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Elissa Epel – Mind, Body, and Stress

Mind & Life

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The Benefits of Stress

Stress is a beautiful biological event that we are exquisitely well equipped to deal with. In the recovery, we actually turn on a lot of healing or salutary responses to clean up, clean up the mess from stress. And in studies, when people induce more of a positive challenge response instead of a threat response, people actually perform better and they feel more positive emotions during stressful situations.

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