Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend
Кели МекГонигал: Како да го направите стресот ваш пријател
Kelly McGonigal translates academic research into practical strategies for health, happiness and personal success. Full bio
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KM: Thank you.
КМ: Ви благодарам.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kelly McGonigal - Health psychologistKelly McGonigal translates academic research into practical strategies for health, happiness and personal success.
Why you should listen
Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal is a leader in the growing field of “science-help.” Through books, articles, courses and workshops, McGonigal works to help us understand and implement the latest scientific findings in psychology, neuroscience and medicine.
Straddling the worlds of research and practice, McGonigal holds positions in both the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the School of Medicine. Her most recent book, The Willpower Instinct, explores the latest research on motivation, temptation and procrastination, as well as what it takes to transform habits, persevere at challenges and make a successful change.
She is now researching a new book about the "upside of stress," which will look at both why stress is good for us, and what makes us good at stress. In her words: "The old understanding of stress as a unhelpful relic of our animal instincts is being replaced by the understanding that stress actually makes us socially smart -- it's what allows us to be fully human."
Kelly McGonigal | Speaker | TED.com