How to Make Stress Work For You
3 Not So Obvious Steps to Find Your Goldilocks Zone and Build Your Resiliency
Stress=bad. Right? An entire mindfulness industry is booming because we hear that message loud and clear. The industry is valued in the billions. We’ll do anything to calm our over-stimulated minds.
We’re trying to get rid of this unwelcome houseguest at all costs.
There is no doubt we’re living in anxious times. Even before the pandemic, we were massively stressed out. Too much chronic stress is responsible for everything from depression to disease.
Should we find ways to minimize the impact? Absolutely.
Should we get rid of it entirely? Not so fast.
The Neuroscience of Stress
Stress is simply your body’s reaction to a challenge. When the brain encounters a stressor, it releases hormones that make you more alert, tense your muscles, and speed up your heart rate — known as the “fight or flight” response.
Part of the hormone release includes cortisone-like compounds called glucocorticoids — the most well-known one in humans is cortisol.
Hans Selye, the late Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist and so-called “father of stress,” discovered that…
