Midlife, Menopause, Stress, Self care Nicola Farndell Midlife, Menopause, Stress, Self care Nicola Farndell

How to take control of midlife stress before it breaks you

Understanding what stress really is

There are things in life that will always be out of your control—an unexpected email, a partner’s bad mood, a difficult conversation. But how long those things impact you? That’s shaped by your internal response.

Gail introduced the 90-second rule: when something stressful happens, your body floods with cortisol and adrenaline. But physically, those hormones dissipate after 90 seconds. What makes the stress linger is the story you attach to it.

The overthinking. The guilt. The spiral of "what ifs". That’s what turns stress into chronic stress symptoms.

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Self care, Health, Wellbeing, Wellness, Women, Success Nicola Farndell Self care, Health, Wellbeing, Wellness, Women, Success Nicola Farndell

SICK OF BEING TOLD TO DO SELF CARE? - Here’s what self care really is and why nobody but you should be telling you to do it

Why is everyone going on about how important self-care is and making sure you’re having your self-care Sunday?

If you feel like self-care is being thrown around everywhere you look, and wonder why it’s constantly being shoved in your face, you need to take a read here.

It might just be that self-care is the missing piece to the puzzle of the healthy, happy and successful life you’re working so hard to build for yourself.

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