How to Make Stress Work for You

Course No. 9190

Join a fitness consultant and popular instructor for a fascinating look at how to finally control your stress. In these 18 enriching lectures, discover how to manage and minimize stress in your life. Explore stress from various angles, including its types, the relationship between emotions and stress, and scientifically-backed techniques for better stress management.

Video Lesson List

1. A New Mindset about Stress

Start with a fresh perspective on stress and its correlation with a meaningful life. Learn a holistic definition and the difference between major traumas and daily irritants.

32 min

2. Happiness: A Fickle Queen

Examine the pursuit of happiness and its connection to play and gratitude. Learn to train your mind for the right kind of happiness.

34 min

3. Anger: A Tyrannical King

Understand why expressing anger can actually increase it and learn detachment techniques and counting exercises to let go of anger.

35 min

4. Swimming in an Ocean of Sorrow

Explore how we recover from major trauma and the role of acknowledging vulnerability in healing.

32 min

5. Why You Stress: Arousal and Value Judgment

Learn how your stress level is a result of arousal combined with your value judgment, and how perceptions shape your stress experience.

32 min

6. Choose Your Adventure: Choose Your Stress

Understand the interplay between choice and stress. Learn strategies for decision-making under stress.

29 min

7. Heaven and Hell Can Be Other People

Discover how social relationships impact stress and learn about the healing power of awe and physical touch.

32 min

8. Our Overstressed, Overscheduled Kids

Learn strategies to help children manage stress, including the importance of downtime and authentic relationships.

35 min

9. Change Your Mind to Change Your Stress

Delve into cognitive restructuring and learn to reframe thoughts and manage fears effectively.

31 min

10. Emergency Stress Management

Get a toolkit for dealing with life-and-death stress situations, including breathing strategies and maintaining happiness for self-control.

31 min

11. Good Stress Helps You Handle All Stress

Understand how good stress can make you more resilient and the benefits of mild discomfort.

31 min

12. The Stress of Learning and Mastery

Learn about deliberate practice for work competence and dispel myths like the “imposter syndrome.”

32 min

13. Alternative Approaches to Stress

Explore emerging stress management techniques like biofeedback, art therapy, and visualization.

32 min

14. Mindfulness: Heart Healing to Manage Stress

Leverage mindfulness as a stress management tool, from breathing to loving-kindness meditation.

34 min

15. Channeling Stress for a Competitive Edge

Learn to turn performance stress into excitement and understand the power of posture and flow.

29 min

16. Emerging Stress Management Technology

Discover technology-based stress management methods like biofeedback and eye movement desensitization.

34 min

17. Rest, Restore, Recover Your Resilience

Appreciate the benefits of relaxation, vacations, and unstructured time for resilience.

31 min

18. Learning from Your Stress

Gain skills to learn from stress, understand the importance of purpose and positive experiences.

34 min