What steps help optimize brain chemistry?
Focusing on your breath control is often the first step in diffusing feelings of stress.SCIENCE SAYS:
Stress triggers your brain's production of noradrenaline (norepinephrine). While this neurotransmitter is essential to your fight or flight response, too much can disrupt brain functions – but just 30 seconds of long, slow breathing can lower your noradrenaline and reduce feelings of stress.WAYS TO BEGIN:
- Listen to your body's stress response and pause to focus on breathing.
- When a conversation starts to get heated, seek out common ground.
- Reframe negativity. Find a silver lining and activate your possibility thinking.
- Zero in on achievable goals, and reward yourself when you conquer them.