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Revolutionize Your Life in 7 Days
The Stress Prescription That Promises More Joy and Less Worry
In our continuing series of Getting Better Sleep & Reducing Stress, the focus in this third story is on lessons learned from Elissa Epel based on her book, “The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease,” on transforming your relationship with stress and cultivating a life filled with more joy and ease.
If you missed our other stories in the series, you could find them here (Health & Fitness list).
The Shorter Your Sleep, The Shorter Your Life Span (Part 1)
“When things go awry, we tend to react with a stress response. In Buddhism, this is thought of as the second arrow problem: Anytime something bad happens, it’s like we’re being hit by two arrows. The first arrow is the painful thing that happened; the second is our reaction to that bad thing. In other words, problems (the first arrow) are inevitable, but suffering (the second arrow) is optional.”
-Elissa Epel
Continuing where we left off in our second story (Transform Your Life in Just 7 Nights), is our one-week action plan for stress reduction.
Dr. Elissa Epel is a professor and vice chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She is an internationally renowned health psychologist who has conducted pioneering research into how stress impacts our health, all the way down to the cellular level.
