In this episode, I'll talk about how we can still our mind and body in the middle of an acute stress response. Lowering stress is a powerful way to reduce inflammation. I'll discuss tools to lower our stress response and what we can learn from athletes and performers.

Topics included in this episode:

03:00 What is a trigger? Identifying emotional triggers and understanding the stress response.

08:46 How to interrupt the stress response.

09:31 Managing stress that is anticipated (public speaking, performance, competition, etc)

13:16 Tools to calm the body and nervous system when we are unexpectedly triggered

23:44 Daily practices that can help lower the threshold for going into a physiologic stress response.

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