The Jordan Harbinger Show 374: Kelly McGonigal | The Upside of Stress
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Jul 7, 2020 
Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, shares groundbreaking insights about stress. She discusses how your mindset can transform stress into growth and resilience rather than suffering. Kelly emphasizes that stress responses can inspire action and connection rather than harmful coping mechanisms. She explores the benefits of social support and the role of belief in managing stress effectively. Listeners will discover that reframing their perceptions of stress can lead to increased well-being and personal empowerment.
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The Mindset Effect
- Fearing stress is more harmful than stress itself.
- People with high-stress lives who didn't view stress as harmful lived longer.
Smoking and Shame
- Putting lung cancer images on cigarette packs backfired.
- It increased smoking in existing smokers due to stress and reactance.
Self-Fulfilling Beliefs
- Some beliefs create self-fulfilling prophecies.
- These beliefs change our brain, body, emotions, and interactions.
