Your mindset around stress can impact how successful you are in several areas of your life.
Do your clients view any and all types of stress as a bad thing? Are they falling into the common misconception that any kind of stress has negative outcomes for their physical well-being? Sounds like they could benefit from embracing a growth mindset.
Check out my 5 FREE lessons in behavior change and mindset to help them shift out of the mindset that cortisol and stress isn’t always a bad thing! These lessons will help you coach your clients to overcome all-or-nothing thinking and fixed mindsets, stop getting in their own way, develop more self-control, and increase motivation and follow-through.
When trying to live a longer, healthier life, you (or your clients) might be inclined to try and avoid stress as much as possible out of fear that stress will negatively impact your health.
In this episode, I break down some research on mindset, stress, cortisol levels, and how these things work together to affect your health.
Listen to learn how embracing a growth mindset around stress can help you live longer and feel less stressed along the way.
Episode Highlights
>>(3:08) Stress isn’t always a bad thing. Sharing some examples of when stress is actually a good thing.
>>(6:47) Research study on 29,000 to assess their mindset and stress to see how much they think stress impacts their health.
>>(13:17) Research suggests that reframing how we think about stress impacts performance and anxiety.
>>(16:54) A research study that looks at cortisol levels and mindsets of college students who were placed under stress.
>>(21:47) Key indicators of whether someone has a growth or fixed mindset.
>>(22:52) Comparing a “stress is debilitating” mindset and a “stress is enhancing” mindset.
>>(25:04) Why we need cortisol and moderate amounts of stress to survive and function optimally.
>>(29:10) Questions to answer to assess how you think about stress and stressful situations.
Listen to the full episode to learn more about how a person’s mindset about stress can have serious impacts on their health.
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Links From the Podcast
Research mentioned: Does the Perception that Stress Affects Health Matter? The Association with Health and Mortality
Research mentioned: Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response.
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