Blog - The Curious Mover
We Can Do Hard Things
I love this line from Glennon Doyle’s book “Untamed”. It has stuck with me, especially during this time of hard things. We just had Yom Kippur, the Jewish high holidays of introspection, among other things. The intention of fasting on Yom Kippur is to “cleanse for our sins” and to slow down our internal rhythms so we can further self reflect, but I do think we can make it mean what we want, and how many sins are we actually committing this year if we have pretty much been at home?!
Building Stress Resilience
When I say cool water, what is your first reaction? Usually it presents itself as discomfort. But what if getting used to discomfort helps us cope with other discomfort in our lives. We learn how to handle that discomfort, or stress so we can increase our threshold to stress in general. The human body needs “good” stress from the environment to invigorate our nervous system and strengthen the body.