Sometimes life is like learning to drive a car in flat, dry conditions and then all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of the mountains, trying to navigate curves and learning that you might just burn your brakes out if you don’t use your car’s other tools when you’re careening downhill. Just like you needed to shift into a lower gear, we all need tools that help us become more resilient towards work’s (and life’s!) stressors.

Today I talk about two major categories of tools: tools that help you build up your resilience over time, and tools that help you immediately come to a more calm, regulated, resourced place when something big comes up.

Andrew Huberman on the physiological sigh and other useful breathing tools: https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter/breathwork-protocols-for-health-focus-stress

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