The Week of November 23rd: Pitta Health Rx —

If you're a Pitta type, Thanksgiving week is about managing one thing: heat rising into anger.

You're worried that when someone says something triggering, you're going to snap. You'll say something sharp and cutting that you can't take back. You'll feel the heat rising, literally feel your face flush, your chest tighten, and you won't be able to stop yourself from expressing it.

Because here's what's probably already happening: You're irritated. Frustrated. Someone's late again, the plan keeps changing, people aren't thinking things through. Critical thoughts start rapid-firing: "Why can't they just do it this way? This is so inefficient." You can feel the heat building. Your face flushes. Your jaw clenches. You want to say something sharp. And you know if you do, it's going to cause a problem— but you're so hot with irritation that you're not sure you can stop yourself.

And November's cold, dry, windy, erratic, chaotic energy feels completely disorganized to your Pitta nature. You thrive on order, efficiency, clear plans. But Vata season is the opposite— everything is unpredictable, plans shift, people are scattered. And that chaos irritates your Pitta. The disorganization heats you up. You're already more irritable than usual just from the accumulated disorder of this season.

In this week's Pitta Health Rx, integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explain why Pitta types heat up into anger when triggered and why you need immediate cooling to prevent saying something you'll regret.

This week, you'll get a specific 3-5 minute practice that combines a cooling environment with extended exhale breathing and visualization to release heat.

Listen now to learn:

• Why Pitta types feel heat rising literally in their body when triggered and how this fuels sharp, cutting reactivity
• Why you need to step outside into cold air immediately when you feel anger rising, before you respond
• How extended exhale breathing in cold temperatures reduces inflammatory markers and brings down core body temperature
• Why removing yourself from the situation gives your sharp mind the perspective it needs to respond strategically instead of reactively

Hormonal changes affect your nervous system, and the right support makes all the difference. Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi have curated the Hormonal Health Prescription Toolkit with physician-selected products and protocols specifically designed to support your inflammatory pathways and stress hormones through perimenopause and menopause.  Learn more at myarvasi.com.