Developing Your Stress Resiliency Muscle

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As the coronavirus spreads around the world, there's a common side effect that's impacting us all: stress.

Because this illness is new, we're bombarded with constant updates that oftentimes seem to contradict previously known information, and the more we continue on in this pandemic, the more we worry about our health, job security and the economy as a whole.

We are experiencing a new level of stress, and it calls for us to adapt. Even after the pandemic, stress and anxiety will continue to be a normal part of our life. It's not going to completely disappear. So what if instead of trying to minimize or manage stress, we could learn from it and use it to fuel positive change? What if stress is meant to show us new information?

Stress happens when demand exceeds capacity.

We don't have to view this as good or bad, but as energy that we can use in a positive or negative way.

The good news about stress is that it ultimately has a purpose.

In this article I examine how we can reframe stress and use it to tap into positive change and ultimately build our resilience muscle.