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The 5-Minute Reset: How “Micro-Meditation” Rewires Your Stress Response (No, Really)
The 5-Minute Mental Reset That Changes Everything
A few months ago, I was drowning.
I had three writing deadlines breathing down my neck. I also had a long list of projects I had to finish ASAP and a presentation I hadn’t started.
By the time I reached for my third cup of coffee, my hands were shaking.
That’s when a close friend dropped the sanity-saving epiphany that saved my sanity: “You don’t need an hour of meditation. You need five minutes of radical presence.”
Why Stress Feels Like a Lion Is Chasing You
She was right. And what I learned next transformed how I handle stress.
Here’s the thing about stress that nobody talks about: Your body doesn’t know the difference between a lion chasing you and your boss sending you a “we need to talk” message.
Both trigger the same primal panic response that floods your system with cortisol.
