The dangers and stressors that we face in our day to day lives aren’t lions, tigers, or bears that are trying to kill us; our modern day stressors tend to be more intellectual and less physical, less life-and-death and more existential.  We will often say, half-jokingly, that we are “our own worst enemy”, but the truth of the matter is that this is more true than we would like to admit.  

We live in a state of constant uncertainty, always on edge, never knowing what is coming next, and this is slowly taking a toll on our bodies, brains, and relationships. Politics, public health, the economy, and even public safety are all highly uncertain at the moment but many of us are pretending like everything this fine. Our bodies and brains are on edge, flooded with adrenaline and cortisol, and we are primed to explode with rage or run away as fast as we can, but most of us are just sitting at home watching the world burn…