While Stress is an Unavoidable Part of Life, Chronic Stress is Harmful to Your Overall Health and Wellbeing.
Unfortunately, when stress hormones are released more frequently and remain in the bloodstream for sustained periods, you may experience a hormone imbalance.
Without management, these “fight or flight” responses can also wreak havoc on your health, including weight gain, high blood pressure, fatigue, insomnia, depression, anxiety and gastrointestinal problems.
Ways to Manage Stress
Becoming aware of when and why you’re feeling stressed is the first step to addressing a stress-induced hormone imbalance. By learning how to stay calm during tense situations, you’ll be able to better control your reactions to external stimuli.
Some great ideas for reducing stress and eliminating a hormone imbalance include:
- Adopting a regular exercise routine
- Practicing daily meditation, mindfulness and/or deep breathing exercises
- Improving your sleep hygiene
- Minimizing your consumption of caffeine and alcohol
- Establishing and maintaining a healthy diet
- Evaluating and adjusting your work-life balance
- Reiki
- Seeking support
It’s not always easy to figure out what’s going on inside your body. By paying attention to how you feel and your reactions to stressful situations, You may be able to identify and treat a potential hormonal imbalance.
Helping Connect the Dots Between All Aspects of Life
Holistic health coaches help increase awareness that everything we experience in our bodies—both physically and mentally—is connected.
As a holistic health coach, I take the time to understand all facets of you life that could contribute to stress—work, family, caregiving responsibilities, health conditions, and so much more—to develop a plan that is achievable for your unique life circumstances.
When you work with a holistic health coach, you have someone who helps you to find the best ways to relieve stress, including implementing stress reduction techniques, improving and shifting your mind-set, and recommending self-care strategies.
This kind of personal, one-to-one support is a powerful way to reduce stress and improve holistic well-being. And you are more likely to be successful when you have a professional by your side to provide evidence-based solutions, guidance, accountability, and the tools to set achievable goals and track progress.
If you would like to learn how partnering with a health coach and reiki practitioner can support you, contact us here for an initial consultation.
