When Life Feels Like Too Much: A Neuroscientist's 63-Second Reset

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

📚 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/)