Calm Is a Return Skill (Not a Personality Trait)
Why You Can’t “Just Relax” (And How to Return to Steady). Get the free guide with a practical framework to help you recognize your stress loop and return to steady sooner.
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Why You Can’t “Just Relax” (And How to Return to Steady). Get the free guide with a practical framework to help you recognize your stress loop and return to steady sooner.

Any change can bring up heightened anxiety and feelings of uncertainty. Take care of yourself during this time. Attend to the basics – eat healthy food, get plenty of sleep, exercise safely. And, most important, do things you enjoy doing that make you feel good. Read an inspirational book, take up a hobby, reconnect with an old friend...

If you’ve experienced anxiety or panic before, you’re familiar with its symptoms, sweaty palms, increased heart rate, shallow breathing, insomnia, etc. Anxiety also impacts your perceptions, behaviors, and emotions. It makes you tense, irritable, restless, and unable to concentrate...

In this busy season of extra activities, long to-do lists, added pressure and stress, an extra helping of TLC – Tender Loving Care – can help you maneuver through it with greater ease and flow. When you find yourself slipping into stress-mode or any feelings of upset, using these three strategies can guide you back to feeling calm, centered, and ready to take on the day.