The Work IN to move out of stress, tension & anxiety

Ericka Thomas

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The Work IN is for fitness professionals and refugees from the body brand nation who are ready to make trauma informed instruction the gold standard of professionalism across the industry. You'll find mentorship and professional perspectives to help fitness professionals and wellness educators who want to set themselves apart using a creative, trauma sensitive approach so that they can get lasting results for their clients and avoid burnout for themselves.

The Work IN to move out of stress, tension & anxiety

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Reclaim you health + resilience: Part 1 Sleep

*Now you might think that you don’t personally have a trauma story or that your stress levels are never that bad. But while most of us might not experience the kind of intense and prolonged trauma that is associated with combat and full blown ptsd, we need to remember that the NS can be affected by anything. Because of that, without a release valve, it can be overwhelmed by anything. And the health issues related to resilience and an overwhelmed nervous system are subtle at first. They're so subtle that most of the time we don’t take action until those problems become raging, medically significant health issues. Like Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety and others. The kinds of diagnoses that demand action.* *There are 4 pieces or pillars that we touched on in last week's episode that play a critical role in reclaiming health and resilience that are completely within our control. * *Movement, nutrition, sleep and connection. We’re going to talk about each one of those over the next 4 weeks. And hopefully start to untangle some realistic ways that we can start to take back and reclaim our own influence over the quality of life we want. Hopefully some of the things that come up will help you reframe the way you see yourself, the body you live in and maybe, just maybe find some ease in that relationship. Today I want to kick off our series by looking at sleep. I like to think of sleep as the canary in the coal mine. Often (not always) it’s the first thing we notice when we’re stressed. It’s an easy thing to gauge. How well do you sleep on a regular, consistent basis? *