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Two powerful stress inductors are (1) uncertainty about the future and (2) a world that does not involve with our desires and needs. The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) brings both intensive conditions and stress, globally. Stress causes an increase in adrenaline and cortisol in our body, which increases our heart rate, our blood pressure and our blood glucose. Acute stress can be adaptive, which allows us to escape a predator by focusing our attention and leading the blood flow to our muscles so we can run faster. When the stress lasts days, weeks and even months, however, it is unsuitable. Chronic stress has harmful effects on our immune system as well as our heart and blood vessels. Chronic stress also misleading changes in our aging chromosomes. We are all better learning to reduce the stress of this stress by becoming more resilient in the face of adversity, especially during the current coronavirus crisis. Read to discover how and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

There are four main resilience pillars: gratitude, acceptance, intent and non-judge. Together, these principles form acronym, gain. We can practice gains starting with a contemplation or a meditation of 3 minutes each morning; It will prepare us to remind us of these essential elements of resilience throughout our day. Examples of thoughts we could embrace during this period of extraordinary stress:

We all have a lot to be grateful. Examine how much most of us are much better than our ancestors were 100 years ago during the 1918 influenza pandemic. During this crisis, there was little communication - not internet for people Updated or people can be updated with friends and a family, poor sanitation, and far too few hospital beds and other essential resources to handle critical patients. There were not enough ambulances, cerckets or burial sites for those who succumbed to the virus. The bodies have been displaced in rooms in houses, where they stayed on days or more. Nowadays, we have significantly improved access to medical care, food and other necessities. As things are bad, they could be much worse. We have reason to be grateful.

As the prayer of serenity reminds us, we are well served to discern between these things we can and can not change and accept the latter. During this difficult historical period, there are many things we can not change. Let's open our hearts to the pain and suffering of others and of ourselves and respect it, to accept these feelings. We did not create this pandemic and we can not cure it. We can only we can not succeed in staying safe by practicing social distance while remaining in contact with our loved ones by text, e-mail, facetime and other means.

Our brains are wired with a negativity bias. We remember feelings and sad and painful events while often losing a track of the wonderful moments of life. The good news is that we can use our intention to repel our brain. A good example is the "Three good things"Program initiated at Duke University. I just think about three good things that have happened during our day, because we are preparing for bed each evening improves our sleep and our happiness. This practice is easy to kiss and does not require No time - we just have to be useful and diligent by kissing it regularly. Our brain remain plastic, or editable, even during adulthood, contrary to what many can believe. We simply need to deploy our intention.

We tend to compare themselves permanently to others and to form judgments of good or bad. "He is smarter than me" or "she is not as sporty as me." The process of categorization and constantly trial is exhausting and harms our happiness. Unfortunately, we tend to judge the hardestly. Fortunately, there is an alternative - we can simply see the world and ourselves with open minds and hearts and adopt a kind of "benevolent" indifference. This should not be confused with being jadé or grime, but rather means that we can rest our judgment minds and take advantage of things as they are. Once again, we have not created this world and we can do little to change it. Just accept the way things are without judgment.

The winning practice can help us be more present. We tend to be obsessed with the obsession of the past and the future in a maliciastic way, distracting ourselves to be present. Although it is adaptable to savor our good past memories and learn from our mistakes, it is harmful to be stuck in thoughts of regret and shame. Similarly, with thought of the future - it is adaptive for a good time and plan to put food on the table, but inadequate to reflections on thoughts that bring fear and anxiety. Due to our negativity bias, we tend to catastrophize, which means we focus on the worst case scenario, even though it rarely comes to competition. Happiness lies in the present moment. Consider your happiest-laughing moments with others in a joke or a hilarious event, connecting with a friend or lover, enjoying a moving concert or a painting. All these experiences are devoid of thinking of the past or the future. We are "here right now." Full consciousness means "pay attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment," according to his founder, Jon Kabat-Zinn. By kissing and using the gain elements, we are more aware, resilient and happy.

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Greg hammer, ®is the author ofPainless gain: the happiness manual for health professionals