"Even though we can't eliminate shame, we can become more resilient to it. Brown calls this shame resilience. And by resilience, she means "that ability to recognize shame when we experience it, and move through it in a constructive way that allows us to maintain our authenticity and grow from our experience.”[1]
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“If we're going to find our way back to each other, we have to understand and know empathy, because empathy's the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence and judgment. If you put the same amount in a Petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive. The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too
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If we’re going to find our way back to each other, vulnerability is going to be that path. And I know it’s seductive to stand outside the arena, because I think I did it my whole life, and think to myself, I’m going to go in there and kick some ass when I’m bulletproof and when I’m perfect. And that is seductive. But the truth is that never happens. And even if you got as perfect as you could and as bulletproof as you could possibly muster when you got in there, that’s not what we want to see. We want you to go in. We want to be with you and across from you. And we just want, for ourselves and the people we care about and the people we work with, to dare greatly”[2]
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Low Body Temperature, Cold Hands, Feet and/or Nose
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Ever notice how cold you are, even when you're indoors, or when the temperature outside isn't that low?
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Are you going long hours without eating? Perhaps eating the wrong ratios of sugar, fat and protein per meal, and experiencing cold hands, cold feet and/or a runny cold nose?
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Try to eat more consistently throughout the day, as well as eating the right digestible foods that help increase body temperature and pulse, keeping blood sugar balanced and stable throughout the day.
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"There are now many people who argues that a low metabolism rate, a low body temperature and slow heart beat indicate that you live a long time: “your heart can only beat so many times.” Most of these people also advocate “conditioning exercise,” and they point out that trained runners tend to have a slow heart rate...Hypothyroidism–whether preexisting or induced by running–slows the heart rate, raises the production of adrenalin, and is strongly associated with heart disease, as well as with high cholesterol."[1]
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"A slight decrease in temperature can promote inflammation (Matsui, et al., 2006). The thermogenic substances--dietary protein, sodium, sucrose, thyroid and progesterone--are antiinflammatory for many reasons, but very likely the increased temperature itself is important."[2]
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"A deviation from optimal body temperature is evidence of a change in body function. An increase in body temperature (a fever) is a known effect of getting sick. A decrease in body temperature should be just as alarming as a fever.
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Many lean individuals, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts are surprised to find they have a near hypothermic body temperature. Obesity too is associated with a lower body temperature."[3]
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"Changes in body temperature are associated with significant changes in metabolic rate."[4]
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV
