Make stress your friend - McGonigal on TED
I looked into a TED talk during lunch today. Kelly McGonigal talked about "how to make stress your friend". I have to confess - it is one of the better TED talks I have seen the past years. See the talk down below... first my exformative summary : Do you believe that stress is harmful for your health? If you don´t believe it´s harmful - it isn´t! 996 - 7 ... when you learn to think in a new way about stress, " this is my body helping me rise to this challenge ", you create a much healthier stress response - biologically similar to "joy and courage" Stress makes you social Oxytocin -" the cuddle hormone", is also a neuro-hormone that fine-tunes your brain´s social instincts and enhances your empathy AND it is a stress hormone. Oxytocin also protects your cardiovascular system from the effects of stress, by healing and strengthening your heart The stress resilience mechanism is human connection When you choose t...