What's wrong with stress?
1. The stress hormone cortisol is public health enemy #1.
2. 90% of all illness and disease is stress-related.
3. Lost work days due to stress cost companies $30B/year.
4. When we're overly-stressed:
People who routinely experience chronic stress (particularly acute, even traumatic stress) release a lot of cortisol, which literally eats away, almost like an acid bath, at the hippocampus—that part of the brain that’s very engaged in visual-spatial memory, as well as memory for context and setting.
2. 90% of all illness and disease is stress-related.
3. Lost work days due to stress cost companies $30B/year.
4. When we're overly-stressed:
- we can't think or make decisions
- we can't focus or learn
- we struggle to be productive at work
- we're often angry and irritable, or depressed
- we feel overwhelmed, confused, trapped
- we get sick a lot
- we can't see the good around us
- we lose hope easily
- our dreams seem unreachable
- we're NOT happy
People who routinely experience chronic stress (particularly acute, even traumatic stress) release a lot of cortisol, which literally eats away, almost like an acid bath, at the hippocampus—that part of the brain that’s very engaged in visual-spatial memory, as well as memory for context and setting.
The good news is that by changing how we manage stress, we can turn this dangerous and unhappy state of affairs around. It involves developing new habits--which isn't easy--but it can be FUN!
The Happiness Workout was created by Beth Bongar to help people of all ages and abilities learn and practice simple stress-release exercises grounded in laughter, connection, and movement. This practice can easily be reinforced at home and through ongoing participation in workshops and sessions offered throughout the tri-state area and beyond.
The Happiness Workout was created by Beth Bongar to help people of all ages and abilities learn and practice simple stress-release exercises grounded in laughter, connection, and movement. This practice can easily be reinforced at home and through ongoing participation in workshops and sessions offered throughout the tri-state area and beyond.