Stress isn’t the enemy. The mismatch is.
Short, intense bursts of stress, and then recovery.
Chronic, rising stress, in a world changing faster than our brains can adapt.
Our brains evolved to deal with short-term threats, such as an attack from a dangerous animal or a rival tribe. Today, we face a constant stream of modern stressors, such as: financial stress, workplace stress, relationship conflict, geopolitical stress and general anxiety about the future. That gap between how we were built and how we live today is a “mismatch”.
Produced with the American Institute of Stress and featuring some of the world’s leading experts on stress, this series moves from the early mind/body experiments to recent research on the unconscious mind. This series aims to explain what stress is and how to manage it.
SIX PARTS. ONE PUZZLE.
- PART1Stress and HealthIs stress getting worse — and why do we feel so mismatched?
- PART2Mind/Body ConnectionHimalayan monks who raise their body heat enough to dry soaking sheets in a freezing room.
- PART3Mind/Body Connection IIWe all perceive stress differently. How perception in the brain can lead to damage in the body.
- PART4Resilience for First RespondersThe stress faced by police and first responders — and tools that work for everyone.
- PART5Stress is a Funny ThingHumour as a way to fight stress.
- PART6Unlock the Power of the Unfocused MindWhy eureka moments tend to arrive when we stop concentrating.
TRAILER
TEN VOICES
Full bios in the press kit →- Dr. Herbert BensonThe first high profile researcher to investigate the mind/body connection. Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and pioneer of the relaxation response.
- Dr. Daniel L. KirschPresident of the American Institute of Stress; neurobiologist and authority on electromedicine.
- Dr. Paul J. RoschThe late Chairman of the American Institute of Stress, who worked with Hans Selye, originator of the term “stress”.
- Chief Richard BiehlRetired Director and Chief of Police, Dayton, Ohio, who previously served nearly 25 years with the Cincinnati Police Department.
- Dr. Srini PillayHarvard-trained psychiatrist, author and speaker, who spent 17 years studying functional brain imaging.
- Dr. Evian GordonFounder and Chairman of Brain Resource, and one of the originators of integrative neuroscience.
- Dr. Richard GevirtzDistinguished Professor of Psychology at Alliant International University and leading biofeedback researcher.
- Dr. Heidi HannaChief Energy Officer of Synergy Brain Fitness, providing brain-based health and performance programmes.
- Dr. Jean-Ronel CorbierBoard-certified neurologist specialising in child neurology and nutritional neurology.
- Karyn Buxman, RNNeurohumorist, author and pioneer in the field of applied humour.
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