A simple hack for stress and anxiety | Mel Robbins #Shorts

right now i think everybody's nervous

system is in a state or fight or flight

honestly what we've just lived through

the human body is not built to sustain

that level of uncertainty for that

amount of time and so every morning i

want you to high-five your heart what

you're going to do to high-five your

heart is we're going to teach you how to

flip off your fight or flight nervous

system and flip on your parasympathetic

calm cool nervous system you're going to

take your hands and push them on the

center of your chest and you're going to

take a deep breath

and then you're going to repeat these

three sentences

i'm okay i'm okay

i'm safe i'm safe i'm loved i'm loved

and repeat it and repeat it and repeat

it until you feel yourself come back

into your body what you're doing on a

scientific level is you're tapping into

a treasure in your body called the vagus

nerve it is the on off switch between

your stressed out nervous system and

your cool grounded one and the fact of

the matter is if you can hear yourself

even thinking those three sentences it's

true