A strange thing happened the other day.

I was at the gym with my personal trainer and he set me a really horrible exercise.

The exercise itself doesn't matter, the point is it left me absolutely knackered. Muscles hurting, chest pounding, lungs bursting.

“How was that?” he asked.

“Bloody horrible.” I said. “I'm in pain and I'm struggling for breath.

Let's make sure we do that again next week”.

Woah ! What did I just say?  Do more of it?

Surely less is the way forward?

When we experience stress in a day to day context, we experience a physical reaction.

I'm not a big fan of just managing symptoms. Rather I'd get the route cause sorted. However, sometimes a quick solution is needed and besides, there are some things I can't really fit into a blog.

So what do we do when we are feeling nervous, stressed or uncomfortable and aren't in a position to sort out the root issue?