Stress is not your number-one enemy. So Breath Like You Mean It: It is your Built-In Stress Reset Button.

As a special thank-you to listeners across 17 countries worldwide for keeping this show trending for a second year in a row, let’s continue the conversation—especially about stress, and why it is not your number-one enemy.
What you think about it—and how you choose to respond—is.

Welcome to Episode 10 of The Recovery Show SMAHoody — Rice & Peas for the Soul: REVISITED, my signature Mind & Emotional Wellness journey that reframes stress from a threat into a teachable moment.

In this episode, we explore box breathing as a simple, evidence-based stress-regulation tool, guided through the lived story and insights of Ralph Soulman. This is not theory for theory’s sake—it is practical, embodied self-care you can use in real time, in real life, when stress shows up uninvited.

Hosted by Mr. RAPsoul.R, The Laughing Drama Therapist
M. Shirvington A. Hannays
Founder of the RAPsoul.R–SMAHOO | RAPs.ME.WELL Mind-SPA SuperAPP
🌐 https://www.shirvington.ca
🌐 https://www.mind-spa.icu
🌐 https://www.globalvillage.info

This episode invites you to pause, breathe, and reclaim agency over your stress response—because wellness is not the absence of pressure, but the presence of adaptive self-leadership.

Go deeper. Stay consistent. Build change that lasts.
Join Mr. RAPsoul.R monthly at https://www.retreats.icu for live, interactive Mind-SPA Check-In & Tune-Up reTREATs designed for longer-term, sustained behavioural-change maintenance—or book a Corporate Lunch & Learn Live reTREAT to bring adaptive stress literacy into your workplace culture.

🎧 Listen. Breathe. Respond differently.
Because recovery is not a destination—it is a daily practice.