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                               This week: When it comes to stress, here’s a tool to help you dig deep to the root of the problem.
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                              Plus: We’ll highlight these skills from Northwestern's resilience course to help you relish daily pleasures: 💭
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                             If you’ve made it this far on our quest, you’ve learned many techniques to cope with stress. But there’s another layer: Some of our stress can be caused by pain that’s buried within.
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                             “Know thyself’ is an edict that goes back to Socrates. Here’s one way to deepen your self-knowledge.
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                             Seth Kopald learned this method when he was going through a divorce. He was scared he might lose connection with his kids and started having panic attacks.
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                             If you’ve seen the
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                             “I had a worrier part, a critic part, and they were all teaming up,” Kopald explains, leaving him anxious and fearful. He felt stuck.
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                             “There’s a big difference between, I am the anxiety and fear, versus, I am here with the anxiety and fear,” he says.
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                             Ultimately the process helped him get in touch with a part of himself that had been wounded in childhood and begin to heal.
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                              🌟 Try this: Get to know one of your Protectors
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                              In IFS, your “Protector” parts fight for you in difficult situations. That sounds like a great idea — but when a Protector becomes too dominant, you can feel stuck and stressed.
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                              Here’s a practice to start getting to know your Protector parts, adapted from Richard Schwartz’s book
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                              No Bad Parts.
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                                Sit comfortably and begin to scan your body and mind.
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                               Notice the sensations, emotions or impulses that come up.
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                                Focus on one that seems to want your attention.
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                               Notice where it feels located in or around your body.
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                                How do you feel about it?
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                               Are you annoyed by it, scared of it, want it to go away? You may just feel openness toward it.
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                                Now tune in to the sensation or emotion
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                               and ask if there’s anything it wants you to know.
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                                For instance, maybe it’s worried that you won’t succeed at your next work project.
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                               Wait for the answer. If nothing comes up, that’s OK.
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                                If you do get an answer, ask it what it’s afraid would happen if it didn’t protect you.
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                               Again, wait for an answer — it could tell you how this part is trying to protect you
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                                . For example: Perhaps the straight-A student in you fears failure and is dominating your life.
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                               This may be the Protector you’re getting to know.
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                                This process can give you insight
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                           Savoring and 🌷 Gratitude: Make the good stuff even better
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                           Each week, we’re bringing you a taste of the skills taught in Northwestern’s resilience course from researcher Judy Moskowitz.
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                          Years ago, psychology researcher Fred Bryant wanted to find out if there is a way to enhance people’s ability to derive joy from positive experiences.
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                          “It was assumed if a good thing happened, you would feel happy. But we all know people who don’t know how to enjoy themselves,” he adds.
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                          That’s how Bryant, who teaches psychology at Loyola University Chicago, coined the term
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                          — and created a field of research around it. Savoring has been used to help treat anxiety disorders, depression and other medical conditions.
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                          Savoring ties in with another skill too. Years of
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                             Create anticipation:
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                            Plan ahead for fun experiences so you can enjoy them even before they happen. Bryant remembers being a kid and planning "joy adventures" with his mom, little outings to take pleasure in the world around them. Now he and his 7-year-old granddaughter make lists of things to do together, always leaving a blank for surprises.
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                             Relish the moment:
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                            Bryant’s favorite technique is mental time travel. When he visits with his granddaughter, he’ll pretend for a second that she’s all grown up. Then he feels like he’s been granted a wish to spend time with her as a child again. “When you see it through those eyes as a second chance, you savor it more,” he says.
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                             Reminisce:
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                            Extend a positive moment by telling someone about it, writing it down or creating a memento. Moskowitz suggests putting special photos into an album or app to savor favorite moments. Or try what my mom did after her 80th birthday celebration this summer: She spent weeks writing thank-you notes to everyone who came, reliving those few hours of being bathed in love by all her family and friends.
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                                gratitude journaling,
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                               there are other ways to try this. Moskowitz encourages creating visible displays of gratitude, like a gratitude wall or tree in your office where people can add post-it notes to praise co-workers.
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                               series, which shares stories of acts of kindness, both large and small, that have transformed lives. Make sure to tell your hero what they mean to you. A quick call or note will brighten their day – and yours.
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                       Of all the ways to reduce stress, laughter may be most under-appreciated.
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                       Spontaneous laughter has been
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                        shown to lower cortisol,
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                       a key stress hormone, by more than 30%, according to a review study published in 2023. Laughter may also
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                       and help with muscle relaxation.
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                        It may also
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                         increase pain tolerance,
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                        and it has no side effects.
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                       It’s a universal language – and it can help deepen connections with others. So, maybe, it does live up to the old adage:
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                           Laughter yoga has spawned
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                            clubs for enthusiasts
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                           around the globe, but you don’t need a club to laugh, right?!
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                          Grab or call a friend and give it a try – start gently laughing, even if you’re not amused. You don’t need a joke to stoke the funny bone. In my experience, giggling is a bit like a match to kindling — once it ignites, laughter can take off.
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