Dr. Sharon Bergquist

Stress is also anything that challenges our body. And it throws our body out of this natural balance that we call homeostasis. And our body strives really hard to reestablish that balance.

With all stressors, you either return to a balance that is better than your starting point, so you build resilience, or a balance that is weaker or lower than your starting point, and you've reduced your resilience. But it's basically because how we view stress is more broad than just a psychological phenomenon.

With all stressors, you either return to a balance that is better than your starting point, so you build resilience, or a balance that is weaker or lower than your starting point, and you've reduced your resilience. But it's basically because how we view stress is more broad than just a psychological phenomenon.

With all stressors, you either return to a balance that is better than your starting point, so you build resilience, or a balance that is weaker or lower than your starting point, and you've reduced your resilience. But it's basically because how we view stress is more broad than just a psychological phenomenon.

And we can use our body, so stressing our body physically, as a way to build mental resilience and vice versa. So it's really saying that our heart and our mind, even our spirit, are converging down at the level of our cells and that we have many ways of managing stress that are far beyond our current techniques.

And we can use our body, so stressing our body physically, as a way to build mental resilience and vice versa. So it's really saying that our heart and our mind, even our spirit, are converging down at the level of our cells and that we have many ways of managing stress that are far beyond our current techniques.

And we can use our body, so stressing our body physically, as a way to build mental resilience and vice versa. So it's really saying that our heart and our mind, even our spirit, are converging down at the level of our cells and that we have many ways of managing stress that are far beyond our current techniques.

Yes. There's no question that the bad stress or the chronic harmful stressors chip away at our health. I mean, we've published studies on its effect on heart health. There's a plethora of data on that. And to the extent that we can control these bad stressors or even strategically plan for recovery so that we can lower the effects of the chemicals that are released that cause the harm,

Yes. There's no question that the bad stress or the chronic harmful stressors chip away at our health. I mean, we've published studies on its effect on heart health. There's a plethora of data on that. And to the extent that we can control these bad stressors or even strategically plan for recovery so that we can lower the effects of the chemicals that are released that cause the harm,

Yes. There's no question that the bad stress or the chronic harmful stressors chip away at our health. I mean, we've published studies on its effect on heart health. There's a plethora of data on that. And to the extent that we can control these bad stressors or even strategically plan for recovery so that we can lower the effects of the chemicals that are released that cause the harm,

there's clear benefit to that. That is stress management really historically, and that is the common approach. What I hope to bring to light is that we have an alternative approach by adding in the good stress and not just feeling that if we can't control the bad stress, that we don't have any alternative choice.

there's clear benefit to that. That is stress management really historically, and that is the common approach. What I hope to bring to light is that we have an alternative approach by adding in the good stress and not just feeling that if we can't control the bad stress, that we don't have any alternative choice.

there's clear benefit to that. That is stress management really historically, and that is the common approach. What I hope to bring to light is that we have an alternative approach by adding in the good stress and not just feeling that if we can't control the bad stress, that we don't have any alternative choice.

So to put this in a different way, the first half of my career, I would talk and give lectures to people and students and different keynotes about how stress harms. And the biggest feedback I got from people was that they were getting stressed hearing about the harms of stress.

So to put this in a different way, the first half of my career, I would talk and give lectures to people and students and different keynotes about how stress harms. And the biggest feedback I got from people was that they were getting stressed hearing about the harms of stress.

So to put this in a different way, the first half of my career, I would talk and give lectures to people and students and different keynotes about how stress harms. And the biggest feedback I got from people was that they were getting stressed hearing about the harms of stress.

And the key behind that is because some of the situations that create the harmful stress are simply ones that we didn't choose. They found us. The good stressors are deliberate. They give us hope. They give us freedom because they are in our control.

And the key behind that is because some of the situations that create the harmful stress are simply ones that we didn't choose. They found us. The good stressors are deliberate. They give us hope. They give us freedom because they are in our control.

And the key behind that is because some of the situations that create the harmful stress are simply ones that we didn't choose. They found us. The good stressors are deliberate. They give us hope. They give us freedom because they are in our control.

And the amazing part is that they not only build our resilience at a literal biological level, but the same pathways that build resilience actually make us healthier and they make us younger because these mechanisms repair, they do all these housekeeping functions, they regenerate ourselves.