11d • Weekly Pause
Your Practice This Week
I want to share something I see over and over again with men who come into this space.
Most people think stress lives in the mind.
Thoughts. Worries. Overthinking.
But stress actually shows up in the body first.
Before you ever realize you’re overwhelmed, your nervous system has already shifted.
Your body has already decided whether it feels safe or not — and it does that without language.
That’s why stress often shows up as:
- tightness in your chest or jaw
- shallow breathing
- restlessness or agitation
- fatigue that doesn’t make sense
- or numbness, zoning out, feeling disconnected
None of this means you’re failing at regulation.
It means your body learned how to hold stress instead of releasing it.
Biologically, stress is meant to move through us. Activate → respond → return to baseline.
But when stress is constant, emotional, or unspoken, that cycle doesn’t complete.
The body stays on alert — quietly.
Here’s a small awareness practice I want you to try today or tomorrow:
Take 60 seconds and ask yourself:
“What am I feeling in my body right now — physically?”
Not why.
Not how do I fix it.
Just where and what.
Tension? Pressure? Heaviness? Nothing at all?
All of it counts.
This is how regulation actually begins — not by forcing calm, but by understanding what your body has been carrying for you.
If you feel comfortable, drop a comment:
👉 Where do you tend to hold stress in your body?
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