We've all been there. Time-traveling to a future over which we have no control. This imagined future and our worries about it take a negative toll on us, mentally and physically. Stress from imagined worries is no different from real-life stress.

The body's immune system is compromised by a flood of stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Your thinking brain gets disconnected, much like having a computer virus, because during periods of stress, blood leaves the thinking brain's frontal cortex and flows to the emotional core of the brain—the amygdala.

What can you do if your brain and body have been hijacked by stress and anxiety?

Well, research shows that mindfulness has the ability to calm an anxious and wandering mind. It........

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