Wait what? Yes, you heard me…there is so much out there to remind us to calm down, it can be positively stressful. From meditation to prioritizing, exercising, sleeping, making lists, it can be time-consuming and yes stressful to reduce stress. Why?
Thrive Global devotes an interesting article on the “Calmnivore.” It exposes the bombardment of calm-related strategies and advice. The goal is the help separate the useful from the silly.
Pre discussion
- 8 out of 10 people report feeling stressed, why do you think this is so?
- What do you know about the “Zen” culture?
- Do a Mind Map of some of the stress-reducing techniques you know
The article: The Calmnivore’s Dilemma: Our Increasingly Stressful Search for Calm
- What are some of the main points of the introduction?
- What does Propranolol do? Why is it controversial?
- First heading:
- What is stress linked to?
- What does it mean to be reactive rather than proactive?
- What therapies and technique exist
- Second heading:
- What is the author’s story?
- Third heading:
- So what works?