“𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈’𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤… 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 ‘𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.”
That’s how one of my clients - a senior manager at a tech firm - began her story.
Deadlines, meetings, travel, family responsibilities - all packed into a day that never seemed long enough.
She told me,
“It felt like I was living with my foot on the accelerator all the time. I couldn’t slow down, even when I wanted to.”
And then it happened.
One morning, she found herself gasping for breath - not because she ran - but because her mind had run ahead of her body.
That’s when she decided to try a micro-practice, just 30 seconds of mindful pause before opening her laptop.
Nothing fancy. No chanting, no music. Just a quiet check-in:
“Where am I right now?”
She practiced it three times a day - at login, lunch, and logout.
Within a week, her body began responding.
Her breath slowed. Her thoughts felt lighter. The racing mind… started to idle down.
Today, she says,
“I still have stress, but I don’t let it own me anymore. I reset my mind before anxiety resets me.”
And that’s really what presence is about.
Not escaping stress, but building the muscle to meet it with awareness.
If your day runs faster than you do -
Try pausing for 30 seconds before your next meeting.
Notice your breath, your body, your surroundings.
That’s your reset button.
Calm isn’t found in a retreat. It’s built in small, mindful moments - right where you are.
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