Some stress is okay, but most people fail to accurately interpret the difference between life threatening stress and the type of stress that stimulates change and transformation. Constant reaction to life threatening stress can take a major toll on your physical and mental health. When left unchecked, stress can lead to fatigue, headaches, muscle aches and gastrointestinal problems. It can also affect appetite, sleep and mood, creating anxiety and depression. And if that list isn’t bad enough, too much stress can ruin important life events, loving relationships and divide families. Stress doesn’t have to threaten the quality of your life. You have the ability to reduce stress and increase your well-being. Stress relief is inside you waiting for you to claim it – I can show you how.

Because as you look at the burned, charred trees……they are still standing tall and strong. Through it all, they are still here, resilient as ever!

“I knew it in my gut.”

“I felt it in my heart.”

“I had butterflies in my stomach.”

“It makes my chest tight.”

Thoughts, emotions, and intuition. Have you ever taken a moment to consider the ways in which these three important tools send cues to your physical body? Though we often perceive our thoughts to be largely contained within our heads, the language around emotions and intuition consistently points to a corporal association. How often have you met someone new and just felt a connection- or a repulsion- that you couldn’t explain? When you’re about to give a big presentation, what sensations arise in your body? Does your stomach feel fluttery? Do your palms sweat? Does your mouth become dry?

Sir Ken Robinson has said that in our modern era, many of us walk around as though our body is just a mechanism to take our heads to meetings. And while a disassociation of the mind and body may be rather convenient within many academic or professional settings, in the long run we handicap ourselves by denying one of our most valuable human assets.