From Stressed to Recharged with Dr. Heidi Hanna | The Good Leadership Podcast #93

Dr. Heidi Hanna is the Chief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, a company providing brain-based health and performance programs to individuals and organizations, an instructor at Harvard Extension, and a Fellow and Advisory Board Member for the American Institute of Stress. She is a New York Times bestselling author who has written seven books, including The Sharp Solution, Stressaholic, Recharge and What's So Funny About Stress?

Dr. Heidi has been featured at many global conferences including the Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women in Business Summit, ESPN Leadership Summit and the Million Dollar Round Table. Her clients have included Google, Starbucks, Microsoft, Principal Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Ameriprise, and WD40 as well as the PGA Tour, and the National Football League. Dr. Heidi is also a Certified Humor Professional with the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor although she won't admit she's funny.

Dr. Hanna's Books: https://heidihanna.com/stress-toolkit/

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:26) Heidi’s insights on stress

(04:40) Stress is when demand exceeds capacity

(07:33) Stress addiction and it’s prevalence

(10:51) Importance of stress and recovery on a regular basis

(12:37) Tool: 5 steps of the Stressaholic Model

(13:10) Rest phase: Balancing your brain chemistry with strategic relaxation and recovery

(16:14) Repair phase: Nourishing the mind by practicing gratitude

(23:23) Research on the importance of gratitude

(22:39) Healthy humor is therapeutic

(23:55) Rebuilding phase: Strengthening mental and physical fitness

(29:14) Rethinking phase: Seeing stress as a challenge, instead of a threat

(32:35) Redesign phase: Developing BEAT (Boundaries, Expectations, Attitude, Time)

(37:13) Purpose of writing the book Recharge

(39:05) Key Takeaway

(40:24) Conclusion