Dr. Alan Rozanski

But I'm talking in terms of

In the medical world, we've had scales that weaken a block in patients, and lo and behold, people with a strong sense of purpose also live longer, have less heart disease.

This has been shown in many analytical studies.

And then finally, the stress area is very fascinating because we've talked about chronic stress, but it turns out there's a U-shaped relationship in terms of your well-being and stress, so that people who have a moderate amount of stress

are actually doing better than both ends of the spectrum.

They do better than people who have, let's say, toxic stress, but also they do better than people who don't have stress.

Generally, without stress, it doesn't come with... See, life in terms of pursuing goals and in terms of pursuing meaning...

comes with challenge, with stress, and that's good stress.

Good stress, you know, challenges that we undertake, that we overcome, builds our self-esteem, our optimism, our confidence.

It is an indicator of good health.

So we have to understand that upside of stress.

But those are your six domains of health, and it's all from studying how the body reacts in these particular different domains.

It's a subjective measure.

What is toxic to another person, let's say public speaking, may be a piece of cake to somebody else.

So, you know, the best judge of that is how do you personally feel?

Are you feeling a sense of tension?

Are you feeling a sense of anxiety?

Are you feeling in your mind a sense of peace of mind or do you feel very torn?

All these are factors in terms of how stress is affecting you.

I don't know that people are more unhappy today.