Sleep, calm and recovery, explained properly

To calm down fast, start with your breath: breathe in through your nose for about 4 seconds and out slowly for 6

Ashwagandha is one of the better-studied herbs for stress and sleep, and small trials in women report improvements over 8 to 12

Decision fatigue is the drained, foggy feeling that comes after making lots of choices, when even small decisions start to feel hard.

Fight or flight is your body’s automatic stress response. Adrenaline and cortisol speed up your heart and breathing and send blood to

Yes, stress can delay your period, and sometimes stop it for a while, because it can hold back ovulation. A period that’s

You can be signed off work with stress in the UK. For the first 7 days you self-certify.

A body scan is a mindfulness practice where you move your attention slowly through your body, from your toes to your head,

Wim Hof breathing is about 30 deep, fast breaths, then a breath hold on empty lungs, then a recovery breath held for

Eye twitching, or eyelid myokymia, is usually harmless and settles on its own within days or a few weeks. Common triggers are

“Cortisol belly” isn’t a medical diagnosis. Long-term stress can nudge your appetite, sleep and where your body stores fat, but belly fat

Possibly, a little, but the evidence is weak. Reviews of 9 to 22 small trials, mostly 40 to 64 stressed adults over

Holy basil, or tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), is an Ayurvedic herb used for stress. A few small human trials suggest it may modestly