Some stress is the kind sleep doesn't touch. You wake up already spent, the pressure at work or at home has not let up in months, and you have tried most of what you were told to try.
The people in these stories know that tiredness. A manager who stayed late at the office to feel important. A woman whose family turned away. An executive facing a divorce and a bankrupt employer. Each found a lighter way to carry their life, and none of them found it overnight.
These are their own accounts, not formulas or promises. If stress has been with you for a long time, we hope they let you feel a little less alone.
Nobody can promise that. What these stories show is that the pressure did not have to disappear for something to change. The people in them found something steady to hold, and over time the same life felt lighter to carry.
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When Stress Won't Let Go
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Tina Sofos, a businesswoman in Western Australia, went through a broken marriage, a family that turned away and two breakdowns that put her in hospital. In 2004 a stranger at a funeral handed her a flyer for Falun Dafa. Slowly, the emotional stress gave way to calm, and her family came back.
Chowa Choo, born in Malaysia and living in Sweden, chased money, status and long office hours — while sleeping badly, worrying constantly and feeling inadequate at work and at home. After taking up Falun Dafa, Chowa learned to let go of work stress and the need to feel important.
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A free guide for the days stress won't let go
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