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Joy Is Not Something You Find: Dr. Sohan Mansingh on Stress and the Nervous System
Stress and burnout start with a word. Dr. Sohan Mansingh says should is the word. It carries shame, it carries guilt, and it keeps people exactly where they don't want to be.
The deeper issue is the nervous system. Mansingh points to hormesis, the kind of stress that produces positive health outcomes, things like exercise, sauna, and meditation. It requires rest afterwards to work. Most people never get there. We are overly stimulated, he says, locked in sympathetic fight or flight, and the rest and repair cycle never comes.
His practical note for the morning: avoid the phone for the first 30…
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