Understanding Heart Rate Variability and What It Says About Stress and Recovery
Understanding Heart Rate Variability and What It Says About Stress and Recovery Heart rate variability — HRV — has become a metric that wearable technology has made available to almost anyone with a fitness tracker. Most people know roughly that higher is better. But the conversation usually stays at the level of performance optimisation, sleep […]
How to Get Out of Fight or Flight Mode and Calm the Nervous System Naturally
How to Get Out of Fight or Flight Mode and Calm the Nervous System Naturally You know the feeling. It’s in the chest — a tightness or a flutter. It’s in the jaw, the shoulders, the baseline vigilance that follows you from room to room. You’re not in danger. You know you’re not in danger. […]
Holistic Menopause Support for Hormones, Stress, and Emotional Wellbeing
Holistic Menopause Support for Hormones, Stress, and Emotional Wellbeing If you’re in perimenopause or menopause and you’ve been trying to manage your symptoms through a series of individual interventions, one for sleep, one for mood, one for hot flushes, one for weight, and finding that each one produces modest results while the others continue, this […]
How Cortisol and Blood Pressure Are Linked During Chronic Stress
How Cortisol and Blood Pressure Are Linked During Chronic Stress Your blood pressure is elevated. Your doctor has mentioned stress as a contributing factor. Perhaps you’ve been given the lifestyle advice — less salt, more exercise, less caffeine — and you’ve tried to follow it. And yet the readings keep coming back higher than they […]
Understanding the Connection Between Arrhythmia and Stress on the Nervous System
Understanding the Connection Between Arrhythmia and Stress on the Nervous System The sensation arrives without warning. A flutter, a skipped beat, a sudden racing that makes you momentarily hold your breath, waiting to see what the heart does next. For many women, this is the moment they realise, with uncomfortable clarity, that the heart is […]
