I started noticing it in my body before I understood what was happening. It wasn’t constant anxiety. It was situational — a tightening in my gut or a rush of nervous energy in certain moments, as if my body was reacting faster than my mind could understand why. Underneath it…

Not long ago, while scrolling on Facebook, I came across a short video that made me pause. It was a woman in her 40s talking about a simple practice she had started for herself. Nothing dramatic or fancy routine. Just one minute of jumping each morning. She started it as…