I really want people to be better at understanding when they're stressed because you are the only person that's with you 24 seven. What I'm most excited about are some of the technologies that will allow people to notice when they're stress. Too much vigilance around our physiological states and or our mental states can breed almost a new kind of anxiety, like a meta layer of anxiety. If you're the type of person where the constant monitoring will be more stressful, then you shouldn't constantly monitor.
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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