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“Anything worth doing will have aspects of stress woven through: challenge, discomfort, risk. We can’t change that. But what we can change is our response.”

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Reframing our experience of stress can be easier once trained in the practice of mindfulness.

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Time traveling (in your mind) can alleviate stress

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Try zooming outward.

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Knowing that mistakes and failure are simply part of the process of achieving goals helps us have less of a threat response, more of a challenge response.

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I have prolonged my exit from Twitter, hoping that the platform might change directions under new leadership, but Elon Musk continues to allow hatred & bigotry to flourish. Hence, I'm departing this channel at the end of February 2023. edition.cnn.com/2023/02/10/tec…

#TheStressPrescription : A really great read and loaded with evidence based stress reduction advice from Elissa Epel.

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#Hormetic Stress in the news: exercise as building #stressfitness , The Washington Post⁩ Kelyn Soong. Its not just exercise with hormetic properties! #stressprescription ⁦Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK⁩ American Council on Exercise⁩ See more at Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. ⁦Dr. Rhonda Patrick⁩ washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

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We can recover from stress quickly; the nervous system can return to baseline in minutes & hormones can return to normal levels in a 1/2 hour. That’s a gold standard - but how do we maintain this equilibrium? Answers in #TheStressPrescription by Elissa Epel amzn.to/3DNJ9dv

Teaching ourselves to view stress response as a strength leads to a challenge mindset and physiology, and better coping.

The Stress Prescription by Elissa Epel reveals that that while can’t avoid stress, we can embrace and transform it.

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Registration is still open for the Seven-Day Series Webinar - don't miss the chance to catch Elissa Epel & Dr Aric A. Prather, PhD discussing #TheStressPrescription and #TheSleepPrescription and answering your questions!

Register here for the February 2nd event:
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'Unmanaged chronic stress wears down telomeres and hastens cell senescence, it can usher us too early into the “disease-span”: the period in our lives when we start to develop the illnesses of aging.'

Read the #TheStressPrescription by Elissa Epel

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Radical acceptance is one strategy for managing stress. Acknowledging and honoring difficult situations and emotions without letting them cause you unnecessary suffering is one of many helpful strategies presented in #TheStressPrescription by Elissa Epel.

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Learn how we react to stress differently, and how to get out of stress stew in #TheStressPrescription by Elissa Epel. You are only seven days away from more joy and ease.

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STRESS.
'Control what you can...and put down the rest.'
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Many pearls of wisdom can be found in #TheStressPrescription by Elissa Epel. We can let negative emotions dominate our thoughts and, like a riptide, carry us out to drown in a sea of stress.

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