6 Ways ALL Successful Women Stay Sane In Stressful Situations

Like Dorothy’s ruby slippers, you always have a way back home to yourself — a powerful stress antidote known as, your lungs. And no one has to know you’ve invoked your secret weapon. You can rapidly override your brain’s stress hijack by enlisting your body’s nervous system. Try this: Slow down your breath and count; In for 5, hold, out for 5. Softly, gently picture your breathe moving all the way down to your belly. Soften any tension, any holding. (Yes, even while chaos goes on around you.) Repeat. Repeat. Ahhhhh… Within just a few intentional breaths, you actually adjust your brainwaves and your chemistry for the better [Photo via @kendalljenner]