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A preeminent expert sheds light on how to handle the daily hassles of life Its not just a manual for managing stressits a toolkit for preventing it Adam Grant 1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again

From worldrenowned psychologist and New York Timesbestselling author Dr Elissa Epel a simple yet powerful plan to turn your stress into your strength in just seven days

We cant avoid stress But we can embrace it and transform it

Whether were facing deadlines difficulties with family or friends personal crises or just the uncertainty of the worldstress is the ocean we swim inEven our negativethoughts can trigger our bodys stress response so we rarely experience periods of ease and deep restoration

In The Stress Prescription Dr Epel distills decades of research infused with wisdom into a practical yet transformative sevenday plan of sciencebased techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose

The sevenday prescription will lead you through these exercises

Day 1Things Will Go Wrong And Thats All Right
Day2Control What You Can And Put Down the Rest
Day3Be the Lion
Day4Train for Resilience
Day5Let Nature Do the Work
Day6Dont Just Relax Restore
Day7Start Full End Full

Dr Epel shows us how we can stress betterby training our minds and bodies to shift towards a flexible beneficial stress response that can actually enhance healthYou will develop a more robust mindset build the resources you need to turn stress into strength and fill your days with more joy connection and ease

This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF which contains all the Todays Practice exercises the Mind States graph the Your Stress Mindset test the My Core Values list the Stress Prescription chart and the Further Reading and Resources list from the book