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

الموسم 1
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. الموسم 1 الحلقة 1 - A New Mindset about Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  2. الموسم 1 الحلقة 2 - Happiness: A Fickle Queen

    5 يناير 2017
    34 من الدقائق
    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.
  3. الموسم 1 الحلقة 3 - Anger: A Tyrannical King

    5 يناير 2017
    35 من الدقائق
    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.
  4. الموسم 1 الحلقة 4 - Swimming in an Ocean of Sorrow

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  5. الموسم 1 الحلقة 5 - Why You Stress: Arousal and Value Judgment

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  6. الموسم 1 الحلقة 6 - Choose Your Adventure: Choose Your Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    29 من الدقائق
    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?
  7. الموسم 1 الحلقة 7 - Heaven and Hell Can Be Other People

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  8. الموسم 1 الحلقة 8 - Our Overstressed, Overscheduled Kids

    5 يناير 2017
    35 من الدقائق
    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.
  9. الموسم 1 الحلقة 9 - Change Your Mind to Change Your Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    31 من الدقائق
    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).
  10. الموسم 1 الحلقة 10 - Emergency Stress Management

    5 يناير 2017
    31 من الدقائق
    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.
  11. الموسم 1 الحلقة 11 - Good Stress Helps You Handle All Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    31 من الدقائق
    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.
  12. الموسم 1 الحلقة 12 - The Stress of Learning and Mastery

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  13. الموسم 1 الحلقة 13 - Alternative Approaches to Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    32 من الدقائق
    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.
  14. الموسم 1 الحلقة 14 - Mindfulness: Heart Healing to Manage Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    34 من الدقائق
    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.
  15. الموسم 1 الحلقة 15 - Channeling Stress for a Competitive Edge

    5 يناير 2017
    29 من الدقائق
    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.
  16. الموسم 1 الحلقة 16 - Emerging Stress Management Technology

    5 يناير 2017
    34 من الدقائق
    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).
  17. الموسم 1 الحلقة 17 - Rest, Restore, Recover Your Resilience

    5 يناير 2017
    31 من الدقائق
    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.
  18. الموسم 1 الحلقة 18 - Learning from Your Stress

    5 يناير 2017
    34 من الدقائق
    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.