CHAPTER 3HOW DOES REAL CALM REALLY FEEL?

We’d like to give you an idea of how you can expect to feel so that you’re clear about what you’re aiming for. If you’ve been experiencing any kind of stress for a prolonged period of time, looking for the opposite of stress can feel like searching for keys, through the mud, in the dark, without even knowing which house is yours. We’d like to encourage you to think of finding ways to open up blinds and curtains and windows in the dark, stunning house that’s you.

Your interpretation of the word calm and why you need to be experiencing this will now be clearer. Stress (wherever you’re at in the continuum) is a chemical reaction in the brain, and deactivating this when it’s not necessary, so you’re not ...

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