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How to Add More Play to Your Grown-Up Life, Even Now

By Kristin Wong — 2020

Play can feel silly, unproductive and time consuming. And that’s precisely the point.

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How to Transform Stress into Courage and Connection

Stress doesn't always lead to fight-or-flight, says Kelly McGonigal. It can also activate brain systems that help us connect with other people.

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Kelly McGonigal
2015
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How to Overcome Stress by Seeing Other People’s Joy

If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, don’t cut yourself off from other people, says Kelly McGonigal. Instead, double down on your capacity for connection.

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Kelly McGonigal
2017
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A Stanford Psychologist Has a Simple Mental Exercise for Tackling Student Stress

Kelly McGonigal, a health psychologist at Stanford, thinks we spend too much time worrying about stress and not enough harnessing it to learn and grow.

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Jenny Anderson
2017
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Change Your Stress Response

Yoga can transform your reactions, improve your health, and help you embody grace under pressure.

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Kelly McGonigal
2011
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Your Innate Asset for Combating Stress

The great majority of people report feelings of relaxation and freedom from anxiety during the elicitation of the relaxation response and during the rest of the day as well.

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Herbert Benson
1974
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Dr. Herbert Benson’s Relaxation Response

Learn to counteract the physiological effects of stress.

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Marilyn Mitchell
2013
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Finding True Refuge

It’s hard to hang out with the truth of what we’re feeling. We may sincerely intend to pause and be mindful whenever a crisis arises or whenever we feel stuck and confused, but our conditioning to react, escape, or become possessed by emotion is very strong.

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Tara Brach
2013
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