Category: Building Confidence

Anxious? Overwhelmed? Try This Grounding Exercise

9/11/2015

Try my 9-minute guided audio version of this tree meditation here.

Tree Visualization Exercise

Preparation
Close your eyes. Breathe deeply in through your nose, and exhale through your mouth, focusing on the sound of your breath and the bodily sensations of breathing. Stay with it. Use your breathing to focus you and help you slow down your body’s internal activity.

“Power poses” boost confidence, lower stress hormones

9/13/2014

Playing Wonder Woman is not just for kids anymore! Using “power poses” may boost your confidence and your ability to tolerate stress by increasing testosterone and lowering cortisol. Could it help your mental health overall?

I was inspired by a Ted Talk I recently heard in which Harvard professor and researcher Amy Cuddy talked about the biochemical changes that occur when we assume certain poses that display confidence and power. The science of body language is fascinating:

Anxious? Overwhelmed? Try This Grounding Exercise

“Power poses” boost confidence, lower stress hormones

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