CREATING SMALL REVOLUTIONS OF JOY ONE DAY AT A TIME

How Eating When Stressed Can Negatively Impact More Than Your Waistline

Laura Schwindt
3 min readMay 19, 2020

One simple technique that erased years of discomfort!

Lunch ruined most of my days for years.

Let me paint you a picture of my typical workday so I can illustrate how.

I was a practicing dentist for over 22 years. Once the day started, you could find me skating between performing dental procedures in my own two rooms and moving in and out of exams for the hygiene patients.

Even if everything went smooth as melted butter on a fresh piece of corn on the cob, it was still a stressful environment, and I would most certainly be operating in the Fight or Flight of the Sympathetic Nervous System.

The morning hours would fly by, my tummy would start to rumble, and my hands would get a little shakey as my blood sugar levels plummeted. The lunch hour would roll around, but before treating myself to a healthy salad or smoothie, I would head to my office.

Instead of eating right away, I first attempted to chip away at a few of the administrative tasks that I knew I needed to complete before the end of the day.

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Laura Schwindt
Laura Schwindt

Written by Laura Schwindt

Woman Dentist Burnout Prevention Coach. Retired dentist, mother and vegan athlete. Dedicated to helping women create more life balance.https://bit.ly/LASchwindt

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