How to Make Stress Work for You
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How to Make Stress Work for You

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In How to Make Stress Work for You, discover how to finally manage and minimize the stress in your life. Packed with scientifically-backed behavior modifications and cognitive exercises, Dr. Kimberlee Bethany Bonura helps you build a personal stress management toolkit so you can better manage your stress response.
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  1. M1 E1 - A New Mindset about Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    Start with a reversal of common perspective: that stress is actually correlated with having a sense of meaning in your life. Along the way, learn a more holistic definition of stress, explore the idea of a stress continuum, and learn the difference between major traumas and everyday irritants.
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  2. M1 E2 - Happiness: A Fickle Queen

    5 Januari 2017
    34min
    TV-PG
    We place so much emphasis on pursuing happiness that it often makes us less likely to be happy. Here, examine the relationship between happiness and play, why gratitude lists make you more resilient to stress, and how to train your mind to pay attention to the right kind of happiness.
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  3. M1 E3 - Anger: A Tyrannical King

    5 Januari 2017
    35min
    TV-PG
    Expressing anger is the best way to overcome it, right? Wrong. Learn how the cognitive neoassociation theory explains why acting out on anger actually makes you angrier and that there is no proof for the common myth of anger management via catharsis. Then, learn how to let go of anger through helpful counting exercises and detachment.
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  4. M1 E4 - Swimming in an Ocean of Sorrow

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    Suffering, pain, grief - how do we recover and rebuild in the wake of major trauma? Find out in this look at sorrow-related stress that explores our ever-shifting perceptions of trauma, the ways we make meaning out of trauma, and why simply acknowledging your vulnerability can be a vital aid.
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  5. M1 E5 - Why You Stress: Arousal and Value Judgment

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    Arousal plus your value judgment equals your stress level. And what you respond to in life isn't the raw stimuli you experience (like a traffic jam) but your perceptions of these stimuli. Explore this idea in a discussion that recasts the stress continuum as a positive-negative curve instead of a line.
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  6. M1 E6 - Choose Your Adventure: Choose Your Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    29min
    TV-PG
    Choice and stress are fundamentally intertwined. What does learned helplessness tell us about our sense of control? Is too much choice more stressful than fewer choices? Is someone obsessed with making the best possible choice happier than someone who's not? How can you make better decisions under stress?
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  7. M1 E7 - Heaven and Hell Can Be Other People

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    For many people, social situations are stressful. But our social relationships can also promote physical and psychological health. Here, learn what role social media plays in how we view relationships, understand the idea of universal irrationality, and appreciate the healing power of experiencing awe and the importance of physical touch.
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  8. M1 E8 - Our Overstressed, Overscheduled Kids

    5 Januari 2017
    35min
    TV-PG
    It's not just adults who are overstressed. A hectic modern lifestyle can create a negatively stressful impact on a child's psychological well-being as well. Learn strategies for helping kids overcome stress, including scheduling down time, appreciating the importance of hugs, and cultivating authentic relationships.
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  9. M1 E9 - Change Your Mind to Change Your Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    31min
    TV-PG
    Changing your perception of stressful situations isn't easy. Dr. Bonura teaches you the nuances of cognitive restructuring, including how to reframe your thoughts of self-punishment (and avoid self-punishing behaviors) and how to productively face and manage your fears (including setting aside a specific time each day to worry).
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  10. M1 E10 - Emergency Stress Management

    5 Januari 2017
    31min
    TV-PG
    Get a powerful toolkit for dealing with the stress of life-and-death situations while you're still cultivating a long-term approach to stress management. Exercises you'll learn including breathing strategies to stay centered, staying happy in order to regain a sense of self-control, and avoiding the dangerous cognitive distortion of catastrophizing.
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  11. M1 E11 - Good Stress Helps You Handle All Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    31min
    TV-PG
    Can stress be good for you? How does stress help us become healthier, happier, and more resilient? Why should we seek out mild discomfort? How does one researcher's "toughness model" explain how good stress works? Learn to use stress to strengthen your resilience.
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  12. M1 E12 - The Stress of Learning and Mastery

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    Over half of Americans are stressed about their performance at work. Here, learn the importance of deliberate practice: perhaps the most effective strategy for cultivating competence at work. Then, ponder the idea of the "imposter syndrome," learn how to receive feedback, dispel the myth of "magical transformation," and more.
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  13. M1 E13 - Alternative Approaches to Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    32min
    TV-PG
    Dr. Bonura introduces you to a range of alternative care strategies that have proven benefits for stress management. These include spending time outside in nature, the mind-body technique of self-hypnosis, a fatigue-combatting diet, acupuncture, and massage.
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  14. M1 E14 - Mindfulness: Heart Healing to Manage Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    34min
    TV-PG
    There's a lot of misunderstanding about meditation out there. Learn how to leverage mindfulness as a tool and a practice. From mindful breathing to mindful eating to loving-kindness meditation, find out why being mindful can help you build a more positive relationship with stress.
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  15. M1 E15 - Channeling Stress for a Competitive Edge

    5 Januari 2017
    29min
    TV-PG
    Performance stress can help you perform at a higher level - if you know how to control it. First, learn how to repurpose this kind of stress as excitement. Then, discover what research says about how posture and "flow" (immersion in the moment) can help you perform better in stressful situations.
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  16. M1 E16 - Emerging Stress Management Technology

    5 Januari 2017
    34min
    TV-PG
    Explore emerging techniques for stress management based upon up-to-date scientific understanding of how stress works. These include biofeedback to better understand and control your physiological response to stress), art therapy (for emotional healing), visualization of desired outcomes, and eye movement desensitization (to work through trauma).
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  17. M1 E17 - Rest, Restore, Recover Your Resilience

    5 Januari 2017
    31min
    TV-PG
    Relaxing is a mindset you carry with you. First, consider the physical and mental health benefits of taking a vacation. Then, better appreciate the smaller stress-reduction strategies of hot showers, and occasionally sleeping in. Finally, explore the idea of work sabbaticals and unstructured time.
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  18. M1 E18 - Learning from Your Stress

    5 Januari 2017
    34min
    TV-PG
    Dr. Bonura leaves you with skills to learn from the stress in your life. Discover why it's important to feel a sense of purpose; how the frequency of positive experiences you have is more important than their intensity; and why it truly is important to appreciate the small things.
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