Exhausted, Overwhelmed, and Over 40? Here's Why Your Body's Stress Response Has Changed with Marcyline Bailey
Today clinical social worker and stress management consultant Marcyline Bailey joins us at Graced Health and discusses why women over 40 experience stress differently. She shares practical mindfulness techniques and explores how faith can be incorporated into breathing practices for stress management.
Points we discuss in this episode:
- Stress is a physical response involving hormones
- Why as women age they are more sensitive to stress
- Common stress-related health issues
- Importance of finding the root cause of stress
- Tips for managing caregiver stress
- Practical workplace stress management
- The value of protecting sleep
- Mindful breathing techniques
- Faith-based perspective on breathing, referencing Genesis 2:7 where God breathed life into man
- Discussion of how coming together in faith can help manage stress in challenging times
- Reflection on how previous generations practiced mindfulness through simple activities like sitting on the porch
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Marcyline Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia with 30 years of experience in the mental health field. She is a Certified Stress Management Consultant and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher. Her focus is on grief/loss, anxiety, depression and stress management. She works with adolescents, adults and families.
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