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Even more encouragingly, evidence suggests that increasing our heart rate through exercise changes our brain chemistry, increasing anti-anxiety neurochemicals such as mood-enhancing serotonin.

If you dont usually make exercise a planned part of your day, it may be difficult at first to get the ball rolling, but the trick is to start small. You do not have to buy expensive equipment or join a high charging gym, simply schedule a time (perhaps on your lunch break, or when you get home from work) to go for a 30-minute walk. Once youve done this for a month, youll know youve cemented the idea of exercise time into your routine, and can be a little more ambitious perhaps booking a yoga class, or heading to the local swimming pool.

Whatever it is, by creating the time to be physically active every day even if its just engaging in a bit of enthusiastic housework or gardening you can enjoy all those mood-boosting brain chemicals and become that bit more mindful, learning to live in the moment with a bit more ease.

Research into the human microbiome (the vast collection of bacteria and fungi that live within our bodies, and most particularly in our gut) suggests that our digestive health has a surprising link to our mental health and that making certain food choices can help our mood. While a healthy diet looks different for everyone, some good tips are:

5. Actively practice gratitude and acceptance

Whether its a difficult divorce, impending redundancy, or a devastating pandemic, there are some events in life which cannot be solved in a way which we find constructive and satisfying, no matter how hard we try. And while everyone finds these situations hard to cope with, they can be doubly challenging for those who also live with anxiety. Sometimes we need to focus on simply getting to the other side of a rough patch rather than thriving, but we can make this easier by embedding habits into our life which increases our resilience and coping skills.

Within a daily journaling habit, we can acknowledge the things that are out of our control. We can also still explore productive strategies to mitigate their impact through the actions we can control. For example, if you are going through a breakup, you may not be able to control how your ex-partner feels and reacts, but you can use calming techniques like breathing exercises to respond to the situation in a way that you will later feel proud of.

A big part of this is a daily practice of acceptance and gratitude. The prayer from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference may be oft-repeated, but its message rings true.

If we can learn through daily reinforcement to accept what we cannot change and to notice the things which we are grateful for (even if, on some bad days, its nothing but appreciating the small beauty of sunlight falling through a window) we can find anxiety in challenging situations easier to cope with.

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Seven Daily Habits To Reduce Anxiety - Longevity LIVE - Longevity LIVE

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