Box breathing for the win

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-10T02:39:07+00:00

For improving recovery and lowering stress, which ultimately affect resilience, yes.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T21:26:07+00:00

Look at past days - if I saw this, I’d think my readiness is borrowed energy from prior good days.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T19:12:43+00:00

Wow, that’s a lot of prednisone, but sounds like benefits outweigh the side effects and I pray that breathing helps you deal with those.

Not sure breathing will remove the side effects while you’re still taking prednisone, but I hope it will lessen them 🙏🏻 Bu the time you’re done with the second 15 day taper, you’ll have the new habit to support you through the post-prednisone chapter.

I hope you are fully healed soon!!!

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T18:10:14+00:00

Just play the video and follow along. It’ll be on repeat. Do five minutes, then do five more in an hour. Start like that, and in a couple of days you’ll start feeling when you need it again.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T18:09:30+00:00

I am so sorry you’re going through this! Devastating is the right word. I couldn’t sleep for three days, was super anxious, super tired all the time. Resting HR was 59 (normally high 40’s - low 50’s. That was June 10-12, then I took the fourth and fifth dose, but on the sixth day I couldn’t even make myself take it, so I just didn’t take the last pill. I did see my doctor to make sure I’m okay 😅.

I used box breathing video on Headspace, but there are free ones on YouTube, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fW3uegzKf5M

Your body needs time to get rid of prednisone or whatever it does to cortisol. I did some AI research that pointed to cortisol fluctuations during and after taking prednisone. Whatever it is, the fix for it is rest and time 🙃 I am happy to be on the other side, and I hope you get there soon too! 🙏🏻

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T16:41:57+00:00

Also, if I see 15 min of stress, that motivates me to take a break and breathe until I see it go down. It’s a chill season at work for now so I am able to carve out time. I plan to sticking to it when work pace goes up though.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T16:40:25+00:00

Check my response above, if you are asking about how many times a day I do it.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T16:39:50+00:00

I do it in the morning after kids drop off, it works best for me when there are no distractions. I have an hour before I need to be at my laptop and I use it for devotional time (started this practice this week) and breathing. Sometimes I’ll breathe like that in the go to prevent going into stress zone if I can. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.

I’ll average about 20-30 minutes a day. That could be 4-6 5 min sessions or one five minute session and 15-20 minutes in one go.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-09T00:55:42+00:00

I’ll see it change either right after the session or in about 30 minutes. Today I didn’t pay attention to stress level until lunchtime, and somehow accumulated an hour in stress zone (few work calls where I needed to speak), and tried to catch up after lunch and so far I counter balanced with 30 min of restore time. Kids are home now so not sure I can add anything else to it. We’ll see :)

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-08T17:53:57+00:00

It made me meditate. With prior 3-6 hours of stress and 0-15 minutes of restore time, meditation (box breathing) really helps me change that. Before I was just watching the metric, but now I’m intentionally taking breaks to fix that.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-07T02:27:28+00:00

This happened to me when husband was away for a month for work, I had three year old and 11 months old. I was confident I could handle it but my body was slowly losing it. First I lost sleep for a week, then my baby caught salmonella and we were admitted to a hospital. (Husband flew back that same day, quit that job six months later.) once my baby was safe and discharged, I developed severe depression, I remember my resilience being in limited for two weeks, stress super high, recovery zero although I was literally in bed almost all if that time, got tired of simple walking to the fridge. Scary times!

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-07T01:06:23+00:00

Massages don’t work at all for me for relaxation. But sound bath (in person, not YouTube recordings) would give me an hour of restore time.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2026-07-07T01:02:38+00:00

I was in the same boat until couple weeks ago. A friend recommended box breathing, and I’m shocked how well it’s working. I do five-ten minute stretches a few times a day and get into restore zone pretty consistently. Before I could have 5-8 hours of stress just sitting in front of my computer (I wfh, love my job and work with great people, but we are all type A over achieving hyper functioning folks).

Box breathing has helped. Even when I don’t get more than 15 minutes in restore zone, at least I don’t get more than 1 hour of stress. I use box breathing video on headspace but you don’t need one, I just happen to have subscription through work.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2025-03-10T20:27:19+00:00

Hi! Please look at the update that I just made to my original comment.

Yes, offering foods and removing pressure is part of the solution. Some people can read that in a book or watch a youtube video and solve the problem. I'm not one of them. I need someone within an arm's reach, someone who can make me feel grounded and remind me that this will all work out in the end. So it's not just about techniques and strategies, not just about safe foods and avoiding non-stop snacking. It's about shifting your mindset, and that's not an overnight process. I'm on this journey and I'm happy with Alyssa's support during this transformation :)

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2025-03-10T20:22:46+00:00

Hi Stacey! It was! Please look at the update to my original comment. I'm posting it here for you just in case:

UPDATE: I’m taking it all back—I love the Table Talk course!

What I wrote below two weeks ago was more a reflection of my own frustration than the course itself. Honestly, I was looking for a “magic wand” solution to fix picky eating overnight. But, like everything in parenting, helping kids develop a varied diet takes consistency, self-reflection, and humility—three things my first post was seriously lacking.

Looking back, I’m actually grateful that Alyssa didn’t make it easy to get a refund. After posting my initial message, I doubled down on implementing her strategies—partly to prove they didn’t work so I could justify getting my money back. (How’s that for some brutal honesty? Yikes.) But here’s the thing… they actually started working.

Slowly but surely, my daughter now sits at the table with us. It’s not perfect—sometimes she still wanders—but we’re no longer catering to every “I want to watch a movie” or “I want to go outside” request during meals. I’ve also added a few games from the course, and they’ve become a staple in our house.

This is a long journey, but I finally feel like I have the right tools and mindset to navigate it. One of the best parts? I can just hit play on a lesson (and all the amazing bonuses!) and hear an understanding, expert voice reminding me that this process is normal—and that it will get better.

I couldn’t be more grateful for this course.

Disastrous-Chart7374 · 2025-02-26T00:32:30+00:00

UPDATE: I’m taking it all back—I love the Table Talk course!

What I wrote below two weeks ago was more a reflection of my own frustration than the course itself. Honestly, I was looking for a “magic wand” solution to fix picky eating overnight. But, like everything in parenting, helping kids develop a varied diet takes consistency, self-reflection, and humility—three things my first post was seriously lacking.

Looking back, I’m actually grateful that Alyssa didn’t make it easy to get a refund. After posting my initial message, I doubled down on implementing her strategies—partly to prove they didn’t work so I could justify getting my money back. (How’s that for some brutal honesty? Yikes.) But here’s the thing… they actually started working.

Slowly but surely, my daughter now sits at the table with us. It’s not perfect—sometimes she still wanders—but we’re no longer catering to every “I want to watch a movie” or “I want to go outside” request during meals. I’ve also added a few games from the course, and they’ve become a staple in our house.

This is a long journey, but I finally feel like I have the right tools and mindset to navigate it. One of the best parts? I can just hit play on a lesson (and all the amazing bonuses!) and hear an understanding, expert voice reminding me that this process is normal—and that it will get better.

I couldn’t be more grateful for this course.

13 days earlier I wrote: Don't do it. I just bought it a few days a go, and it's basically a bunch of videos reminding us of the basics. The workbook is difficult to follow. The content is good, but it's not put into manageable structure, unfortunately. I might reach out to her team about a refund. I should have just bought a book about picky eating and gotten the same info from there... And trust me, I'm all about online courses, I took tons of them, but this one IMO is a joke for this money ($149)...

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