119. Best Of: How to Embrace the Benefits of Stress

Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 3 p.m.

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\\u201cStress is natural,\\u201d says Alia Crum, an assistant professor of psychology at Stanford. \\u201cStress is inevitable when you\\u2019re living a life that\\u2019s connected with things you care about. And learning how to embrace it, learning how to work with it is really what helps us thrive and grow and perform at our highest level.\\u201d

In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, lecturer and podcast host Matt Abrahams talks with Crum about her work as the principal investigator at the Stanford Mind & Body Lab, where she is studying how people can benefit from stress. \\u201cThere\\u2019s a whole side of stress that shows that it can have enhancing qualities on our cognitive functioning, our physical health, and on how we behave and interact with others,\\u201d she says.

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