Psychology's Lessons For Coping With Stress - Dr Samantha Boardman | Modern Wisdom Podcast 358

Dr Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist and an author.

Divorces, bankruptcies and moving house are major stresses. But what about the micro-stressors we deal with every day, how much do they contribute to diminishing our wellbeing and what can we do to stop that from happening?

Expect to learn which activities studies say are most effective for making you resilient to stress, how to break a downward spiral in your growth, how to deal with depression, why discomfort is a feature not a bug, how creating a persona can give you confidence and much more...

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00:00 Intro
00:22 Recovering From Lockdown
08:00 What Are Micro-Stressors?
15:31 Leaning Into Discomfort
19:52 How To Cope With Bad Days
26:35 How Not to Deal With Stress
32:00 Escaping a Downward Spiral
37:28 The Usefulness of a Persona
47:30 Therapy & Action
55:37 Positive Psychology 101

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