Ways to lower cortisol.
BCNA have organised an upcoming podcast with Sarah De Jonge offering ways to Set healthy boundaries. I am looking forward to adding this to my arsenal of ways to cut down on toxicity in my life. ...
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@Cath62 I also was a single parent and had a lot of stress placed on me when my child was in the teenage years and I was juggling an emotionally charged job. I had always wanted to be the homemaker and fully enjoy my parenting role, but life threw other challenges at me and I am sure that contributed to me staying in a work environment with a psycho boss. We often sacrifice a lot when left raising children on our own, I can totally relate to that.
The changes I have made is not being a people pleaser, but I nearly fell into the trap when a psychologist I was seeing suggested I go back to my job. I would have been going to return to a toxic environment to please her. Finally I woke up to stop letting people pull my strings.
I do care and love the people in my life, but I also can politely say no to anything that is going to cause me compromising my health and wellbeing. I enjoy the simple things in life like going for walks, catching up with friends for coffee and a chat, going to the movies, gym/strength classes and reading historical books. Life is good. :)
The changes I have made is not being a people pleaser, but I nearly fell into the trap when a psychologist I was seeing suggested I go back to my job. I would have been going to return to a toxic environment to please her. Finally I woke up to stop letting people pull my strings.
I do care and love the people in my life, but I also can politely say no to anything that is going to cause me compromising my health and wellbeing. I enjoy the simple things in life like going for walks, catching up with friends for coffee and a chat, going to the movies, gym/strength classes and reading historical books. Life is good. :)