Dr. Betty Murray says physical movement is the primary stress-relief tool. She recommends "exercise snacks" like squats between meetings and morning or evening walks in sunlight. Once movement habits stick, add adaptogenic herbs, magnesium, and phosphatidylserine as secondary supports.
If you're somebody who's not doing it because you have so much going on that you can't get it in, you need to move. You need to move because your body needs a physical outlet for that stress response because it thinks it's trying to save you. So this is where you would add in exercise snacks like squats between meetings, having a little bit of exercise in the morning or the evening. That's a great way to get sunlight, go out and take a walk. Just get moving, right? Just get moving and give your body's stress response something to work on. And then look at the other fun things to add, the adaptogenic herbs, the magnesium, the phosphatidylserine, after you've dialed in those other efforts, because that's really where you're going to make the difference.
