A lot of people think about calmness in terms of relaxation and being collected and whatnot.

And that's, you know, that is true.

You know, whenever you're, we're kind of thinking about it in the opposite of anxiety.

Because what does anxiety look like? Anxiety looks like tension. It looks like a, you know, kind of

frenzied overactive mind,

a lot of tightness in the muscles and the body. So we think, well, what's the reverse of that

that would be calmness where that is a open body a

clear focused mind one that is not frenzied, a lower heart rate, slow calm breaths.

And while that is calmness, there's actually,

another interesting side effect to what that I've been about I want to articulate and that is how how much calmness creates confidence.

So confidence. So, whenever you are tight and tense and feeling anxious and not grounded,

then your confidence in life is often really shaky.

It's because you can't think about the big picture.

You're overthinking so much that you kind of feel like you're in this constant state of surprise and you have

no connection to your inner landscape, kind of the voice in your head, the feeling inside of you that is

guiding you through every single moment.

Whenever you're anxious and overthinking,

that relationship is drastically reduced.

And so you're sort of out there on your own and you're just reacting to everything over and over again.

Instead, you cultivate calmness, it's much more than just being relaxed.

It's being open and in tune and touch with your inner life in a sense to where you have a patience and a

spaciousness inside and that patience and spaciousness allows you to think with greater clarity and

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