Vanessa B Health

BURNOUT CONCERNS?

THREE D'S is all you need to remember 😎

DITCH - Look carefully, I bet there are some tasks that really don't need doing right now

DELAY - Move a few things to next week that are not urgent, but try to do this 3 x maximum for any 1 task

DELEGATE - Call in some help...at work or at home 🏡

We were not meant to do it alone but society has us trying to prove that we can 🙃

Your health is priority, period.

Let me know which D you do first. (Try saying that 20 times 😂)

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Stress can arrive at any time, it is part of life but we need to take care that the accumulation of it does not derail our health.

 I cannot always take it away and control everything that happens, but I am learning small practices that stop it taking over my whole day. I just come back to them when I can.

1. I get to water whenever possible

The ocean is number 1 pick for me, a bath is nice which I am making more time for these days, or getting to a quiet bay or river. Water gives me space from constant thinking and reminds me to slow down, breathe, and take one step at a time.

2. I use the breath I need in that moment

On ordinary days, I try deep breathing or energising breathing when I need clarity. But when overwhelm or a stressful situation hits, I do not need more energy. I need to settle the rush inside me.

That is when I turn to alternate nostril breathing. I slowly breathe in through one nostril and out through the other, then switch sides, with no forcing. It gives my mind something simple to focus on and helps me pause before I react.

Studies have shown that 15 minutes of alternate nostril breathing was associated with a slower breathing rate, lower systolic blood pressure during the practice, and changes in heart rate variability that the researchers interpreted as increased vagal activity. This is reassuring that slowing down this way may support my body as well as my mind.

3. I write out my tasks and reorder them

When everything stays in my head, it feels as though I am failing at a hundred things at once. Writing my week down helps me see what is urgent, what can wait, and what can be made easier. It turns a cloud of worry into one manageable next step.

4. I remind myself that I am moving forward

There are days when it feels as though I have not done nearly enough. When that voice gets loud, I remind myself that I am doing the best I can for my kids with what I have today. My love, effort, care, and presence count, even when the day has not gone to plan.

5. I make the next small thing enough

Make the meal (or get a healthy delivery of one!) Send the message. Fold one basket. Sit with the kids for five quiet minutes.

What else�

HEALTH NOISE IS CAUSING VANESSA TO BE IN HER HEAD AND NOT KNOW WHICH VERSION OF HERSELF TO LISTEN TO…..😭

And the problem is, it’s rampant.

The irony of all the information we have is that it is causing many people more stress than what it’s worth.

For a world where we have access to literally everything, the amount of food anxiety I am hearing of, relentless over analysing of what to do and how to do particular health protocols, plus information overload leading to analysis paralysis, we are in wayyyy too deep.

The academic sniping has gone way too far and if you follow even just a few ‘top’ health and wellness people, you will soon be inundated with the videos simply saying this is wrong now, he is wrong, she is wrong, that study is not correct, etc, etc.

It never ends.

It has its place and it’s great that we have access to so much wellness information and updated research, but the problem with social media right now in this space is it’s causing the consumer, the real people, the people trying to listen and implement HUGE stress. 

Don’t worry about exercise ‘raising cortisol’ (which it needs to but that’s another topic), or whether it’s calories in or out versus hormones versus nutrition, etc, the acute stress caused by panic and overwhelm is the ACTUAL PROBLEM.

And long term acute stress causes health problems and our brains to not work as efficiently.

Crazy.🤯

If you have experienced health noise overwhelm, I recommend you take a step back and look at the basics, focusing on those first and foremost. The SELF METHOD as Vanessa 2 said.

SLEEP

EXERCISE

LIFESTYLE

FOOD

These 4 pillars are your lifelong go-to foundations for ANY life phase to ensure you are taking care of your health and fitness goals from a realistic level.

Supplements and saunas won’t ‘fix’ anything until you put in the work to tweak each pillar to the life season you are in.

Questions & comments below, please post below 😎👇

Vanessa 1 would be happy to get out of overwhelm with you, and Vanessa 2 can help you do it.

What's the protocol you have recently heard but you know you will NEVER do?

(Mine is I'll never stop putting bananas in s