Podcast 462: How to Make Stress Good for You: Part 3

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast (#462) and blog, I talk about how to develop a healthy stress mindset. This is part 3 of my series on stress. You can listen to part 1 here and part 2 here. As I mentioned in part 1, chronic, unmanaged stress is directly linked to physical ill-health and mental health challenges. In fact, if we are constantly stressed about stress, it will become an obstacle on our pathway to dealing with life’s challenges. Sign up to Patreon to get access to full AD-FREE episodes, exclusive downloads, live Q&As, and more: https://www.patreon.com/drcarolineleaf Read the blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/how-to-make-stress-good-for-you-part-3 OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -Butcher Box: Get free Chicken Nuggets for a Year and 10% off your first box when you sign up today at butcherbox.com/DRLEAF and use code DRLEAF. -ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/LEAF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then start your search for a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours! EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com -Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! - Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf *DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mass.
0:09.0	Okay, I've been doing a mini-series on stress.
0:12.0	So I've done in part one, I was explaining how the way that you view stress influences the
0:17.5	physiology of your body.
0:19.2	So by viewing it as negative, you have a negative consequence in your body.
0:23.0	By viewing it as positive, which it actually is, that makes a tremendous change in your
0:27.6	physiology and enables you to be more, to cope more efficiently and to be able to
0:32.6	think more intelligently and so on.
0:34.8	In part two, I gave an analogy of volcano, so that you can understand the importance of
0:39.6	shifting from positive, from normal, healthy stress, which is our normal response, into toxic
0:45.3	stress, and that's the abnormal response.
0:47.8	And how we can actually shift between the two.
0:50.6	And I gave an example of a study that was done on people's perception.
0:56.0	And in this particular part three, I just want to talk a little bit about some exercises
1:01.2	and things that you can do when you recognise that you're in toxic stress.
1:05.4	Stress is good for you.
1:06.4	You always in stress, 24-7.
1:09.4	Go listen to part one and part two to understand that and to really understand how we need
1:13.2	to view stress differently and the importance of looking at stress differently.
1:16.4	And now part three, let's talk about how to recognise when we've shifted to toxic stress
1:20.6	and some little examples of things that you can do.
1:26.0	Life can be hard and it's easy to feel stressed, anxious and out of control.
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