The upside of stress

By Kelly McGonigal

Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Stress (Psychology), SELF-HELP / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, Stress (psychology), Stress management

Description: "More than forty-four percent of Americans admit to losing sleep over stress. And while most of us do everything we can to reduce it, Stanford psychologist and bestselling author Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., delivers a startling message: Stress isn't bad. In The Upside of Stress, McGonigal highlights new research indicating that stress can, in fact, make us stronger, smarter, and happier--if we learn how to embrace it"--