The Upside of Stress by Kelly Mcgonigal

The Upside of Stress by Kelly Mcgonigal

Drawing from groundbreaking research, psychologist and award-winning teacher Kelly McGonigal, PhD, offers a surprising new view of stress--one that reveals the upside of stress, and shows us exactly how to capitalize on its benefits.

You hear it all the time: stress causes heart disease; stress causes insomnia; stress is bad for you! But what if changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier, and better able to reach your goals? Combining exciting new research on resilience and mindset, Kelly McGonigal, PhD, proves that undergoing stress is not bad for you; it is undergoing stress while believing that stress is bad for you that makes it harmful. In fact, stress has many benefits, from giving us greater focus and energy, to strengthening our personal relationships.
 
McGonigal shows readers how to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress, and activate the brain's natural ability to learn from challenging experiences. Both practical and life-changing, The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a toolkit for getting better at it--by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to your advantage.

Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is a lecturer and program developer at the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Teaching, as well as an award-winning psychology educator at Stanford University. She lives in Palo Alto, California, and is the creator of Psychology Today's Science of Willpower blog.

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ISBN 13	9781101982938
ISBN 10	1101982934
Title	The Upside of Stress
Author	Kelly Mcgonigal
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Avery Publishing Group
Year published	2016-05-10
Number of pages	304
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