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Five Ways for Leaders to Get Out of Chronic Fight or Flight

Scott Elbin

The good news is that you don’t just have a sympathetic nervous system fight or flight response; you also have a parasympathetic nervous system which can activate the rest and digest response. Here are five ways to do that: Breathe : Intentional deep breathing is a proven, always available way to activate your rest and digest response.

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The $1Trillion “Pill”

Optimum Associates

What I’m going to recommend and describe today is not a product or pill, it’s a practice: Slow, controlled, focused breathing. Most people would pay $1,000 or more for those results but they don’t have to; our freedom to breathe and focus is always there. As you exhale, imagine that your breath is extending like a frozen rope of air.