Mila's Meals

Award-winning gluten-, sugar- & dairy-free cookbook & blog for baby's first years (and the rest of the family too). Created by Catherine Barnhoorn, Health Coach

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500 pages of gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free goodness!

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What do you think, would it be a good thing to live a life completely free from stress of all kinds?

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Negative stress creates long-term anxiety, feelings that dwell in the mind, and decreases our ability to focus and perform tasks.

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“Good” stress (or eustress) is short-term, and feels energizing, exciting, and perceived as something within your coping ability.

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In Chinese, the translation of the term “stress” consists of the characters representing “danger” and “opportunity.”

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Hippocrates described stress as a disease that combined elements of pathos (suffering) and ponos (incessant and relentless work).

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When was the last time that you felt stressed about your stress levels?

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Stress is something that we will experience no matter how hard we try to avoid it—the only control we have is how we respond to it!

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Sometimes we get so used to being stressed that those feelings of anxiety don’t even register as “stress” anymore!

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Remember this phrase the next time you feel stressed, then list off a few things that you’re grateful for!

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“The non-specific responses of the body to any demand for change.” (Selye, 1965)

In other words, not all stress is bad!

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Symptoms of #stress range from feeling blue to heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.

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In fact, stress was really only used in the field of physics to explain the elasticity of an object and it’s capacity to handle strain!

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Have you internalized this harmful message?

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Do you feel like the positive people in your life are better able to handle stress when they’re faced with it? How about yourself?

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Can you think of a time when you felt absolutely stress-free?

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What do you think? Reply with your answer!

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If you’re ready to make a change for the better, I have good news—it’s possible!

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