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The author of The Willpower Instinct delivers a controversial and groundbreaking new book that overturns long-held beliefs about stress. More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message
Stress isn’t bad. In
The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier—if we learn how to embrace it.
The Upside of Stress is the first book to bring together cutting-edge discoveries on the correlation between resilience—the human capacity for stress-related growth—and mind-set, the power of beliefs to shape reality. As she did in
The Willpower Instinct, McGonigal combines science, stories, and exercises into an engaging and practical book that is both entertaining and life-changing, showing you
• how to cultivate a mind-set to embrace stress
• how stress can provide focus and energy
• how stress can help people connect and strengthen close relationships
• why your brain is built to learn from stress, and how to increase its ability to learn from challenging experiences
McGonigal’s TED talk on the subject has already received more than 7 million views. Her message resonates with people who know they can’t eliminate the stress in their lives and want to learn to take advantage of it.
The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a guide to getting
better at stress, by understanding it, embracing it, and using it.
Download The Upside of Stress Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Get Good at It edition by Kelly McGonigal Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
"Do yourself a favor and read this book - Then share it with the people you care about.
This is a valuable aid to positive living that will help you discover meaning in stress and how to shift your personal reactions to gain positive life experience, as well as increased peace and health, instead of falling victim to the "stress kills" phenom.
The book provides a fuller understanding of stress that reflects new research and includes many personal stories that tie concepts into real life scenarios. I found the Introduction and beginning to be a little off-putting, but am extremely glad that I stuck with the reading. Perhaps halfway into chapter 1, I realized the gold-mine of value this book would yield. Long-assumed truisms about stress are shown to be qualified: "Stress is harmful, except when it's not. [. . .] Stress increases the risk of health problems, except when people regularly give back to their communities. Stress increases the risk of dying except when people have a sense of purpose. Stress increases the risk of depression, except when people see a benefit in their struggles. Stress is paralyzing, except when people perceive themselves as capable. Stress is debilitating, except when it helps you perform. Stress makes people selfish, except when it makes them altruistic. For every harmful outcome you can think of, there's an exception that erases the expected association between stress and something bad - and often replaces it with an unexpected benefit." (Final Reflections)
McGonigal does an excellent job in a very readable fashion of explaining each of these concluding claims in both biological and psychological processes. She also gives you the means to achieve a positive change in your own response so that you can build a much better life despite stress and trauma. It is not based on an idealized glossing of traumatic experiences, but rather a balanced look at positive benefit that can be found alongside the pain we feel."
Product details - File Size 1199 KB
- Print Length 301 pages
- Publisher Avery (May 5, 2015)
- Publication Date May 5, 2015
- Language English
- ASIN B00OI5PGWU
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The Upside of Stress Why Stress Is Good for You and How to Get Good at It edition by Kelly McGonigal Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
- "The Upside of Stress" has changed my life. I was introduced to Kelly McGonigal by her TED Talk "How to make stress your friend," and after spending the last year overwhelmed by generalized anxiety disorder and almost unable to function like I need to, I decided it was finally time to get this book. It begins with a compelling overview of the contents of the book and then dives deeply into the specific ways in which embracing stress as a positive part of our lives can change how we physiologically respond to stress.
The best part is this is no gimmick McGonigal grounds all of her claims in extensive research, using statistics and anecdotes to tell a compelling story that is at the same time informative and entertaining. I frequently found myself bookmarking pages to come back to, wanting to repeat exercises in my own life to help with issues I've faced or know I will be facing in my future. Throughout the book, she includes about a dozen or so reflection exercises to facilitate reframing our stress mindset. On my first reading, I wanted to gain a broad overview, so I rushed through these exercises and made notes to come back to them as grad school and my busy work schedule allow; regardless, understanding the science behind stress and having a toolbox of ways I can interrupt debilitating anxious thoughts has certainly proven helpful almost every day in reclaiming my life from unbearable anxiety rather than feeling defeated by anxiety, I'm becoming able to control it and direct this energy into enhancing my life. As I take time to return to the reflection exercises she provides, I am certain this impact will grow.
The only complaint I have about this book is that the sources are not cited in the text (they are, however, included in an exhaustive bibliography at the end of the book, but there is no easy way to match the text with the sources this way). Especially for a book, I appreciate being able to easily find the sources that are referenced, since as a research-minded reader, I like being able to see how recent studies are, where they were published, or any author's notes that may accompany them. I hope future editions of this book will correct this shortcoming.
Overall, if you have ever suffered from undue stress or anxiety, this book will help you tame that beast and make it work for you. - Is stress my enemy or friend? Sometimes we make big mistakes with our judgments about a 'friend' or 'enemy'. This book made me realize that I owe Stress an apology. I am over 60, but for the last 50 years I have repeatedly and increasingly tried to avoid Stress.
I have mistakenly believed that Stress was my biggest enemy. With each passing decade the stress in my life became greater. After reading this book I now view Stress as my friend. We understand each other now and fully appreciate that we are on the same side. Just like a true friend, Stress makes me stronger.
'if you are willing to rethink your stress response, it may help you recognize your strength and access your courage.' I found these words from Kelly to be true for me. I have had two stress occasions since I finished this book. They seemed much more straight forward and very different to deal with. So far, so good.
I am surprised by some of the negative or dismissive reviews of this book. I can only assume that these readers were unwilling to genuinely deconstruct and reconstruct their relationship with stress. I found myself reading this book at different speeds and with varying intensity but every now and again some words like the following -
'People who cope with adversity by shifting and persisting seem immune to the toxicity of a difficult or disadvantaged childhood.'
would stop me dead in my tracks and I would go over the same words, again and again and again.
My old stress tools of denial, distraction and escape have melted under the spotlight of examination that this book provided. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone who wants to change their response to stress. - Do yourself a favor and read this book - Then share it with the people you care about.
This is a valuable aid to positive living that will help you discover meaning in stress and how to shift your personal reactions to gain positive life experience, as well as increased peace and health, instead of falling victim to the "stress kills" phenom.
The book provides a fuller understanding of stress that reflects new research and includes many personal stories that tie concepts into real life scenarios. I found the Introduction and beginning to be a little off-putting, but am extremely glad that I stuck with the reading. Perhaps halfway into chapter 1, I realized the gold-mine of value this book would yield. Long-assumed truisms about stress are shown to be qualified "Stress is harmful, except when it's not. [. . .] Stress increases the risk of health problems, except when people regularly give back to their communities. Stress increases the risk of dying except when people have a sense of purpose. Stress increases the risk of depression, except when people see a benefit in their struggles. Stress is paralyzing, except when people perceive themselves as capable. Stress is debilitating, except when it helps you perform. Stress makes people selfish, except when it makes them altruistic. For every harmful outcome you can think of, there's an exception that erases the expected association between stress and something bad - and often replaces it with an unexpected benefit." (Final Reflections)
McGonigal does an excellent job in a very readable fashion of explaining each of these concluding claims in both biological and psychological processes. She also gives you the means to achieve a positive change in your own response so that you can build a much better life despite stress and trauma. It is not based on an idealized glossing of traumatic experiences, but rather a balanced look at positive benefit that can be found alongside the pain we feel.
