Stress is often seen as the enemy due to its physical symptoms like racing heart and quickened breathing. While many wish to eliminate stress from their lives, a mindset shift can reveal stress as a powerful asset. The speaker, a child of immigrants, experienced various stresses like moving to a new country and supporting family. This personal experience led to a realization about the impact of stress, prompting the study of stress to understand its dynamics.
This is an episode of A Slight Change of Plans, a podcast we think you'll enjoy hosted by former TED speaker Maya Shankar. Modupe shares why a simple change in our mindset can turn short-term stress into a helpful resource -- and offers strategies to better understand, and cope with, stress.
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