I have been talking a lot lately about dealing with work stresses and how it effects my ability to simply be healthy. Everyone has their own coping mechanisms for stress, some eat, some drink, some smoke, some clean, some exercise... me I tend to shut down, turn in-ward and not eat well.
When under stress our body's go into defence mode to deal with the stresses, the fight or flight effect. Your heart rate rises, hormones are released etc and how we respond will determine how the stress effects our health. I am not an expert, this info has been provided to me from several sources, including Krista Dolbear (holistic nutritionist).
Those who deal with stress through exercise support the body in coping with the stress and recover. Exercise helps decrease the "stress hormones", increases endorphins that make you feel good (runners high) and helps distract you from your stresses and in my case - helps me think more clearly to work out the problem causing the stress.
It is interesting how once you start looking at your life from the perspective of improving your health and well being, all of the negative in your life seems to come to the service. To truly feel good and be balanced you have to work on every aspect of your life and this takes some work. Those who look like they've got it all together either don't really or they work at it. Me, I'm realizing I've got some work to do!
There is more to being healthy than eating well and exercising. My goals are to Nourish, Empower and Strengthen
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