By Lucy McBride, MD — 2021
The pandemic has stripped our emotional reserves even further, laying bare our unique physical, social, and emotional vulnerabilities.
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CLEAR ALL
In today’s fast-paced world, chronic stress is common, but your mind and body can pay a high price. Learn to recognize overwhelming stress—and what you can do about it.
From minor challenges to major crises, stress is part of life. And while you can't always control your circumstances, you can control how you respond to them.
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We can enjoy the positive effects of connecting to the environment at all levels of individual well-being.
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Linda Graham presents a full toolbox of practices to help you meet the chaos of life with awareness, acceptance, and deep knowledge that you have the strength to work with it all.
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When we call upon stress hormones to boost us to heroic heights time and again, our bodies can do nothing else but operate in fight-or-flight mode. This could lead to all kinds of medical problems.
Neurological insights into how the brain processes stress, and how it can develop into depression, have led to new interventions.
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