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The text came in right as I stood at my desk. ‘Jumpy Jim' texted, “I'm working non-stop. I don't see this ending anytime soon.” I could feel the absolute despair as I read those words. I stood up straight in my office chair and looked up at the sky. I took a deep breath in and smelled the fresh air. I felt the warm sunlight kissing my skin. I looked at my phone and realized something terrifying… ‘Jim' and I were living in the exact same world, but he was trapped in a biological prison while I was holding the keys. Ironically, my life used to be exactly the same as that text message. When COVID hit in 2020, I learned about stress to help my clients, never realizing that I was a complete mess of stress myself. I used to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. I even had panic attacks in the open water before everything changed. Always with a smile in my face, and unknowingly pretending everything was okay. I realized I needed to break those chains of stress while my son Jagger was still in the womb. I was terrified of becoming a “Ghost Parent,” physically present at the dinner table but totally empty inside. I refused to let my son get the exhausted scraps of my energy. The reason I'm sharing this with you is because we're best served to help the people we once were. You can't out-think a thinking problem. Remember this: The mind lives inside the body. When you're stressed, your brain is the CEO, but your body is the Bouncer. You can't hand the Bouncer a spreadsheet to prove you're relaxed. You have to use your physical body to pick the lock. It comes down to one irreplaceable tool… I call it The Body Throttle. The first step in the Body Throttle is fixing your hardware.
Slouching with rounded shoulders literally suffocates your nervous system in plain sight. I want you to test this right now… Sit up straight, drop your shoulders away from your ears, and take one deep four-second breath through your nose. You'll physically feel the emergency brake engage on your stress. If you don't take control of your physiology, prepare to stay on that stress treadmill for a really, really, long time…
PS: Here's the kicker, if you have the right position (the right posture) but your nose is clogged, stuffy or completely blocked… None of this will work. Luckily a magic solution exists. <Watch 2-minute this video to Clear Your Nose Instantly> |
