What are the different names and forms of what can become stress? Heartbreak, fear, anger, comparison, control… How does stress work in the body? I’d like you to think of yourself as a balance; as the balance of a load vs. the capacity for resistance of that load. On one side we have the weight of the load we carry with us, on the other side is the capacity of resistance to carry that load, The load is made up of our lives. We have our career, family, friends, social interactions, responsibilities, doubts and more importantly we have our inner struggles. When the load becomes heavier than our capacity to resist it, an imbalance is created that opens up the door to take the form of stress, It is then that physical symptoms appear. Symptoms that our body sends as information. That is when the body starts talking to us in the form of symptoms such as head ache, back ache, fever, stomach ache, anxiety ,insomnia, . . These symptoms are the information that tells us that our body is out of balance. That’s where it begins… and why it’s so important we listen to the body. It’s telling us that something is happening to create an imbalance. If this becomes a long term chronic imbalance then disease may start to develop. This why we need to get serious about stress.