Dr. Janata answers the question: 'How To Think Differently About Stress?' — -- Question: What are some ways that I can think about stressful situations in order to make them less stressful?

If you took a poll asking random people what they attribute to the causes of stress, I would estimate that 99% of the answers you receive would start with an explanation of why it was the result of ...

What is the best way to handle a stressful situation? Stress is the emotional reaction you get to some perceived threat in the environment. In the workplace, stress can come from the prospect that a ...

Stress has become a part of our lives. This can be non negotiable and draining. From work deadlines to relationship ...

For nurses, stress is nothing new. Burnout and workplace violence remain major concerns within the field, pushing health care workers to leave their jobs. The pressures also have inspired researchers ...

Being an effective leader in innovative and complex environments has always been a challenging journey. Continually developing vision, bringing people on board and creating movement toward goals isn't ...

Most humans perform best in a Goldilocks zone of a little but not too much stress. That makes sense: Stress puts some pep in your step, but too much can bury you. This article is about making a bigger ...

Have you been feeling stressed and anxious lately? Don’t get down on yourself about it, because it’s a natural response to difficult times. Stress isn’t all bad. It can motivate and stimulate us into ...

Two years ago, a former student of mine was arrested after a sudden disruption to their daily routine. As a nonverbal adult on the autism spectrum, this individual was highly dependent on ...

Stress has become a dirty word, so it’s probably worth pausing to examine our broad prejudice against it. There is no doubt that stress can be harmful. We have long known that toxic stress leads to ...