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QUESTION: How do biodots help people reduce stress?ANSWER: As a rudimentary biofeedback device, biodots give you biological feedback about what's going on inside your body. The information, or feedback that it gives you let's you know whether your efforts have been successful. Say you were trying to meditate as a way of lowering stress. At the end of the twenty minute meditation period, how would you know whether your meditation had actually worked to help you relax? If you were wearing a biodot, and it had turned from black to blue you'd know that the temperature just beneath the surface of your skin had increased and (by deduction) you would know that your capillaries had opened up, that the blood flow had improved and that you had activated the relaxation response. That's how biodots help people to reduce stress. By giving you feedback on internal functions of the body that you can't detect in any other way.
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A couple of weeks ago I met a British Airlines flight attendant while we were riding stationary bikes at the gym in the hotel where we were both staying. She had arrived from London about six o'clock the night before and told me she would be leaving on an 11-hour flight back to London later that same day. While she was telling me this, I couldn't help but think of the studies I had recently seen about the negative effects of short layovers on the brain and memory in flight attendants.
Short layovers affect memory in flight attendants.
Everyone copes with stress differently, so, when I asked if her job was stressful, I wasn't too surprised when she told me she wasn't fazed by the quick turnarounds at all. "My last job as a school teacher," she explained, "was way more stressful than this job." This positive attitude reminded me that a lot of the stress we experience on the job is psychological and involves negative thinking, worry and over-reacting to criticism. As the result, job stress is often best dealt with by using psychological techniques like maintaining a positive perspective. She was quick to let go of the stress in her current career by highlighting the positive differences between her current job and her former job.
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Quick Stress Tips
Take a Shower at the End of the Day Instead of the Beginning
It feels great, it helps you relax, you don't have to rush through it and (we promise) you won't get dirty over night. When you flip flop this activity around it will free up an extra 20-30 minutes in the morning when you need it most.
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