Megy Karydes (megykarydes.com) helps people overcome feeling busy all the time and like their body and mind just cannot sit still. Writing 50 Ways to More Calm, Less Stress: Scientifically Proven Ways to Relieve Anxiety and Boost Your Mental Health Using Your Five Senses, gave Megy permission to seek out alternative ways to help calm her own mind and body when well-meaning friends and healthcare practitioners joked she should “just try yoga” or meditate or whatever was working for them at the time. Each tip is backed by science or research and designed to help us find what works for us at any given time, whether we need to get out of a rut, change things up, or find something that helps ground us and be present.Megy has written for national publications such as USA Today, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, Eating Well, Fortune.com, Natural Awakenings, Chicago Health and more. She’s presented at national conferences including Museum Store Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and Garden Communications International. A communicator at heart, she loves meeting people. She welcomes the opportunity to connect and learn from each other how we can become better neighbors, friends, family, caregivers, colleagues or whatever way we want to be present.instagram.com/megykarydes/tiktok.com/@megykarydes #MoreCalmLessStress Read more about this authorRead less about this author