When Life Feels Like Too Much: A Neuroscientist's 63-Second Reset
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When life feels like too much, you need something you can do right now. Here's what I do in the first 63 seconds, before the stress takes over.
In this episode, my daughter Dominique and I get practical about the weight of too much: the moment everything piles up at once and you're about to snap, shut down or walk away. Dominique shares a real moment when a small comment set off a reaction far bigger than the comment, and I walk you through what to do right then and afterward.
🔬 What you'll learn:
• The 3-7 breathing pattern I use to get my body back under control in about a minute
• Why breathing alone won't fix it, and the statement that gives you your power back
• How fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses are signals you can use, and how fight can become assertiveness
• Why a small comment can trigger a reaction way out of proportion, and what's been piling up underneath
• How to run a fast Neurocycle in the moment, then deal with the pattern over 63 days
Want to hear more from Dominique? Follow her on substack: https://dominiqueleaf.substack.com
📚 Resources mentioned:
Help in a Hurry (Chapter 18, "Help, Everything's Going Wrong," including Visualize Your Tunnel) : https://a.co/d/08P2TyDu
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess (the 63-day Neurocycle process): https://a.co/d/0eQrqSsM
Neurocycle app, now with Neurocycle Prescriptions: https://neurocycleapp.com (https://neurocycleapp.com/)
Books, research and resources: https://drleaf.com (https://drleaf.com/)
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