Hello everyone and welcome to my podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Caroline Leith.

And today we're going to be talking about how we perceive stress. We will hear about that word

all the time, but just let me first tell you about my background that you can see for those

of you that are watching, for those of you that are watching for those

you that are listening i am sitting in my office and behind me i have a view of the sea a phenomenal

view of the sea on the 41st floor and i wanted to show you this background because we're talking

about stress so i want you just to be see this beautiful background with the sky and the clouds and

the sea to help you manage your stress

as we talk about stress so double meaning in the background okay so it's not a film it's not a

filter it's an actual this is what my background is it's quite beautiful okay so we are going to be

talking about how we perceive stress we're going to be talking about how to flip the switch on stress,

which has everything to do with how we perceive stress.

So, without further ado, let's dive in and let's begin.

We see so many headlines, and so many of those headlines are scary stress headlines.

You're going to die kind of thing.

So let me just read you three.

Chronic stress puts your health at risk.

Best not to stress the small stuff because it could kill you.

I mean, I'm already stressing just by the headline.

Stress can literally kill you.

Here's how.

We see these headlines all over the media, all over the different types of media, magazines, etc., books, book titles,

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