Help me improve my ability to manage stress

12/03/2023 25 min Temporada 1 Episodio 3

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Episode Synopsis

Clinical Psychologist Dr Damon Ashworth interviews Neuropsychologist Dr Harvey Jones about all things stress-related. 
They talk about: 
* what stress is
* if stress is ever a positive thing
* the difference between the benefits of acute stress and the negatives of chronic stress
* the potential detrimental health factors of chronic stress
* what people can do if stress is negatively impacting their health or lives
* if it is possible to lower someone's stress levels just by changing the way that they think about things
* whether thinking or behavioural strategies are more important for lowering stress
* the main traps that people can fall into that lead to stress becoming worse over time
* what resilience is and how it can be built up
* whether or not social support is crucial for better managing stress.
Harvey then ends the podcast with his three key take-aways for helping people to better manage their stress.