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[INTERVIEW] Breaking down the science of Movement, Joy and Stress w/ Kelly McGonigal

empowerHER

Kacia Ghetmiri

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode: Breaking down the powerful chemicals released in your body when you exercise The science behind movement & its effect on your brain Transitioning from negativity into positivity in the short & long term Choosing to think about how stress can help you harness your strengths Kelly McGonigal is an author, psychologist, and educator, who believes that it is possible to experience hope, joy, and meaning, even when things are difficult. She believes that scie...

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0:00.0

Hey girl. Welcome to the Empower Her Podcast, where we are all about taking purpose-driven action toward building lives we really freaking love.

0:15.8

My name's Kaysha and I'm an entrepreneur obsessed with giving you actual tools to help take you

0:21.6

from where you are now to where you want to go in your life,

0:25.3

career, and relationships. And this podcast it's all about real talk and having

0:30.7

some fun as we share incredible stories, tips, and tricks to help us get out of

0:35.8

our own way and unapologetically make some moves.

0:40.4

So girlfriend, let's do the damn thing.

0:43.0

Hey girl, I'm so excited that you're here for today's episode, because on the show we have Kelly McGonagall.

0:54.7

She is a woman that I so deeply admire and by the end of this episode I think you are going to absolutely

0:59.8

love her too.

1:01.2

She's a health psychologist who specializes in understanding the mind

1:06.2

body connection and she's a best-selling author of one of Cina and I's favorite

1:11.6

books called The Upside of Stress.

1:14.0

You might have heard about it because she actually did a TED Talk.

1:17.1

It was titled How to Make Stress Your Friend.

1:19.8

It's one of the most viewed TED Talks ever with over 22 million views.

1:26.1

And she wrote another amazing book about the willpower instinct and now her latest book is

1:31.3

called The Joy of Movement. And this book is really cool, the premise of it that

1:35.1

we talk a lot about in today's episode. It explores why physical exercise is a powerful

1:39.9

antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness, and we dive into the science.

1:48.0

So if you're listening to this podcast where you're doing a workout, you are going to be so pumped

1:52.3

or if you're on a walk, you're just moving your body. you are going to be so pumped or if you're on a walk you're just moving

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