When I wish my cortisol would stop, I think about feral pigs. (These are pigs that have escaped from farms and returned to the wild.) They fascinate me because feral pigs start developing the features of wild boars once they start meeting their own survival needs. Their snouts grow bigger when they use those snouts to root for food. Their fur grows longer when they need it for shelter from the cold. In short: the bad feeling of hunger and cold triggers the strengths the pigs were meant to have. You can trigger the strengths you were meant to have when you understand your threat responses.
