Hey, HAPPY NEW YEAR wishes first. But what do you think my friend? Are you a stone age cave person or are you a Homo sapiens? It’s an interesting question which we have been thinking about for little over a year. Looking at human behavior right now we can’t really be sure, right? There is after all the good, the bad and the very ugly. Studying a lot of neuroscience and early human development we came to the following conclusion:
 
Homo sapiens, this means me and you, are fundamentally a stone age being.
 
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Yes, we as humans have learned a lot since we split from our ancestor Homo heidelbergensis who was a direct descendent of Homo erectus. According to the latest finds, this was about 300,000 years ago. But genetic analysis tells us that our genes are over 99.8% identical to the earliest remnants found of Homo sapiens. Our body and brain structure are still pretty much the identical.
 
Therefore, the answer to the question, are we stone age or Homo sapiens is, we are both. Homo sapiens was born a stone age creature and has not changed much since then.
 
Geneticists tell us that Homo sapiens today have a low variation in their gene expression. With all the different sizes, shapes and colors, we humans have today, it is still less varied than one would expect based on mutations from 300,000 years. There is a reason for this. Sometime between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago there was a great catastrophe for Homo sapiens. We know that relatively few of our species survived. The estimates range from as few as a group with only 500 fertile women who may be at most 10,000 individuals in total. All the billions of inhabitants of Earth today are the descendants of that small group of survivors.
 
Why is this so important for you and me today? Because we are survivors! The reason you and I are here is because all our ancestors for all these 300,000 years have survived.
 
Our body, our brain, our basic behaviors, all have  been built for one purpose only, survival. What has that to do with stress? What has that to do with how we feel today stressed or relaxed? Stress is a direct result of our brain perceiving a threat to our survival. That signal may be a mild irritation or full-fledged panic. But survival is the primary archaic imperative of our brain, our whole psychophysiology. Therefore, if we want to understand and to manage our stress, we need to understand the survival function in the brain.
 
In future blog posts we will talk more what this means to us in our life now, how dangerous simple stress can be over time, and how it can sabotage your very work and family life.
 
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 Let’s tap together and keep some joy for the holidays,      
 Fritz & Judy Sauer
Fritz George Sauer, MS, MS Eng., Stress Coach, Stress, Performance & Productivity Specialist
Judith Lynch-Sauer, PhD, RN, Scientific Advisor, Clinical Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
 
PS: you need a daily stress reduction routine. Check Appendix 2 of the book for quick help with stress

Why Learn to Defeat the “Dirty Dozen of Stress”
 
Why is it so critical to manage stress? Because stress is generated right in the center of your brain. The area of the brain which manages survival. It is responsible for the “Flight, Fight, and Freeze Response”. That part of your brain generates stress. It affects everything in your body and mind! Therefore, stress changes all your physical and mental functions profoundly. That is also why SciStress, scientific stress management, works so quickly. That is why it works so profoundly. Because SciStress reduces unwanted stress responses right in the center of your brain.
 
What does stress do to your performance – IMMEDIATELY

1. Brain fog, because up to 70% of the blood and with-it vital oxygen get pulled out of the prefrontal cortex, the area of logical thinking.
2. Tunnel vision and selective hearing because your survival brain wants you to focus exclusively on what it perceives to be the danger, the stressful situation.
3. Poor memory& learning new material because the brain wants you to focus only on the present “danger”.
4. Bad decision making because of the irritability and restlessness caused by the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol which flood your system.
5. Restless sleep because the stress hormone cortisol will keep you awake at night. And the lack of sleep will make you even more susceptible to stress the next day.
6. Overly aggressive, defensive or “playing dead” because it is part of the normal stress response “Fight, Flight, and the third one, Freeze” as it shows up in daily life.

 
What does stress do to your health and well-being – LONG-TERM

1. Tension head and back aches, migraines because the stress response tenses your muscles to get you ready for fight or flight. This is the #1 reason people call in sick at work! This alone costs business billions of dollars each year.
2. Poor digestion because the stress response also pulls blood from your digestive system slowing it down even halting it completely.
3. Blood pressure and pulse rate increase which over time causes cardiovascular problems.
4. Increased cortisol makes you crave sugar and fat leading to unhealthy food choices and overeating.
5. The liver dumps glucose into your bloodstream elevating your blood sugar. Over time this can lead to diabetes type-2 and diabetes type-3, the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease.
6. Repeated severe stress will reduce your immune response. High stress will even damage your chromosomes and genes. Therefore, it will reduce your resistance to all kinds of illness including cancer and heart disease and cause faster aging.

 
Two hidden secrets of stress

1. Bad odors: To increase your chances of survival in a stressful situation your old brain triggers “pre-cooling” by producing sweat so you can run or fight for your life. With the constant stress of modern life this leads to body odor and sweaty hands and feet. Poor digestion will add bad breath to make it worse.
2. Bad sex: Stress hormones use up the same nutrients in the body which are needed to produce sex hormones and the healing and cell regeneration hormone DHEA. With stress unmanaged not only is healing slowed down, but your sex life is ruined.

 
Here you have the 12 dangers of STRESS + 2. The “dirty dozen of stress” + 2 really embarrassing ones! Wouldn’t it be great to have an easy fast working technique to combat stress? Techniques you can use in any stressful situation right there at work, at home or while traveling and all in real-time.
 
Learn SciStress™ the highly effective real-time stress management!
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Pass it along to family and friends. We will try to do it every Thursday in the weeks to come and hope to see you on Zoom in the safety of your home.
 
Let’s unstress together,     Fred & Judy
 
Fred George Sauer, MS, MS Eng., Chief Stress Coach, Stress, Performance & Productivity Specialist
Judith Lynch-Sauer, PhD, RN, Scientific Advisor, Clinical Professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
 
PS: you need a daily stress reduction routine. Check Appendix 2 of the book for quick help with stress

We can stop transmission today. We don’t need to wait until we have a vaccine." C. del Rio, professor of Global Health at Emory University, referring to research on populations using masks and public-health measures including distancing and handwashing.
 
The virus is still here! That has not changed. What are the main elements of a good plan? What can keep us safe?
 
Wear a mask in public! When we are near other people the mask will keep us from inhaling any airborne droplets with the virus. It will also keep those who are infected even unknowingly from spreading it around. There is the impressive story from Springfield, Mo., where face coverings prevented an outbreak among at least 140 people exposed to two masked, but infected hair stylists. The other side of this coin is: stay far away from people who don’t wear a mask! Why? Because not only could they be infected and spread the virus, they clearly demonstrate for all to see that they foolishly take great risk for their own health and do not care about others.
 
Keep your distance! The mask is not 100% effective. Therefore keeping at least 6 feet distance to other people helps minimize the possibility of a transmission. Keep 6 feet distance from strangers, but also from friends or family who don’t live with you when you meet them for hiking, dog walking or other activities. Stay away from large crowds or gatherings. A great alternative for protests is to do it in your car where you are safe. The Centers for Disease Control even recommend keeping your pets apart.
 
Wash your hands and use sanitizer! Anything you touch in public could conceivably be contaminated with the virus. Therefore, wash your hands thoroughly with soap and use sanitizer for prevention. Soap actually is great for killing viruses, because soap molecules penetrate their outside membrane and they dissolve. Make sure the stores and restaurants you visit clean their services and their staff wear masks.
 
More facts: Outdoors can be safer than inside. Take extra precaution when in an enclosed space. If at risk because of other illnesses, obesity or advanced age take more precautions. Some recommend having your groceries and necessities delivered to you rather than to buy them yourself. For full review of the latest recommendations and research go to this article “Q&A: Keeping yourself and others safe” by the Washington Post from June 27.
 
How can StopStress tapping help? A unique feature of StopStress is that you feel the effects quickly. People have told us that they feel uncertain of what to do with the “opening”. They feel anxiety. They feel uncertainty. This is where a two-pronged approach can help!

1. Make a plan for your life situation of what makes sense for you to do.
2. Then use StopStress tapping to address all uncertainties and fears. This is what we will practice Thursday, July 2 together.

 
Since StopStress can work amazingly fast it should help to implement your plan with confidence and to stick to it!

Join us Weekly Free Stress Reduction for You and Yours on ZOOM. We’ll practice this process together. We’ll answer your questions. Feel more in control and plan and act with confidence.

Don’t hesitate and use StopStress tapping frequently. Keep your wits and immunity strong.

This may sound strange. We are talking here however about mental bridges. More in a minute, but even building physical bridges we would be able to use the techniques to deal with the stress which comes with building a big project like a bridge. We have helped people improve their performance at work, at home and with sports and exercise including golf and Judo.
 
Extremism creates STRESS!
 
Today we want to talk about a much more difficult bridge to build. But we think using a little StopStress might help. The bridge we are talking about is to attempt to reduce the extreme polarization and division in this country’s political sphere. Now politics has always been much about perceptions. And perceptions are one thing StopStress can help with. If we should land up in one extreme political camp, on the left or the right, it gives a false sense of security and of being “right”. It is a false sense of security because extreme position is rarely ever “right”.
 
The extreme positions which currently are so widespread may convey a sense of safety and righteousness. But deep down they also cause substantial stress. Having a more moderate set of beliefs creates its own stress by watching the extremist communication and actions. Reducing these stressors can help bring more clarity and civility, first in our own minds and through our own calmness perhaps to the minds of others.
 
In Thursday’s session we will give this thinking a test. We’ll look at the experience we have with the country’s divisions and see how much we can reduce our internal stress about it. Perhaps now we can help build BRIDGES!
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​Division creates STRESS! Let’s build bridges instead!
Join us Weekly Free Stress Reduction for You and Yours. You will practice this process together. We will answer your questions. You will feel better and more in control.

We are in crazy times confusing and disturbing. What makes it particularly difficult for us are all the often contradictory statements from various officials. There is little solid information. Whom can you trust?
 
In most States more stores are opening, more travel and activities are permitted, and larger groups are allowed to get together. Yet the virus is still out there. We have no vaccine or effective medication. To what degree do we participate? How do we remain safe and healthy?
Uncertainty creates STRESS!
 
How do we make a good decision for ourselves and our family? One of the first most powerful effects of stress is that the autonomic nervous system begins to pull blood from our neocortex, Thinking Brain. That makes it difficult to come to good decisions. Our thinking is foggy and it is hard to focus. We are more tempted to make rash emotional decisions which later turn out to be faulty. This is where our StopStress tapping technique can be so helpful.

Therefore, before we decide where to go and how much to participate, let’s spend a few minutes tapping down our stress, our feelings of doubt and uncertainty. We still don’t have more information. But we are in a better position to make a good decision with information we have. Our brain and our thinking function are more optimal.
 
Join us Weekly Free Stress Reduction for You and Yours. You will practice this process together. We will answer your questions. You will feel better and more in control.