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Stress Response Stuck in Overdrive?
Ease Up On The Gas A Little.
The Way You Respond To Stress Is A Choice.
Let's talk about your stress response system. Are you a cave person? Maybe you’ve been in a relationship with a caveman or woman (we’ve all been there), but that’s not quite the same thing as those old fight or flight hormones that cavemen and women needed a million years ago to survive an encounter with a woolly mammoth that had gotten up on the wrong side of the bed.The hormones from your endocrine system actually deserve a medal, since they have likely saved your life more than once, even if you didn’t know it. Remember that time you were driving along, not paying attention, and nearly ended up in the river or nearly drove off that cliff? Well, it was your highly effective stress response system that saved your life that day. And you didn’t even think to say thank you. Get the picture? It’s in you and you need it, but lately we have become a little over-dependent on it. Give the poor thing a break. It's tired. In fact, it's worn out. It’s time to start making better decisions and use that noggin a little more and not just while driving. Stop relying on your hormones, so much, to save your butt. I’m not saying that the average person is a dummy, although there are two well-known book series on the market that think we are, not only, dummies, but, if fact, complete idiots. I'm just saying that perhaps we’ve gotten a little lazy. We’ve been letting life push us around a little too much. When we let life push, it will always push hard but when we push back, just a little, the natural laws of physics kick in and then we don’t need our stress response quite so much. You remember your high school physics don’t you? Remember inertia and mass and when the immovable force met the irresistible object. Of course, we all know that there is no such thing as an immovable force or an irresistible object in our universe, but the point is that when we push on something, it will move, as opposed to our always being on the receiving end of the push. This applies to work and relationships and parenting and everything else. So, push back a little or even a lot and take back control of your health and your life.
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SO, WHAT'S THESTORY ON STRESS?
STRESS is out of control! In fact, life is out of control! Effective stress management and problem solving skills may be the only thing that will keep your head above water in the next decade. It really is becoming quite serious and so should be taken very seriously. What is your plan for the next decade? Or, will you let stress win?
Maybe you thought life was crazy in the first decade of the 21st century. Unfortunately, it's only going to get worse. Experts predict 10 years of economic devastation before things improve. A whole bunch of economic factors are coming together all at the same time and the results of this trend will not be for the weak-hearted.
Your stress management skills and life coping skills may well be a key factor in deciding who wins and who loses. And, I don’t mean the lottery! I am talking about health & wellness. Poor stress management leads to serious illness.
In the past 30 years, chronic degenerative disease (CDD) has been on the rise. Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Asthma, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Chrohn’s and Depression are just a few of the 200+ chronic degenerative diseases that experts say are directly caused by stress. We are fighting for our lives. How much more stress can any of us really take?
But, there is hope! Achieving and maintaining wellness is more than possible. So, come with us to learn everything YOU need to know in order to take back control of your health and your life.
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