Episode #341: Chronic Stress Impacts the WHOLE you from the inside out

<p>Coach Debbie Potts here... today is another bonus episode to talk about how we need to take care of the WHOLE self in order to reduce accumulations of chronic stress.  </p> <p>Stress is on... Immune System is off.</p> <p>Where is our immune system?  </p> <p>80% in our gut.</p> <p>How do we improve our immune system?</p> <p>Reduce CHRONIC Stressors.</p> <p>What causes CHRONIC stress?</p> <p>Right now we have lots of stressors in our world including fear of the unknown, financial stress and loss of schedule or life.</p> <p>We can choose to take ownership of our health and wellness but taking this opportunity to slow down, reset and reboot.</p> <ul> <li>This is the time to start being fat adapted.</li> <li>This is the time to be in nutritional ketosis.</li> <li>This is the time to do intermittent fasting.</li> <li>This is the time to get outside for light activity and exercise.</li> </ul> <p>Take this opportunity to do stuff you have not been able to find time to do as myself- yoga, cold morning walks outside, daily use of my Sunlighten infrared (FRED), home circuit training with exercises I haven't done for a while at the gym plus more time outside in the afternoon when the sun is shining above.  </p> <p>Mixing up our routine is beneficial- good for the brain and muscle confusion!  </p> <p>Take care of the WHOLE you by reducing sources of CHRONIC stressors that you CAN control as nutrition, slowing down, stop multi-tasking, breathing, nature walks, reduce environmental and reduce blue light exposure.  </p> <p>Let me know if you want to investigate "under the hood" to find out your HIDDEN internal stressors that are contributing to your "beaker of stress" overload and leading to a domino effect of internal breakdown and burnout at a cellular level.  </p> <p>You don't know about these HIDDEN internal sources on CHRONIC Stress unless you run functional lab testing and look at the WHOLE picture - instead of treating lab results, symptoms and anything specific.</p> <p>I have been there...the struggle is real.</p> <p>