The Second “R” of Joy — “Release”

Third Act
Third Act
Nov 5 · 5 min read

A systematic approach to releasing stress, anxiety, and depression is critical to joy.

Woman with eyes closed in front of white flowers.
Woman with eyes closed in front of white flowers.
Image Credit: Ann Danilina on Unsplash

Stress builds constantly — physiological, psychological, rumination, relationship conflict, workplace demands, paying the bills, feelings of inadequacy, and so on. The ability to release stress is critical. How new stress impacts us, depends on the steady state stress we are usually walking around with. If we are always…

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Awakening, discovering who I am, reinventing myself. Childhood, marriage, and now post-separation/divorce. It is my third act. My best act so far.

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