Like everyone else, I'm not immune to stress. In fact, a couple of weeks ago I went to the doctor for chest pains and dizziness. The reality is, I knew in my mind it was anxiety but it's hard to ignore chest pains and dizziness so I wanted to be safe, not sorry. It was also comforting to enter "chest pains" and "dizziness" into WebMD and get a simple 1 and 1/2 page summary of detailed symptoms whereby I mentally could check off about 90% of them.

Here's the part that's a little entertaining in retrospect. When I called the doctors office and told her my symptoms supported with my own self diagnosis of anxiety, she did what she is trained to do. "Where are you right now?" "Can you come in immediately?" and the best one, "Are there any big decisions affecting your life at the moment?" So I answered with "at work," "no," and "well..."

I went on to say, "Let's see, I own my own business in a terrible economy, I lost a ton of money in the stock market in the past year, my wife is due with our 3rd child in July, we just put our house on the market this week, and I'm turning 40 next month. Other than that, not much else going on." It's okay, you can laugh too, I still am while I write this. Hmmmm, when you actually take a step back for a minute and realize all the pressure we place on ourselves it's no wonder anxiety has a way of creeping into our world. All this happened about two weeks ago.

Today, I feel like my old self again thanks to my self prescribed medicine - exercise. I figure with so much going on around me that I can't control, the one thing I can control is the frequency of my workouts. I made it back to yoga this week after a much longer departure than I wanted and increased both my JumpSnap workouts and strength training routines. After taking a step back and talking to my doctor, it merely gave me the clarity that exercise is the oasis we all need during a difficult time many of us are facing at the moment.

I'm an optimist and know things will get better, they always do. I also like to learn from life experiences, and this was yet another good learning lesson. If you're feeling the stress and anxiety of life, break a sweat. It's the best retreat you can give your mind and your body.

Of course, what's better than to break a sweat with your very own JumpSnap. You could also help reduce my anxiety by telling all your friends to buy a JumpSnap . We've created a special, limited time recession buster offer that gives you an extra $10 off your order. This is a pop-up offer, so make sure your system allows pop-ups to get the discount code or at least temporarily allow them.

Please tell as many people as you can and I (and my two daughters, baby #3 and my heart!) thank you in advance.

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