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Stress

Downshift the body so the mind has somewhere to land

Crunchy stress care is not a scented candle. It is a nervous system with too much caffeine, too little daylight, and no off-ramp. Meditation has some of the better NIH-backed evidence in this whole category — for anxiety symptoms, blood pressure, and IBS — and it still is not a substitute for care when anxiety takes over your life.

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