014 - What is Stress and How Does it Work
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2016
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about stress, what it does to the body, and how we can avoid it. Grab your ear lobes and give yourself a nice dose of “woosaw” because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
You Will Hear:
- What stress is useful for
- How stress affects the body
- What we can do to reduce it's effects.
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Quest (10 Points):
1. Write down 2 things you are stressed about.
2. Take a picture
3. Use #mytinyleaps on Instagram
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CAYE - Merry Go 'Round | | provided by CopyrightFreeNetwork
Resources:
The Science of Stress
Robert Sapolsky
bewell.stanford.edu/features/science-of-stress
What Happens to Your Body When You’re Stressed
Brooke Borel
popsci.com/what-happens-body-when-stressed
Tips for Better Stress Management
Steve Bressert, Ph.D
psychcentral.com/lib/tips-for-better-managing-your-stress/
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode we talk about stress, what it does to the body, and how we can avoid it. |
| 0:06.0 | Grab your earlobes and give yourself a nice dose of Woosab because you are now listening to |
| 0:12.0 | Tiny Leapsaps Big Changes. So the song you were listening to right now is called Mary go round by an artist named Kay. It's a light hip-hop song with a great |
| 0:36.1 | vibe and I chose it because I immediately started dancing after hearing it. We'll jump into |
| 0:41.6 | the episode in a second but for now I hope you enjoy the song |
| 0:45.2 | and feel free to check the artist out for more great music. |
| 0:50.8 | See when I was a kid I be staring at PBS I play |
| 0:54.8 | Tiger recess really no need to be stress get whatever I want with just a simple |
| 1:00.0 | request playing the pump with no rest and come on being the refresh life is a welcome to another episode of Tiny Leeps, Big Changes, where I share simple research-backed strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 1:13.6 | My name is Greg Klunis, and before we jump into this episode, I'm going to urge you to listen |
| 1:19.2 | all the way to the end. |
| 1:20.6 | The challenge today is going to be a little bit different from what we've done so |
| 1:24.7 | far and honestly I think you're going to find it really interesting so stick around to |
| 1:29.0 | make sure you hear all about it every single one of us experiences stress. It's a fundamental part of life that |
| 1:35.5 | honestly we couldn't live without. Stress is your mind preparing to face challenge. This is extremely beneficial in certain situations. For example, if a |
| 1:46.0 | tiger was chasing you and the only way to survive was to be able to think quickly and |
| 1:50.8 | react immediately, being stressed would be a welcomed experience because that fight or |
| 1:56.1 | flight state heightens the senses. |
| 1:59.2 | But of course, it is possible that stress can get out of hand and cause negative effects. |
| 2:05.1 | This is the type of stress most of us refer to when we use the word. |
| 2:08.8 | So if stress is both good and bad for us, I really wanted to ask a few questions. Number one, what exactly |
| 2:16.1 | is it? Number two, what happens in the body when we experience it? And number three, what can |
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