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Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It
Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It | Kelly McGonigal
The author of "The Willpower Instinct" delivers a controversial and groundbreaking new book that overturns long-held beliefs about stress. More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: "Stress isn t bad." In "The Upside of Stress, " McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier if we learn how to embrace it. "The Upside of Stress" is the first book to bring together cutting-edge discoveries on the correlation between resilience the human capacity for stress-related growth and mind-set, the power of beliefs to shape reality. As she did in "The Willpower Instinct, "McGonigal combines science, stories, and exercises into an engaging and practical book that is both entertaining and life-changing, showing you: how to cultivate a mind-set to embrace stresshow stress can provide focus and energyhow stress can help people connect and strengthen close relationshipswhy your brain is built to learn from stress, and how to increase its ability to learn from challenging experiencesMcGonigal s TED talk on the subject has already received more than 7 million views. Her message resonates with people who know they can t eliminate the stress in their lives and want to learn to take advantage of it. "The Upside of Stress" is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a guide to getting "better" at stress, by understanding it, embracing it, and using it."
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michaelmcgee
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4.75/5 - incredibly detailed research findings and useful (and simple) takeaways.

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Clare_Riley
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THIS is the reason why I‘m not reading enough books that make me actually happy! Instead, learning about stress (and other mental health problems!) is causing me stress! If someone could just send me more hours in the day, that would be great!! It seemed like such a good idea when I signed up. The deadline for the first submission is looming....😩

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Weekend TBR: A little rereading and prep work for next week! I'm super excited that Kelly McGonigal is coming to talk at my work next week. I love the chapter in this book about how to change mind sets. Aloha Friday 🌺🤓

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Mediaevalgirl
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Can't wait to dig into this. A much needed read to help me reframe how I react to stress.

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Bookchipmunk
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Weekend TBR: Subtitle: Why stress is good for you, and how to get good at it. I'm working on this one which pretty much sums up life these past two weeks. So far learning about mindset changes has been really useful. Aloha Friday 🌺 #DogsofLitsy

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Having a bit of a stressful day, but nothing is more comforting than a cup of coffee the size of my whole head and starting a new book.

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Tnovo I have that same mug, it's one of my favs 😂😂 holds A LOT of coffee ☕️ 7y
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Winnie really doesn't like anything about Halloween so we are celebrating on social media instead. This book has been on my TBR for a couple months. Has anyone read it yet? 🐷👻

Bookworm83 Winnie is adorable! 8y
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Yossarian
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Can any fluent Spanish speakers confirm that there is no Spanish word for "stress" (in the sense of the word of being stressed out) that is not taken directly from the English?

TheWellReadOwl There are words that approximate the state of being stressed but the author is right as far as I know. 8y
Captivatedbybooks Yup author is right no exact term for stress 8y
BookishClaire I thought estrés was the word for stressed - at least in European Spanish. 8y
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Anabnieto Estrés is used and accepted by RAE (the official dictionary). I some parts of Spain you can also use the word agobiar (sort of angst) 8y
Yossarian @TheWellReadOwl @Captivatedbybooks Thanks for the confirmation. It doesn't "prove" Lucia Berlin's point that stress stems from Anglo culture, but it's an interesting thought. 8y
Captivatedbybooks Really that's what the book is about?! Now this has my attention! 8y
Procrastireader As soon as the siesta officially goes extinct in Spain, there *will* be a word for stress. The siesta was a wonderful cultural marker, and its loss is not a step forward. 8y
DanySpike I'm a little late to the party, but I can also confirm what everyone else is saying here. Here in Chile we use "estrés" or even the word in English, too. "Estoy estresado" (I'm stressed) is a very common thing to say lol 8y
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