What happens when we continue burning the candle at both ends until we reach physical and emotional exhaustion?

Just like the candle itself, we risk burning ourselves out.

There's a parable of a frog sitting in a pot on the stove.

If dropped into a pot of boiling water, a frog would likely notice and try to escape.

Ah, that's hot. Get me out of here.

But when placed in a pot that is

slowly approaching a boil, the frog doesn't notice until the water has already reached an unbearable

heat, at which point it's too hot for the frog to survive. Have you ever experienced a slow

acceptance of the pressures around you until everything is just, it's just too much? And you can

barely cope? Well, if so,

you're not alone. Millions of American adults were reported to have experienced serious psychological

distress in 2017. Stress, anxiety, depression, etc., etc. Okay, but that aside, so what if, but let me ask you,

what if we could notice the boiling signs earlier and even turn down the heat?

Well, that's next. I'm Jason.

And I'm Bresjet.

And you're listening to The Modest Shopping Movement.

What's up guys? Welcome back to the studio. We are thrilled to be here with you today talking about

something that we deal with on a daily basis. I'm sitting alongside the beautiful

Matta Shopping. Mama, how are you doing? I'm good. Okay, calm down, first of all. Just calm

down. Okay, now that we've got her under control, let's talk about stress.

Mom, before we dive even deeper into stress here, talk about stress. How you feel about it?

For reals. Well, I am a high stress person period every day all the time.

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