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The autonomic nervous system controls all the body's involuntary processes: respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, gastric juice secretion, peristalsis, body temperature, and so on. When we feel stressed, our brain activates the sympathetic nervous system, which has come to be known as the fight-or-flight response. The heart pumps faster and harder, causing a spike in blood pressure; respiration increases in rate and moves primarily into the chest; airways dilate to bring more oxygen into the body; blood sugar rises to provide a ready supply of fuel; some blood vessels constrict to shunt blood away from the skin and the core of the body, while others dilate to bring more blood to the brain and limbs. The results? A body primed to fight or run, and a mind that is hyper alert. So, when the amygdala (deep in the primitive brain ) does its 'hyper vigilant' scanning job…and when it detects something alarming…it pulls the fight or flight switch and signals the adrenals to mount a heightened response/attack…we can literally be off to the races…except when we shouldn't be. The amygdala also signals a lot of false alarms adhering to the 'better safe than sorry' principle of protection. Today we worry more about our jobs, our relationships or meeting a deadline at work than we do about fighting off the proverbial tiger. But even when the perceived threat is mental or psychological or a false alarm, it still triggers the archaic survival response. Did you know that something as innocuous but continuous as noise in an open office setting is triggering the amygdala to signal fight or flight? Imagine all the multitude of stimuli in modern living which makes this primitive yet complex signaling system fire at will…the end result being the fight-or-flight response rarely switches off, and stress hormones wash through the body almost continuously resulting in adrenal fatigue. This presentation will outline turn-key treatment strategies to re set the over-response to modern day stimuli and correct adrenal dysfunction and fatigue.