When we don't ask for help, it's often because there is something that we're uncertain about or feel threatened about. Darrin: When you kind of reframe your stress, the people that seem like demands actually become resources. You can view them more as resources versus as demands. What other techniques would you recommend to lower our stress response overall in these kinds of situations?
We’re all familiar with the ways that stress can make us feel bad. But professor and stress expert Modupe Akinola argues that a simple change in our mindset can turn short-term stress into a helpful resource. Modupe walks us through some strategies for how to better tolerate and understand our stress, and gives us tools for coping when a small “mindset shift” isn’t enough.
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