stress

How to make stress your friend

Kelly McGonigal makes the case for a positive rethinking of stress. In this talk, she explains, it's not so much the stress itself that is harmful, as the way in which we think about it.

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.