Negotiate Anything The Neuroscience of Stress: Train Your Brain for Success - with Rebecca Heiss
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Sep 18, 2025 In this engaging discussion, neuroscientist Rebecca Heiss, an expert on stress and resilience, debunks common myths about managing stress. She reveals how our beliefs shape our health and performance. Discover the innovative approach of re-framing stress as a tool for professional advantage rather than a hindrance. Heiss shares practical strategies like 'tiger training' and leveraging oxytocin to reshape our responses to challenges. This conversation promises to transform how you perceive workplace anxiety into a catalyst for resilience.
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Reframe Stress As Usable Energy
- Stress is simply a challenge to the body and not inherently good or bad.
- Reframing stress as usable energy lets you direct it toward performance instead of avoidance.
Mindset Predicts Health Outcomes
- People who believe stress is harmful had 43% higher mortality in one large study.
- Those with high stress who saw it as neutral/usable had the lowest mortality of all groups.
Olympic Performance As A Stress Example
- Rebecca compares peak athletic performance to high‑stress moments in life to show we can channel stress.
- She uses Olympic athletes breaking records under pressure as an example of useful stress.
