Dr. Christy Goodwin

And the third thing we need to do is to develop our stress resilience so that when we do face a stressful situation, how can we respond?

Is it sighing?

You know, two to three sigh cycles are the most scientifically validated way to instantly drop our stress.

Is it closing our eyes?

You know, the fact that we're spending so much time on a screen makes part of our brain called the occipital lobe that processes all our visual input really fatigued.

So just closing your eyes and do it on a virtual meeting, just sit still so it looks like your internet is temporarily frozen.

But closing your eyes, getting out in nature, having a chat.

We know that in-person connection produces oxytocin.

Oxytocin is the antidote to cortisol.

So I think it's just those small little things that we can do to dance with stress means that we stop the stress from accumulating.

And we can, in fact, there's some new research telling us that stress can actually catalyze, not constrain our performance as well.

Look, everybody has unique stress signals.

We've all got a different catastrophe scale.

So they're all nuances.

But I often say, as I said before, our bodies keep score.

So the common symptoms with

stress and burnout is any sort of disrupted sleep.

So any difficulties falling or staying asleep, and not just one or two nights, we're talking over a persistent period of time.

I usually see with my clients significant digestive issues that can't be explained through change of diet or other lifestyle factors.

Another very common factor we see in people who are burnt out is a phenomenon called emotional blunting.