Adrenaline, or epinephrine as it is medically referred to, is a hormone that is released by the adrenal glands when the body registers a threat, real or perceived. When the perceived threat is gone, the body is designed to return to a state of physiological relaxation via the relaxation response. The problem, however, is that our bodies are in a constant state of physiological arousal over perceived threats. As a woman, you will never, ever feel safe, and therefore calm, if y

Laughing is wonderful self-care. It is well-documented that laughing: - Lowers blood pressure. - Increases vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood. - Gives a workout to the diaphragm and to the abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg and back muscles - Reduces certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. - Increases the response of tumor and disease-killing cells such as Gamma-interferon and T-cells. - Defends against respiratory infections and

Do you find that you feel anxious but you aren’t sure why? Do you slouch when you sit, stand and walk? Stop doing this. When you slouch, whether it is when you are sitting, standing or walking, your brain registers this as a threat and activates your fight, flight or freeze response. Your brain then triggers the release of adrenaline. Adrenaline causes women to feel anxious. So, sit, stand and walk tall and you will feel less anxious or perhaps not anxious at all. ©2016 Are Y

If you feel really stressed, run on the spot for 30 seconds. You feel stressed because your flight or fight response has been activated. This means that you have adrenaline and cortisol flowing through your body. If you were facing a physical danger, the adrenaline and cortisol in your body would activate the mechanisms required to get you out of the way of the danger. You would literally move out of the way of danger, most likely by running away. This movement uses up the ad

1. You are full of resentment. 2. You seem to be way more exhausted than the people around you. 3. You can’t remember the last time you said no. 4. Your energy is leaking all over the place. 5. You have no time or space to pursue your dreams and desires. 6. You are living in an adrenaline state. 7. You are bitchy and the people around you perceive you as a bitch. 8. You are always reacting instead of responding to situations. 9. You use up all of your attent

Laugh. Laughing is wonderful self-care. Even though it may feel like there is nothing to laugh at laughing is an incredibly powerful way to change your state of being. It is well-documented that laughing: - lowers blood pressure - increases vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood - gives a workout to the diaphragm and to the abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg and back muscles - reduces certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline - increases the re

Take a vagus breath. The vagus nerve, which is the longest nerve in the body, runs from your brain all the way down to your lower belly and breaks into a billion different nerve endings at this point. The vagus nerve is responsible for activating your parasympathetic nervous system which is the part of your nervous system responsible for calmness as well as other activities. Men thrive when the sympathetic nervous system is activated and adrenaline is released. As women, we d

The last 3 articles I posted focused on adrenaline and how it works in your body to make you feel unsafe. This article will focus on 3 powerful and easy ways to reduce the adrenaline flowing in your body. 1. Vagus Breaths. Vagus breaths can be done anywhere, anytime. You can do them at work. You can do them in the grocery store. You can do them at the soccer field. You can do them at home. Doing several throughout the day will retrain your brain to release oxytocin instead of

Did you know that we typically have 60,000 thoughts or more a day? Did you also know that most of these thoughts were negative? Even if you were aware of the number of negative thoughts you were having every day and made a concerted effort to change these thoughts, do you know why it is so hard to actually change these thoughts? It all comes down to physiology, or the inner workings of your body. The body becomes addicted to its own neurochemicals that are released. Negative

As a woman, you will never, ever feel safe, and therefore calm, if you have high levels of adrenaline running through your body. That is the point of adrenaline. Adrenaline, or epinephrine as it is medically referred to, is a hormone that is released by the adrenal glands when the body registers a threat, real or perceived. It signals the heart to pump harder, causes an increase in blood pressure, opens airways in the lungs, and narrows blood vessels in the skin and intestine