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Have you ever wondered why it seems like a sloth is smiling all the time? No?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I\u2019ll wonder about this for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think sloths are captivating. They have this intriguing countenance that pulls you in. They just seem cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently met a sloth in Honduras. His name was Flash (predictable, I know). Holding Flash was one of the coolest animal encounters I\u2019ve ever had. There is something about a sloth that feels peaceful and kind. Did I hold Flash or did Flash hold me? I\u2019m not sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there was such a thing as a spirit animal, I think a sloth might be mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much as sloths get a bad rap for being lazy, I think we should strive to be a little more like Flash. In our hustle culture, we take animal inspiration from the go-getters. Everyone wants to be like a Rhino or a Lion<\/a>. Charge! Dominate! Be the king of your business kingdom! And don\u2019t get me wrong, there are some great books about being like a Rhino or having a Lion mentality. But there aren\u2019t a lot of success or leadership books about being like a sloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because that doesn\u2019t feel<\/em> like success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But maybe part of the Rhino success<\/a> is rest. Rhinos still sleep 8 hours a day. And, don\u2019t get me started on the dominating sleepy cat. Lions sleep 20 hours a day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the point of my animal rant: sloths have something to teach us about our nervous system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slow and steady produces clear thinking. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The reality is we all experience stress and traumatic situations in our lives that ramp up our central nervous system. That ramp up cues a survival pattern in our brains to increase cortisol and other stress related hormones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brain in survival state is in a constant 911 mode. This produces anxiety, hyper-vigilance, trouble sleeping, reduces memory performance, decreases cognitive processing, and is associated with a constant feeling \u201con-edge\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we fill our schedules with events and meetings, the back-to-back rushing reinforces the 911 mode in our brains. Rushing to not be late, weaving in and out of traffic, and multi-tasking<\/a>, all communicates to our amygdala that we are in survival. Survival mentality means more cortisol and more cortisol means more anxiety.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do we break the spiral? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slow down like a sloth and rest.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Slowing down and resting doesn\u2019t mean you are lazy. It means you are getting healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I heard a friend<\/a> recently say, \u201crushing is the enemy of resting.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d It\u2019s true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we all face stressful situations and traumatic events throughout our lives<\/a>, we need to counterbalance the survival mode in our brains. Resting and slowing down can begin to communicate to our brain that we are safe and the cortisol drip can stop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slowing down our pace and working in prolonged periods of rest will help the brain to move from surviving to thriving again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think Flash the Sloth is smiling all the time because he has learned something about the pace of life. Maybe he is smiling because he just isn’t stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A carefree, hanging in a tree, kind of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s ok to slow down and rest. Take a deep breath and spend some of your living like a sloth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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