The Stress Audit: Identify Your Personal Triggers

Stress can spike just because you *remember* an argument—your body reacts as if it’s happening again. On a normal day, stuck in traffic or scrolling email, your heart, breath, and thoughts quietly shift. The puzzle is: which tiny moments are secretly setting off your alarm system?

A curious twist of biology: your body reacts almost the same way to a tight deadline as it does to a near‑miss on the highway, and it also reacts to the *memory* of both. That’s why some days feel draining for “no reason” — the reasons are there, but they’re hiding in plain sight.

Today we’re going to start pulling those reasons into the light.