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Many of us don't recognize that our environments unconsciously impact our rate of success or failure in making lasting change. Sneaky Pete is highly influenced by his external environment, and advanced brain doesn’t recognize that fact.
Your advanced brain says you simply have to stop...
Why do we vow at 8:30 a.m. not to eat any more sweets, yet at 3:30 p.m. we’ve got our hands in a co-worker’s candy stash?
Why do we sign up for a gym membership we rarely use?
Why do we say we’re going to remain calm and rational during an intense meeting, but twenty minutes...
When we're exposed to a stressful event, whether it's real or imagined, physical or psychological, the body releases waves of stress hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol. They are a veritable stress tsunami, and they signal rapid changes to the entire body.
They are all ...
The key to restoring balance and building resiliency after the stress response has been stimulated is to fight or flee—or more realistically in today’s environment, to "Play It Out" with a short burst of vigorous physical activity. Play It Out uses up the stress hormones and releases...
Most of us would describe stress with feelings such as anxiety, frustration, irritability, fear, or worry. We’d say stress can make us feel short-tempered. We may snap at a coworker, get impatient with a loved one, or lie awake at night playing through all sorts of scenarios that may...
