Pediatric Resilience

Mind full of stressful thoughts? Try mindfulness. elissaepel.com/post/mindfulne…

“Anything worth doing will have aspects of stress woven through: challenge, discomfort, risk. We can’t change that. But what we can change is our response.” universityofcalifornia.edu/news/7-ways-ha…

Reframing our experience of stress can be easier once trained in the practice of mindfulness. elissaepel.com/post/mindfulne…

Time traveling (in your mind) can alleviate stress elissaepel.com/post/time-trav…

Try zooming outward. elissaepel.com/post/self-dist…

Knowing that mistakes and failure are simply part of the process of achieving goals helps us have less of a threat response, more of a challenge response. #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel elissaepel.com/post/reframing…

#TheStressPrescription: A really great read and loaded with evidence based stress reduction advice from @Dr_Epel. amzn.to/3Yxzy2j

New chart from Tufts' new food ranking system. 53 General Mills cereals all healthier than cheddar cheese, milk, egg cooked in butter Including: Dora the Explorer, Berry Burst Cheerios, Count Chocola, Lucky Charms, Chex Chocolate. (General Mills funds a Tufts Food Inst 🤨)

We can recover from stress quickly; the nervous system can return to baseline in minutes & hormones can return to normal levels in a 1/2 hour. That’s a gold standard - but how do we maintain this equilibrium? Answers in #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel amzn.to/3DNJ9dv

Teaching ourselves to view stress response as a strength leads to a challenge mindset and physiology, and better coping. The Stress Prescription by @Dr_Epel reveals that that while can’t avoid stress, we can embrace and transform it. amzn.to/3JCe28G

Registration is still open for the Seven-Day Series Webinar - don't miss the chance to catch @Dr_Epel & Dr @AricPrather discussing #TheStressPrescription and #TheSleepPrescription and answering your questions! Register here for the February 2nd event: elissaepel.com/event-details/…

"Unmanaged chronic stress wears down telomeres and hastens cell senescence, it can usher us too early into the “disease-span”: the period in our lives when we start to develop the illnesses of aging." Read the #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel amzn.to/3Y7UYmp

Learn how we react to stress differently, and how to get out of stress stew in #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel. You are only seven days away from more joy and ease. amzn.to/402cKtn

STRESS. "Control what you can...and put down the rest." When it comes to certain types of stress, can you “push the delete button?” The evidence says you can. Read #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel. You are only seven days away from more joy and ease. amzn.to/3wr4Tbc

"The conditions for burnout are baked into many work cultures—and then work detracts from our health. Burnout is a pernicious form of chronic stress—it’s the constant demands over years, without time for recovery." #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel. amzn.to/3XpkiE7

The Quit Sugar Summit is 100% virtual and 100% free. There will be over 60 (@RobertLustigMD, @wolframald and more) speakers from around the world talking about how to get free from sugar... quitsugarsummit.com/?afmc=hsf

A great line up with @Dr_Epel, @DrGaborMate, and Dr. Daniel Siegel. The doctors will summarize & discuss key topics from their books, Dr. Maté’s #TheMythofNormal, Dr. Siegel’s #IntraConnected, and Dr. Epel’s #TheStressPrescription. 92ny.org/event/living-w…

Stressors look different for each of us. We perceive the world through unique lens that are shaped by our experiences, genetics, and more. Complete the Stress Inventory from #TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel. What stressors can be deleted from the list? amzn.to/3XpkiE7

@TheStressPrescription by @Dr_Epel builds on science and wisdom. "If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying." -Dalai Lama amzn.to/3vSaiHS