Calm Your Inner Storm: 3 Practices to Shift Out of Stress Mode
Did You Know?
Chronic stress shrinks your hippocampus—your memory center.
Fight-or-flight diverts blood away from your prefrontal cortex (where decision-making lives).
The vagus nerve is your brain’s calm-down switch.
3 Practices to Shift Out of Stress Mode:
-Vagus Nerve Toning – Try humming, gargling, or cold exposure.
-Name the Feeling – “Name it to tame it” helps shift from reaction to awareness.
-Pause & Breathe – 6 deep breaths a minute resets your nervous system in under 60 seconds.
Mantra of the Week:
“I am safe to feel. I am safe to slow down.”
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