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Podcast: Alive & Well – Nervous System, Productivity, Time Management, Somatic Tools, Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Anxiety
Episode: 438 - What If Managing Your Stress Is Making It Worse — And What to Do Instead
Description: You have the morning routine. The workout streak. The sleep protocol. All the right habits — and somehow, you're still exhausted.What if the thing you built to manage your stress is quietly adding to it?The problem isn't your habits. It's the rigidity, perfectionism, and self-criticism wrapped around them. And that wrapper is doing exactly what the stress you're trying to manage is doing: telling your nervous system it's not safe.I walk through the most common stress management traps I see — then offer the reframe that changes everything: What i...