Ever tried stress-management techniques and wondered why they didn't work to lower your daily stress levels? 😩 This clip can tell you why...

It's from a recent keynote for the Canadian Mental Health Association, Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Branch. (I LOVE an audience that knows how to have fun and laugh!!)

We're taught what I call the Critical 6 of Stress Management:

💃 exercise
💤 sleep
🥗 nutrition
🧘🏽‍♀ self-care (mindfulness, meditation etc)
😎 optimism / laughter
👯‍♀️ strong social connections

We KNOW making healthy choices is powerful - OF COURSE! BUT - these aren't a whole solution - and they aren't universally beneficial (as you'll hear in the video)

That's why my Stress-Design Model is so powerful. It goes deeper to stop creating the unnecessary, destructive stress in the first place. Then fewer resilience muscles need to activate!

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