Hello everyone welcome to my weekly audio journal. Today I'd like to share an extract from the Andrew Huberman podcast.
He shares "Cool, calm and collected is a visceral meaning. Keeping the palms, feet and face cool to help you regulate temperature. Will also help you keep calm and collected for mental output."
This work is based off the research from Dr. Craig Hella. I have been using this method over the past few months, during high intensity creative blocks, periods of high stress and even my workouts.
What I personally do is wrap a thin towel around an ice pack and then I will hold that for about three minutes at a time. It's important however, to experiment with this because it can't be too cold as you will begin to vasoconstrict and it would diminish the benefits. And obviously if it's not cold enough, it doesn't work. A quick way to test this is after the three minutes. If you were to touch somebody else with your hands and if they could feel the coldness, then it would be too cold.
I wanted to share this piece as we're reaching the tail end of this year, with lots to do before our break and everyone is busy. Hopefully with some experimenting this will help you keep cool, calm and collected.
Wishing you all an amazing week ahead, thank you all for listening.
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