BITESIZE | Reduce Stress and Anxiety With These Powerful Breathing Practices | Dr Nicole Le Pera #435

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Breathing is information for our brain and body, and stress and our breath are intimately linked. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 318 of the podcast with clinical psychologist Dr Nicole Le Pera. In this clip, she shares some simple yet powerful breathing techniques that can help us reduce stress. Thanks to our sponsor https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/318 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:49.5	live more bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.
0:57.4	Today's clip is from episode 318 of the podcast with clinical psychologist Dr. Nicole LaPera.
1:05.5	In this clip, she shares some simple yet powerful breathing techniques that can help us reduce stress.
1:14.7	You have this concept which you talk about a lot, which is feeling safe in your body.
1:21.0	And I really wanted to go in here a little bit to really help people understand what that means.
1:26.3	And I know for you, maybe this is one of the first practical things we can talk about. I know your breath for you was
1:32.8	one of your ways in. Yeah, absolutely. Stress and our ability to cope with stress is going to play a
1:40.0	huge underlying role because that determines how safe our body feels. And when our body doesn't
1:47.0	feel safe, I mean, we even reference some of the systems that become immediately disregulated.
1:52.2	My breath doesn't become calm and even and deep from my belly, which sends my body
1:57.8	signals that it's safe, that it can relax when my breath is shallow,
2:02.1	when it's barely there, when it's constrictor, I'm holding my breath. If my muscles are
2:06.9	feeling tense with blood pumping through them, right, my body is probably telling me that it's
2:11.7	getting ready to fight or flee a perceived threaded hand. So when we drop into our body, we can get really practical
2:19.9	here. Maybe even while I was talking, some listeners are able to be like, oh, wow, I can attune to
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