Kristen Holmes

So on our stress monitor, which is a scale of zero to three, and it's taking in heart rate and heart rate variability continuously, they registered, if you perceive the day as challenging, okay, you're prepared, you actually register higher on the stress scale.

Wow, because you feel prepared for the stress, maybe?

Wow, because you feel prepared for the stress, maybe?

Wow, because you feel prepared for the stress, maybe?

I think you're just mobilizing energy. You're excited about your day. And this goes back, I think, to the thesis that stress is not bad, right? Stress is a gift, right? It gives us energy.

I think you're just mobilizing energy. You're excited about your day. And this goes back, I think, to the thesis that stress is not bad, right? Stress is a gift, right? It gives us energy.

I think you're just mobilizing energy. You're excited about your day. And this goes back, I think, to the thesis that stress is not bad, right? Stress is a gift, right? It gives us energy.

Well, hormesis is that you stress the body. It improves by strengthening. Yeah, it's adaptive, right?

Well, hormesis is that you stress the body. It improves by strengthening. Yeah, it's adaptive, right?

Well, hormesis is that you stress the body. It improves by strengthening. Yeah, it's adaptive, right?

Yeah, it's adaptive. And then conversely, when people perceive their day as threatening, so at the end of the day, they perceive it as threatening. Actually, their prior night's sleep was worse, right? Okay, so they kind of knew going into the day that they were not excited about it and that somehow impact their sleep.

Yeah, it's adaptive. And then conversely, when people perceive their day as threatening, so at the end of the day, they perceive it as threatening. Actually, their prior night's sleep was worse, right? Okay, so they kind of knew going into the day that they were not excited about it and that somehow impact their sleep.

Yeah, it's adaptive. And then conversely, when people perceive their day as threatening, so at the end of the day, they perceive it as threatening. Actually, their prior night's sleep was worse, right? Okay, so they kind of knew going into the day that they were not excited about it and that somehow impact their sleep.

And on the stress monitor, their stress was actually lower, but their blood pressure was higher. So I think what's happening is almost like this paralysis, right? When we perceive something as stressing, we don't move as much, we're not as energized or energetic, or we're not using our brain as much, or we're not as excited about the day.

And on the stress monitor, their stress was actually lower, but their blood pressure was higher. So I think what's happening is almost like this paralysis, right? When we perceive something as stressing, we don't move as much, we're not as energized or energetic, or we're not using our brain as much, or we're not as excited about the day.

And on the stress monitor, their stress was actually lower, but their blood pressure was higher. So I think what's happening is almost like this paralysis, right? When we perceive something as stressing, we don't move as much, we're not as energized or energetic, or we're not using our brain as much, or we're not as excited about the day.

So I think what I take from this study is obviously how we frame our day is really important. And just understanding, I think, the role of self-efficacy, like feeling like we have the skills and resources to tackle our day. We've got some element of purpose, right? I think it taps purpose as well. Like, do I have, you know, is tomorrow going to be meaningful?

So I think what I take from this study is obviously how we frame our day is really important. And just understanding, I think, the role of self-efficacy, like feeling like we have the skills and resources to tackle our day. We've got some element of purpose, right? I think it taps purpose as well. Like, do I have, you know, is tomorrow going to be meaningful?

So I think what I take from this study is obviously how we frame our day is really important. And just understanding, I think, the role of self-efficacy, like feeling like we have the skills and resources to tackle our day. We've got some element of purpose, right? I think it taps purpose as well. Like, do I have, you know, is tomorrow going to be meaningful?

Is it going to be, you know, fulfill my values, right? Yeah. And that has a real adaptive impact on our physiology. So it's pretty cool to see.