BOOKS + COFFEE – “The Upside of Stress”

For our May meeting, the NAWBO OC Book Club is reading “The Upside of Stress,” by Kelly McGonigal, PhD.

We meet at the table in the window in the Lost Vine area of the coffee shop. 

BOOKS + COFFEE is a free, members-only program. If you’re considering becoming a member, please feel free to check out one of our Book Club meetings before becoming a member (but to keep coming, we ask that you please support our organization by becoming a member at http://www.nawbo.org).

And one more housekeeping item, if you take a ticket, please plan to use it. Of course, if life happens and you can’t join us, please notify us in advance at [email protected]. There are limited tickets for this event and we’d like to everyone that wants to attend have the opportunity to. Thanks for understanding!

About the Book:

Drawing from groundbreaking research, psychologist and award-winning teacher Kelly McGonigal, PhD, offers a surprising new view of stress—one that reveals the upside of stress, and shows us exactly how to capitalize on its benefits.

You hear it all the time: stress causes heart disease; stress causes insomnia; stress is bad for you! But what if changing how you think about stress could make you happier, healthier, and better able to reach your goals? Combining exciting new research on resilience and mindset, Kelly McGonigal, PhD, proves that undergoing stress is not bad for you; it is undergoing stress while believing that stress is bad for you that makes it harmful. In fact, stress has many benefits, from giving us greater focus and energy, to strengthening our personal relationships.

McGonigal shows readers how to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress, and activate the brain’s natural ability to learn from challenging experiences. Both practical and life-changing, The Upside of Stress is not a guide to getting rid of stress, but a toolkit for getting better at it—by understanding, accepting, and leveraging it to your advantage.