Notice when your shoulders creep up toward your ears. Your body often knows you’re stressed before your brain admits it.

Your body files its report before you are willing to sign off on it. The jaw, the shoulders, the shallow breathing all show up while you are still telling people you are fine. It is not mystical, only that physical changes do not need your agreement.

Build one check into the day at a fixed time, so you do not have to remember. Drop the shoulders, unclench the jaw, take one slow breath that reaches the bottom. The point is less the relief than the information, since a body braced at four on a Tuesday is telling you something.