Madupe: One of the first things I tell people to do is to acknowledge your typical reactions to stress. The behaviors one is really important because it serves as a signal when you are going for the potato chips and yelling at your partner, that probably means you're stressed. So now do an inventory about what you need to do about it. None of us wants to do those destructive behaviors to ourselves and to others.
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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