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We Can Change Our Perception of Stress

We Can Change Our Perception of Stress

How we talk to ourselves about stress is all-important, and this is another place where our inner voice can be a friend or an enemy. 

If we have something big coming up, and our self-talk is "This week is going to be terrible" that affects not just our thinking, but our body's physiological response. It spikes our stress hormones, and the event hasn't even happened yet. 

We can change the internal conversation, and reduce our actual stress levels. We could say, "This week is a busy one, and that is a good thing! The adrenaline will kick in to help, and we can do some great things this week."

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Executive Coach. I’ve been obsessed with self help since before it was cool.

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