Sustainable Ways to Work WITH Your Body to Deal with Accumulated Stress
She burst into tears in the grocery store parking lot. Nothing dramatic had happened. No bad phone call. Just one more headline. One more unexpected expense. One more decision. “It feels like everything’s working against me. Even my body!” Ellen said. “I feel flat and completely exhausted.” If that sounds familiar, please hear this first: there is nothing wrong with you. What you may be experiencing is collective stress, the accumulated strain of living in uncertain times where the pressure is not just personal, but cultural, economic, and relational. Yes, your nervous system is activated, but you can learn to work WITH your body, to not only cope, but thrive.
Right now, many women are carrying accumulated stress and are living in a constant state of emotional activation. Deadlines, family demands, unstable systems, relationship stress, financial pressure, endless information streams, plus a background pressure to keep holding it together. It adds up. You may feel like you’re handling everything on the outside while quietly carrying a storm on the inside. But what really is causing this emotional overload, and how can you learn to master your emotions rather than them being the master over you? 
