Dr. Nicole LePera

So that A, we can create some new lifestyle habits, generally speaking, right?

Noticing what time we go to bed, what time we wake up, how rested we feel, how do we feel after we eat certain foods, obviously trying to give our body the foods, the energy, the nutrients that it needs, right?

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tuning in in the moment as my breath is starting to elevate or quicken, as my muscles are starting to tense, knowing that my body will get to the point of no return, as I call it, where it's too stressed.

It's going to rely on old choices, old habits, I should say, not being able to make new choices.

And in those moments, as we notice, maybe our breath is getting faster and our voice is getting faster and louder, beginning to

Slow all that down, right?

Beginning to maybe refocus on all of the support that is around us, our feet on the floor, my back against this chair, maybe even just tuning into, right?

As we kind of acknowledge, I go back in time, I become a little kid, tuning into the current environment, right?

Doing the quick like naming of neutral things in our environment to remind us that I'm here, I'm present, and even maybe whispering to ourself, I'm safe.

Because with safety right now, we can shift from reaction into a new response, right?

Say the thing that we want to say.

Stay instead of disconnecting.

And then kind of from the other practical steps, we all, right, have a voice of criticism.

Beliefs in our head, again, formed in our earliest environment.

They do not just go away with a magic wand.

Similarly, I always like to break down change into two steps, right?