Whenever we travel, we love to come HOME.

After a long day of school, work, and errands....HOME is the place we all want to be!

At home is a place we can relax, let our gaurds down, feel safe, comfortable, and at peace.

Maybe it's not necessarily your "home" that you feel this place, but if you have a "happy place" those feelings are the same. You feel safe.

Sometimes going home, or to our happy place, isn't always possible, but the good news is we can access those feelings of home by a few simple practices!

Every day our bodies go through what is called the stress response where we experience heightened levels of stress, and then our bodies try to recover. By us accessing our "HOME" base, we are better able to recover!

One of the ways we can be proactive in our stress response recovery and make getting home easier is taking care of the 5 pillars of living well.

Sleep, nutrition and hydration, movement, sunlight, and connection.

Taking care of these will prepare us in advance for the stress responses that will come.

Next, breathe. Just breathing will give us the reset that we need.

Then, access a point on your body, an anchor point, that you notice you use to self-soothe.  Maybe it's rubbing your thigh or your hands, playing with your hair or a piece of clothing.  These are ways your body is self-soothing.  If we think about our HOME base, and the feelings of home as we touch these points, our bodies will relax and feel the same feeling as if we are at HOME.

We dive into this in today's podcast as we discus being HOME for the holidays!

Listen In!