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Dry brushing is a skincare technique that involves brushing your dry skin with a firm-bristled brush, usually before showering. It’s believed to improve the appearance and health of your skin and provide additional benefits for your body.

Benefits of Dry Brushing:

1. Exfoliation: Removes dead skin cells, leaving your skin smoother and softer.

2. Improved Circulation: Stimulates blood flow, which can give your skin a natural glow.

3. Lymphatic Drainage: Helps promote the movement of lymph, which may support detoxification.

4. Reduced Appearance of Cellulite: Some people believe it temporarily smooths and firms the skin, though this is not scientifically proven.

5. Energizing: The process can be invigorating and help you feel more awake.

How to Dry Brush:

1. Choose a natural-bristle brush with a firm but not harsh texture.

2. Start at your feet and brush upward toward your heart using long, gentle strokes or circular motions.

3. Move to your arms, starting at the hands and working toward the shoulders.

4. Brush your stomach and back using circular motions.

5. Shower afterward to rinse off exfoliated skin.

6. Moisturize your skin to lock in hydration.

Tips and Precautions:

• Avoid brushing sensitive or broken skin (cuts, rashes, or sunburns).

• Do it 2–3 times a week to avoid irritation.

• Clean your brush regularly to prevent bacteria buildup.

Dry brushing feels great and can leave your skin glowing, but it’s important to be gentle to avoid causing damage.

First of all I want to acknowledge this awesome photo who I wish I knew who to give the credit to. I love how it depicts stress. We can appear calm but be fuming on the inside where it feels like our heads are actually on fire and we are covered in dark, heavy smoke.

We may be so use to the smoke that it’s just become apart of our day to day life. With this blog I want to extinguish some of that fire and help you to see through the smoke.

Your heads still going to catch on fire from time to time let’s be honest but maybe we can make a fire extinguisher more accessible for you and for others.

10 Questions About STRESS Answered – Gaining More PEACE In Your Life Gives More PEACE To Others

1. First of all what is stress? How is it defined?

Stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is feeling out of control. Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. It’s feelings of tension.

Stress is your body’s reaction to a change or challenge. Stressors can be positive and negative.

2. How do we react when we are stressed?

There are mental, physical, and behavioral ways of reacting to stress.

Examples of mental could include feeling overwhelmed, loosing your temper, feelings of irritability, thoughts of self harm, racing thoughts, etc.

Examples of physical could include headaches, digestive problems, muscle tension, even your breathing can change.

Examples of behavioral could include jaw clenching, biting your nails, even becoming verbally or physically aggressive.

3. Who gets stressed?

EVERYONE experiences stress. Even babies and children.

4. What are things that cause stress?

An overall answer to which causes stress could be lack of control over a situation.

Common examples could include; life changes, work, family, financial problems, health.

Not so common examples could include; unrealistic expectations and even procrastination.

Most things that cause stress fall under one of those categories above.

5. When do you feel stressed?

When you are under lots of pressure.
When you face big changes in your life.
When you are worried about something.
When you don’t have much or any control over the outcome of a situation.
When you have responsibilities that you find overwhelming.
When you don’t have enough work, activities or change in your life.

6. Does our stress affect the people around you?

The short answer is ABSOLUTELY. There is such a thing called ‘secondhand stress or stress contagion’ if you can believe it!

Stress from others can affect your own stress levels even if there is no direct interaction.

Stress contagion can happen through social and biological mechanisms, such as pheromones, social cues, and emotional expression. For example, people are four times more likely to catch stress from someone they know, such as family, friends, or coworkers.

People that are stressed release a chemical that can be inhaled by those around them, causing these people to become more anxious, as well.

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Dry Brushing—Have You Tried It?

10 Questions About STRESS Answered – Gaining More PEACE In Your Life Gives More PEACE To Others

10 Questions About STRESS Answered – Gaining More PEACE In Your Life Gives More PEACE To Others