Buffer Against Stress With a Sense of Meaning
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Don't miss this effective strategy for anxiety management: adopting a perspective that challenges are opportunities for personal growth. Adriana shares her personal journey of learning to see meaning in extended illness. She explains the scientific research supporting this approach, detailing how finding a sense of macro meaning can shift our responses to stress from threat to challenge.
[00:00:00] - Introduction and Recap
[00:01:27] - Personal Story: Learning to Cope With Illness
[00:03:58] - Discovering a New Strategy: Believing Life Works FOR you
[00:10:05] - The Power of Meaning in Life
[00:15:30] - How Believing Stress Can Benefit You Helps with Anxiety (4 Ways)
[00:22:36] - Summary and Conclusion
[00:27:11] - Kindness Narrative: Building a House
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Chapters
1. Introduction and Recap (00:00:00)
2. Personal Story: Learning to Cope With Illness (00:01:27)
3. Discovering a New Strategy: Believing Life Works FOR you (00:03:58)
4. The Power of Meaning in Life (00:10:05)
5. How Believing Stress Can Benefit You Helps with Anxiety (4 Ways) (00:15:30)
6. Summary and Conclusion (00:22:36)
7. Kindness Narrative: Building a House (00:27:11)
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