Cortisol cleansing: Specifics

jasonleow • 4 Sept 2025 •
Ok so I said I’m going to do a cortisol cleanse:
Less coffee
More sleep
Better sleep
Less stress
More self care
Learn about stress and cortisol
Better stress management
But that’s a vague list of hopes.
Gonna get more specific:
- Less coffee:
- Halve my morning brew,
- Go back to just a venti-size for post-lunch
- No coffee after 2pm
- More sleep:
- Continue sleeping from 10pm-6am, earlier if possible
- Power naps in the day if needed
- Better sleep:
- No more screentime before bedtime.
- Stretch before sleep, calm breathing
- Less stress:
- Practice this Huberman breathing exercise more often - the fastest way to de-stress.
- Do LESS! Pack less in the schedule.
- More self care:
- More Sundays off.
- It’s a daily mindset too, looking out for opportunities to self care.
- Learn about stress and cortisol:
- Huberman Labs
- Ask Perplexity AI
- Better stress management:
- That’s what I’m doing now! Need to get more serious about this, else it becomes a chronic health issue.
Any other suggestions?