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MINDSET & STRESS MANAGEMENT

Why it's Important to Address Stress
and How to Manage Your Response

By Chat Mills

I woke up a few nights ago feeling massively uncomfortable. Naturally I sat up at and started googling everything and anything that could possibly give me digestive issues. Forget the fact that I hadn't exactly made the best food choices the day before. That couldn't possibly be it, no, it had to be a bacterial infection, or stomach cancer, or an ulcer. It HAD to be that. From 4 am until about 5:30 am I scrolled the internet to find a solution to my self diagnosed aliments. 

I know how ridiculous all of this sounds. I know that I should know better - I mean, I empower people to reset their health habits by educating them to focus on clean eating, how to get into activity, how to shift their mindset, manage their weight, you get the idea. Here's the thing though, more often than not I spend more of my time focusing on the things that create stress in my life INSTEAD of how to respond to the stress in the first place. And if I am really being honest with myself (which you know I am) I am choosing not to recognize the stress I'm feeling. 

Yes, that's right, I am choosing to ignore the stress.

I have said, "I'm so stressed out!" more times that I can remember and I am someone who considers themselves to be a relatively calm person. I'm a Pisces so give me 10 minutes and I am certain to have forgotten what made me feel so stressed in the first place. However that is different than being fully present in the moment and addressing the stress immediately. And that, my friends is hands down (in my humble opinion) the most important thing to get a handle on if you want to make any other improvements to your health.​

Me, 10 minutes later.

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