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HOW TO MAKE STRESS YOUR FRIEND

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Kelly McGonigal |
TEDGlobal 2013
• June 2013

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Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead
sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research
suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and
introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to
others.
 * health
 * psychology
 * body language
 * mindfulness



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Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead
sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research
suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and
introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to
others.
 * health
 * psychology
 * body language
 * mindfulness


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feature it for you.


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Kelly McGonigal
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