The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You (and How to Get Good at it)

thing wo think about stress is wron tress act lly makes ws stron er, smarter delivers a startling message in this ploneering book: stress isn’t Instead of trying to eliminate stress, we can change our mind-set and use stress to improve our lives and performance. Based on cutting-edge research and drawing on entertaining stories and practical exercises Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Dr Kelly McGonigal Why our brains are built to learn from stress | HOW stress Can provide focus and energy | Why stress helps us connect and strengthen close relationship: | How to develop the right mind-set to embrace stress | mow to use stress to improve learning and performance | The Upside of Stress is a life-changing read for anyone under stress who wants to make it work for them. DRKELLY McGONIGALisahealth — « ™~ | University and the internationally bestselling | psychologist and lecturer at Stanford author of The Willpower Instinct. Author photograph by Mark Bennington 2 Cover designed by Two Associates FSC 9 1