During the menopause your cortisol levels increase. If your weren’t stressed enough already, the hormone responsible for your stress levels increases, in this vicious cycle.
Cortisol does have an important role to play in your body but it’s important to make sure it doesn’t take over.
Mental imagery is when you use all your senses to rehearse a scene or movement you need to perform. You want this to end positively to set you in a good mindset.
Doing any type of exercise is going to help build your physical fitness. Most people often forget the benefit exercise and training can have on you mentally too.
Exercise and training releases endorphins in your body which stimulate your brain, often know has the happy chemicals, which is why you feel better once you’ve trained.
It might be hard dragging yourself to the gym or going out for a run when the weather isn’t too appealing but you always feel happy and when you’ve finished.
Running helps you mentally in other ways too.
We can all feel a bit sluggish, especially when the weather is a bit hit and miss.