The importance of the mind body connection is something I think we often forget. And one of the most fascinating insights is that our underlying physiology can change when we adopt a stress as enhancing mindset. There has been research showing that the walls of your blood vessels rather than constricting, they're more likely to dilate with a stress is enhancing mindset. That's what we need to do a lot more of. Get to know your stress a little better and brace it. And be kind to it. Open the door for it. You know, let it in. See how it feels.
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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