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Stanford University

Beyond Stress and Anxiety - How Stress Affects the Body and What You Can Do to Manage It

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Explore the profound impact of stress on the body and discover effective management techniques in this comprehensive lecture by Dr. Maria Juarez-Reyes from Stanford Medicine. Delve into the physiological mechanisms of stress, including the initial response and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Understand how chronic stress affects wound healing, brain function, mood, pain perception, and anxiety levels. Learn practical tools for stress management, such as exercise, yoga, tai chi, mindfulness, and guided imagery. Gain valuable insights into recognizing stress symptoms like fatigue, headaches, stomach pain, and sleep disturbances, and acquire strategies to mitigate their impact on overall well-being.

Syllabus

Introduction
Learning Objectives
What is Stress
What did the experts say
Mechanisms of stress
The initial response
The hypothalamus pituitaryadrenal axis response
What does cortisol do
When stress goes bad
Wound healing
Stress in the brain
Stress in the mood
Stress and pain
Stress and anxiety
How to manage stress
Exercise
Stimulants
Yoga
Tai Chi
Mindfulness
Guided Imagery

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4.6 rating, based on 11 Class Central reviews

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  • Profile image for AISHA LEGGE
    AISHA LEGGE @awaashi1609
    great course, thanks so much! lots to take away from this learning and hopefully implement for myself and my team.
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    Mahfujur Rahman
    i am satisfied with this course,it helps me to understand the whole thing,that can help me in future for better reviving
  • Jamyang Tseten
    Really helpful & the professor has done well in explaining the courses & making it easy for better understanding. I wish the course is bit more in depth & longer.
  • Profile image for Swarna Latha K
    Swarna Latha K
    That was agreat experience and i would recomend to everyone and i had gained a lot of knowledge from this i would implement in daily life activities and make sure to follow
  • Shabana KT
    Really useful and understandable classes. I really enjoyed on throughout the sessions. And I like the ma'am's speech and class styles. Thank you
  • Marijana Milanovic
    Amazing course. Love deeper explaining of anxiety and what approaches should be taken. Information given are easy to understand.
  • Deepali Khanna
    Really insightful with a great professor! I hold a degree in health but this has still taught me a lot of things regarding stress.
  • Balbinder Atwal
    Excellent presentation I learned a lot of new information. The practical aspects were well presented.
  • Ayesha Javed
    it was the most useful training course I’ve ever attended at work. The session was very engaging and allowed the group to explore what stress meant to each of us, how it affects us in positive and negative ways, how it affects other people and how we can spot the signs of stress in our colleagues and offer help. We were shown great stress-reducing techniques which I use and it has dramatically changed the way I approach my day-to-day routine and my attitude to work for the better. I would strongly recommend this course, especially for anyone who manages people.’
  • Joshua Christian
    This was an informative and great course. I learned a lot about stress and stress management. I would recommend this course to anyone seeking information on what stress is and how to manage it.
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    Ayush Soni
    It was really helpful and very awesome the way she is giving examples and teaching like literally mind blown
    And most important thing after the session she is giving summeries and end of the session is gives resources that is like a totally wow
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