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How To Face Tough Stuff (10% Happier Self Care Journey) 12/26/19

° We suffer because we think something is either a total mistake OR  that there's some grand "predestined" purpose for what's happening in  our lives. You choose the purpose based on your response to your  experience.

° Acceptance is the key to peace.

° Meditation and mindfulness teaches you how to feel feelings without being overwhelmed by them.

° There's not always rhyme and reason to why things happen in our  lives. If we think the stress in our life is a mistake or that something  has gone wrong rather than attending to what's happening we'll get  stuck in the story. Stress is apart of life and resisting it just  creates more tension and stress. (Sebene Selassie)

° Cultivating  the ability to be with discomfort and allow the feelings that come with  stress allows us to be with all experiences in our lives more fully.

° Ask yourself "what's happening?". Name and acknowledge the emotion  accompanying the stress without attaching the story to it, over  analyzing it or moving to problem solving. Just be with it.

° Try  to stay with what's arising, even if it's uncomfortable knowing that  you're building the capacity to tolerate what's unpleasant in order to  adapt and grow.

° If the discomfort becomes to much take deep breaths to relax the body.

° Asking yourself "Can I be with this?" helps to broaden your perspectives about what you're feeling.

° Ask yourself "Can I appreciate what I'm feeling".

° Take the time to appreciate yourself each time you spend a few minutes being mindful, meditating or breathing deeply.

Stress Is Your Ally (10% Happier Self Care Journey) 12/25/19

* Not all stress is debilitating. Some lower levels help you to perform better, be more aware and alert and have energy.

* Science shows that changing your mindset about stress can literally change your physiology.

* Thinking about a time where you were stressed and rise to the  occasion is one way to reverse your bodies response allowing you to turn  debilitating stress into energy to succeed.

* Feeling stressed is a sign that you care about something.

* When experiencing stress ask yourself the questions:

* What am I stressed about?

* Why do I care?

* Is there an opportunity inherently in this.

* Remember your first line of defense against stress is taking a deep breath.

Pyrophobia is a fear of  fire, which can be considered irrational if beyond what is considered  normal. This phobia is ancient and primordial, perhaps since mankind's  discovery of fire.

a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.

One of my favorite words right now.

Norepinephrine - A Word A Day 12/23/19

Also called noradrenaline, substance that is released predominantly  from the ends of sympathetic nerve fibres and that acts to increase the  force of skeletal muscle contraction and the rate and force of  contraction of the heart.

The Science Of Stress

10% Happier Self Care Journey  - 12/23/19 Notes

° Adrenaline increases your heart rate preparing you for action.

° Breathing speeds up to increase oxygen to the brain

° Norepinephrine - another hormone similar to adrenaline is released to increase arousal and energy.

° Cortisol increases sugar level giving extra energy.

° Cortisol also curbs functions that would be nonessential or detrimental in a fight-or-flight situation

° Stress hormones are natural and in the right circumstances can be life saving.

° If we learn to "lean into" the feeling of stress instead of running  away from it it won't own us and we can use the experience to make  better decisions.

° Bringing awareness to the body and out of the head can help us to deescalate.

° Learning to "feel" the body can help us to separate the reality of  what's going on from the mental loop or story going on in our heads.