Dear Katrine Nielsen:

Keeping yourself as calm as possible every day, and throughout each day, one hour at a time, is very important, so that you have less of those stress hormones circulating in your blood. I read only recently how chronic, elevated levels of cortisol (a stress hormone) injure the parts of the brain responsible for cognitive functions and emotion regulation. I have to do the same myself, to keep myself as calm (and as regulated) as possible every day.

Four more days to Christmas Eve, Five days to Christmas Day.. Eleven days to your birthday, and a brand new year to follow. May good things come to you this holiday season and in 2023!

anita