EP 339: The Generational Cycle of Fear And Stress (And How to Break It)
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When we experience stress in our bodies, it is helpful - and accurate - to call it the stress response.
\\nThis is because our bodies are RESPONDING to something.
\\nOn the positive side of stress, we\\u2019re responding to excitement.
\\nOn the negative side, we\\u2019re responding to fear.
\\nThis distress is dangerous enough for us as people - our physical, mental, and emotional health suffers from chronic distress - but it\\u2019s even more dangerous for our kids!
\\nEven when we think we\\u2019re putting on a happy face and fooling everyone, our children, who are acutely attuned to us, see the stress.
\\nAnd it causes them to be afraid.
\\nWhich elicits the same stress response in THEIR bodies.
\\nNot only does this carry the same physical, mental, and emotional health impacts, but it does something even more powerful:
\\nIt teaches them to operate from this fear.
\\nAnd the more this is \\u2018practiced\\u2019 the more permanent it becomes.
\\nThe solution, therefore, starts with US, as parents.
\\nThrough simple practices, we can change our relationship to the stressors in our lives and control and reduce the stress response in our bodies and free our kids from this burden.
\\nWould you like to learn how?
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