Cortisol — The Hormonal Key To Gaining More Peace
A needed face to face with stress.
Cortisol is a significant hormone when it comes to stress, metabolism, and immune response. It is also one of the most overlooked and misunderstood; left unregulated and causing disruptions in peoples life.
Cortisol itself isn’t the bad guy, we need it; if the next time you stop by Whole Food’s and a grizzly bear appears in the same aisle as you Cortisol will be the main reasons you’re able to reach safety. It’s behind our fight or flight, metabolic processes, and immune system, it’s a busy hormone keeping us safe internally and externally.
But what if you feel like your running from a life-threatening grizzly bear every day?
What if your emotional security feels threatened 24/7?
This is the reality for people who have dysregulated cortisol levels and the percentage of people is higher than expected. 100% of the population is stressed about something; however, this stress has the tendency to cause so much cortisol production in the body that other areas of the body and mind begin to break down.
When you’re exerting a majority of energy into the external, by stressing about external things, the internal loses energy. Hence increase in burnouts, mood swings, addictions, and…
