Life is not an emergency, yet it can be easy to approach everyday activities with a sense that it is. There is an immediacy to getting just about anything and everything done. This causes a tendency to rush and can create anxiety because you are thinking ten steps ahead. Living in this rushed manner activates the stress response causing internal distress and will negatively impacting your overall health. More importantly, it causes us to miss out on life as it is happening: right here, right now.

When you are rushing and stressed it is difficult to find contentment. The mind will wish for things to be different than they are based on your perceptions of your anxiety provoking thoughts. Learning to slow down, plan and focus, while