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This is session number 111 of the Absolute Mind podcast. And as it's been a stressful time

taking over the Absolute Mind podcast, I thought, what better way to start than start with a podcast

and a show all about stress, what we can do about stress and what it is. So let's get stuck in.

So what is stress? Now first and foremost,

the part we need to understand about stress is the fact that stress is all perceptual. That's right.

Stress is all defined and graded based upon yours, based upon any person's perception of that particular

stressor. Now think about it for a moment. You're at work and all hell breaks loose and it seems if

the company's about to fold for some reason or another. And it seems like the perfect time that

everyone around you should feel and be stressed. But you find the person

who you've been sat next to for years seems quite cool about it. They're not panicking, they're not

stressing, they're not worried in any way, shape or form. And it seems almost as if they have

turned a blind eye to the fact of what's going on around him or simply

they're not seeing things like you or perhaps it was part of their bigger plan anyway.

Well the truth is the stresses around us in our day-to-day existence now. They're all just

categorized by us. We are the ones who define how stressful something is or how

stressful something is supposed to be. And like most feelings, some people are simply more

practiced at producing stress than others. And there are some people who obviously do it the

other way too. There are some people who practice being calm and placid in certain situations.

Now perhaps you can already see where I'm going to this if you've listened to my podcasts.

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