Is Your Stress Catching?
You might think you’re keeping it together pretty well. Smiling, nodding, pushing through. But here’s something fascinating (and slightly confronting): your stress might be contagious. Literally.
Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart has spoken about a phenomenon called stress contagion. It’s the idea that our stress doesn’t just stay locked away inside us. It seeps out. Through the way we hold ourselves. Our tone of voice. The tiny, unconscious signals we send out that the people around us such as family, friends and colleagues are picking up without even realising it.
You could be silently wound up about work, money or that never-ending to-do list. And yet it might be your partner who starts feeling twitchy, or your kids who start melting down for no reason. The tension you’re holding has a ripple effect.
But here is the part I love. We can change this.
Hypnotherapy works directly with your nervous system. This is where that stress response begins. It is not just about telling yourself to calm down. It is about re-patterning how your mind and body respond to pressure so you move through life with a steadier presence.
When you regulate your inner world, everything shifts. Less cortisol. More clarity. You feel different, and the people around you do too.
If you are ready to walk into a room and bring the energy up instead of letting stress leak out, let’s talk. Whether it is in person here in Mangawhai or over Zoom, hypnotherapy is a gentle and powerful way to reset your baseline.
Lead with calm. Not cortisol.
