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Hi, this is Kaisanga and I welcome you this Thursday and to Radio Headspace. One of the

absolutes of life, the unavoidable givens of life, something we will all 100% experience

in our life is that thing we call stress. Before we dive into this favorite subject of

ours, I think it would be helpful to formally define what stress is. Stress is defined as

a relationship between a person and their environment that is appraised by the person as

taxing or exceeding their resources and endangers their well-being. So in simpler terms, it's

basically an individual response to any pressure or demand and this individual response is just

that a response based on what a person is perceiving or interpreting in that moment. So what

this means is that what's stressful for person A might be perfectly okay for person B and

vice versa. So essentially it's not the stressor itself but how you perceive and respond to

it that determines whether it leads to further increased stress levels. Furthermore, stress

manifests itself differently for everyone. In one moment it may be a strong emotion that

feels very negative and overwhelming, a feeling like anger, frustration or fear. At another

time it may be the mind being busier than we'd like it to be or it may be a strong desire

for things to be different from how they are right now. I think being aware of all of

these dynamics of stress is super important. Why? Because like I stated, stress is a natural

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