this. So the key is to know when the right stress response becomes helpful and a constant response.
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What do you recommend to help get rid of stress?
1. Exercise regularly.
Exercise reduces stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol) and increases endorphins that feel good. Different types of bodies are grown in different types of exercise. There’s not everything when it comes to exercise, but a 20-30 minute walk a day can make us feel at least much better. It is best to exercise outdoors in nature.
2. Meditate.
Try to tell a busy and stressed person to sit and meditate for 20 minutes … it just won’t happen. So the key is to start slowly.
Breathing in the diaphragm, focusing your breath for a few minutes is a great start, and when you get distracted with the thought bring your focus to breathe again.
Having a program to follow when you start is a great habit to learn and get used to, for example this. So yes, meditation and mindfulness practices can completely help with stress. There are entire university faculties dedicated to studying this, and there is a lot of science behind the positive impact it has on reducing stress and regulating emotions.
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3. Sleep.
Yes so important! We can do the pressure much better when we have one sleep sleep at night–it improves the function of our brain and balances hormones. They are all different and some require more sleep than others but it usually takes between seven and eight hours to restore your body.
4. Leave it out.
Screaming in the car when you’re alone can be cathartic, or if that can’t happen, then scream in your pillow, for a few weeks every day.
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5. Write.
Making a diary is great for getting rid of our stress and thought whirlwind and getting it down on paper. It helps us organize our thoughts, feelings, and emotions. We can make sense of it when it’s on paper.
Ideally, free-flowing writing for about 20 minutes a day — and not trying to control or think — is very beneficial.
In the nose, when you breathe in your stomach, you re-enter the parasympathetic nervous system, rather than rest and digest it, rather than fight or sympathetically escape. I personally love it Wim Hof method to return to parasympathetic breathing patterns if I have had a stressful day.
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7. Consider supplements and a healthy diet.
A good vitamin B complex is great for helping when you are stressed, as it helps in the production of neurotransmitters such as GABA and Serotonin. Magnesium supports sleep and good mood, Ashwagandha is an adaptogenic herb that helps mediate the stress response. It’s curcumin anti-inflammatory drugsso it helps deal with the inflammation caused by stress.
I would recommend A high fiber, a diet rich in vegetables, low in refined carbohydrates (sugar, white bread, white pasta and rice, potatoes) produce insulin and blood sugar stress negatively because stress and these foods tighten the body.
I also recommend avoiding excessive alcohol and caffeine, as it increases cortisol and affects sleep quality.
8. Seek help.
When stress causes chronic anxiety, depression and insomnia, or if you are addicted to stress-fighting substances. Once you’ve tried all the things you can think of, but you still can’t change the narrow-minded loops that keep you in stress. Or you just need to share your concerns and have a perspective on your stressful situation. It is best to receive support sooner rather than later before curling up.
