Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

Rachelcable.com.

Each week this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress

and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 219 of the Mindful Kind podcast. In today's episode I'll be talking

all about you stress, what it is, why it's important to understand it, and two powerful tips to help you embrace

you stress yourself. Beneficial stress or you stress is a positive form of stress that is energizing,

motivating and helps improve performance. When you face a challenge, even a fun and exciting challenge,

such as a new role at work or an opportunity to travel, you are likely to feel a level of stress. However, if you believe you have

the ability to rise to the challenge, then your experience is more likely to be eustress, as

opposed to distress. Use stress can help you feel more motivated

and confident in facing a challenge while helping you focus and pay attention. It can improve

your performance and lead to experiences of fulfillment, satisfaction and pride. For example,

when I was traveling in Europe, I often felt you stress. I was

simultaneously excited and nervous about the challenges of understanding different languages,

navigating new places and budgeting properly. However, I believed in my abilities to cope with

those challenges and it felt exciting to be going outside my comfort zone.

In fact, without use stress, life can feel a little stagnant.

We often need to experience positive stresses to grow and move forward.

Other examples of potentially positive stresses that contribute to you stress include

getting married, receiving a promotion, moving house, learning new hobbies, travel or raising a child.

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