5. Breathe Before You React 🌬️

When you're overwhelmed,  feel like a failure or paralyzed by fear, it's important to pause and take a deep breath.

It will help slow your increasing heart rate by calming you down and giving you some clarity. 

Stress or anger makes us breathe quickly and shallowly, and when tired or exasperated, we are more likely to sigh. Similarly, we may feel annoyance coming from someone who sighs a lot.

Before your conversation, take some deep, calming breaths, breathing out longer than you breathe in. Ex...

If you're struggling with mindfulness, maybe you’re making it bigger than it needs to be.

You can notice a wandering mind in the shower or while you’re drinking your coffee. You can take a deep breath before you hit send or snap at your spouse. And you can remember that no matter how spa...