Today I have a simple stress tip. It comes from Rumi, who was so wise. If you have ever heard my talk called "The True Cost of Stress" (or if you would like to hear it), you will hear me compare how you give with your energy by putting it out into the world, using the metaphor that your giving of energy is like your checking account. If you give and give and give to others without prioritizing the simple things that fill your tank with energy, then you will deplete yourself.

 

Depletion happens when we empty our "checking account" or our energy bank, and start to draw from our "savings account" or life force energy. Chronic stress that triggers constant fight or flight will keep the body in high alert, thinking that it needs to be in survival mode.

 

This results in chronic inflammation when the stress hormones are constantly elevated and bathing the cells of the body to maintain that survival instinct mode. This stress response is the mode that will lead to the long list of health problems.

 

Stress Resilient mindset and techniques help you to turn off those stress hormones so you can access creative problem solving to meet a challenge. Stress resilient strategies will help to harness the energy of the stress to meet a challenge so you learn and grow from your stress.