WEEKEND WONDER

How to Create a 5-Minute Mental Health Reset When Life Gets Overwhelming

I'm sitting here at 2 PM on a Tuesday, and I just spent the last hour spiraling about everything I need to get done this week. You know that feeling? When your brain feels like it's running on fifteen different tabs, three of them are frozen, and one is playing that annoying song you can't get out of your head.

This is exactly when I need to stop what I'm doing and reset. Not in some Instagram-perfect way with fancy props and perfect lighting, but in a real, messy, "I'm about to lose my shit" kind of way.

Here's what I've learned: you don't need an hour-long yoga class or a meditation retreat to calm your nervous system. Sometimes five minutes of intentional movement and breathing is exactly what stands between you and a complete meltdown.

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