Kelly McGonigal is a leading expert on the mind-body connection, applying psychological science to personal health and happiness. Her work focuses on how psychological insights can be leveraged for better outcomes in areas like stress management, willpower, and personal transformation. She explores the profound links between our thoughts, emotions, and physical well-being, offering practical approaches to foster overall wellness. Through her writing and teaching, she helps readers understand the complex mechanisms of the human psyche and harness them for their benefit.
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Drawing from groundbreaking research, psychologist and award-winning teacher Kelly McGonigal, PhD, offers a surprising new view of stress—one that reveals the upside of stress, and shows us exactly how to capitalize on its benefits.You hear it all the stress causes heart disease; stress causes insomnia; stress is bad for you! But what if changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier, and better able to reach your goals? Combining exciting new research on resilience and mindset, Kelly McGonigal, PhD, proves that undergoing stress is not bad for you; it is undergoing stress while believing that stress is bad for you that makes it harmful. In fact, stress has many benefits, from giving us greater focus and energy, to strengthening our personal relationships. McGonigal shows readers how to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress, and activate the brain's natural ability to learn from challenging experiences. Both practical and life-changing, The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a toolkit for getting better at it—by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to your advantage.
Feel better and get more done by mastering the power of willpower
Hardcover. Pub Date: December 2011 Pages: 272 Publisher: Avery Publishing Group The first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health. Happiness. And Productivity After years of watching her students struggling with their choices. health psychologist Kelly McGonigal. Ph.D.. realized that much of what people believe about willpower is actually sabotaging their success. Committed to sharing what the scientific community already knew about self-control. McGonigal created a course called The Science of Willpower for Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. The course was an instant hit and spawned the hugely successful Psychology Today blog with the same name. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology. economics. neuroscience. and medicine . McGonigal's book explains exactly ...
Offers both a fresh way of thinking about the causes of suffering and practical strategies for ending it. This work helps readers learn how past experiences with injury, illness, and other stressful life events change the relationship between body and mind and how negative mind-body habits actually create and reinforce pain.