End of day decompression, a ten minute routine to switch off before intimacy

If you go straight from emails to intimacy, your nervous system may still be in work mode. This routine is a simple switch. It is not perfect, it is consistent.

The ten minute routine

1. Two minutes, slow breathing, longer exhale
2. Two minutes, stretch shoulders and hips, soften jaw
3. Two minutes, quick tidy or shower, signal transition
4. Two minutes, write down the three things your brain is holding, then park them
5. Two minutes, connection, hug, kiss, or gentle conversation, no problem solving

If stress and symptoms are persistent, a clinician conversation can help

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