The Mindset Mentor How to Kill Your Stress
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Oct 24, 2025 Dive into stress relief techniques that can transform your life! Learn how to reset your nervous system for better decision-making and utilize powerful methods like progressive unclenching and breathing exercises. Discover the impact of minor stressors from your environment, digital life, and relationships. Engage in a life audit to identify and address clutter, notifications, and financial worries. Finally, shift your perspective on stressful tasks to view them as opportunities for growth.
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Three-Minute Body Reset
- Do a progressive unclench: relax jaw, tongue, shoulders, hands, face, and work down your body to release tension.
- Then breathe deeply for three minutes, inhaling through the nose and humming on the long exhale to activate your parasympathetic system.
Use The Diving Reflex To Calm Down
- Try facial cold exposure: hold your breath and dip your face in ice-cold water to trigger the diving reflex.
- This reduces heart rate and calms the parasympathetic nervous system quickly.
Stress Is Death By A Thousand Cuts
- Stress piles up as hundreds of tiny annoyances rather than one big problem.
- Reducing total stress load requires addressing many small stressors across life areas.