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Learn how to use scent to signal your brain that it is time to ground, honor, or envision.

When you feel disconnected from your physical self, your brain begins to perceive your "to-do list" as a threat. The prefrontal cortex (the part of your brain that plans) gets hijacked by the amygdala (the part that feels fear). Suddenly, answering an email or opening your planner feels like a high-stakes survival event.

There are days when the alarm goes off, but the bed feels like lead. There are mornings when the "grief fog" is so thick you can’t remember what you had planned for breakfast, let alone what you wanted to achieve for the year.

If you set expectations at 100% while your capacity is at 30%, you aren't "failing" when you don't meet your goals—you are simply experiencing a predictable biological and energetic burnout.

The skin literally reflects internal chaos. A sudden rash or an inexplicable flare-up isn't just cosmetic; it's a silent signal from your nervous system asking for attention and soothing.

While anxiety is meant to be a helpful, temporary alarm system, when it becomes chronic, it sets up permanent residence in one notorious area: the Head-Neck-Shoulder Highway.