Medupé believes that if we can make a small shift in our mindset, stress can actually be a powerful asset. Medupé grew up as a child of immigrants and realized later on in life that she had absorbed a lot of that stress. On today's show, what science teaches us about the upside of stress.
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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