Ruby Wax
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Because people say, oh, I jog or I play golf.
Well, if somebody is giving you hell or your kids are screaming, are you going to start jogging?
So when I'm in this situation, I can pull down my cortisol, only because I exercise certain parts.
And it's going back and forth, thoughts back to the sense, thoughts back.
Even two minutes a day, those parts will get... If you do five sit-ups a day, it'll take longer to get a six-pack.
But eventually, you'll have it.
So people say, how long does it take?
Well, do three minutes a day.
But it's a specific exercise.
It isn't just sitting there breathing.
You're training your body like you would a wild animal.
Like you would a child having a hissy fit.
You're training it.
You're giving it an anchor.
Otherwise, your thoughts will think about thoughts.
They'll think about thoughts.
When we ruminate, that's what wipes us out.
That's what frazzled means.
Frazzled doesn't mean stress.
It means stress about stress.