The Stress Prescription Quotes

“It turns out that exposing the body to manageable positive stress does the opposite of what long-term toxic stress does: it improves the health and regenerative life span of your cells”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“Accept and adapt. Don’t fight against circumstances you can’t control. Accept reality”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“Using challenge statements”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“The science shows that values affirmations—where you write down the core”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“She’s found that the more we feel in control and equipped with resources—what we call a challenge mindset—the more we have a positive stress response. Challenge responses are characterized by feeling more positive emotion”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“The gazelle perceived a threat: her life was in danger. The lion perceived a challenge: her next meal.”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“Picture each box as a heavy brick in a suitcase you’re carrying around. It exists; it’s not going anywhere. But you don’t need to carry it around with you. You can set your luggage down for a while.”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“When I catch myself trying to change something that’s not within my control”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“Within our habits”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“Think of a situation that bothers you deeply that has already happened, or that cannot be changed, and that you find hard to accept. Close your eyes and focus”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“These practices need no special equipment, and at most take five to ten minutes. Can you make a difference in your stress levels in a single day? Yes. A single day can be very influential. It’s a unit of time we have a lot of control over. We frame our life around the day. It’s where we do the work of worrying and of self-care. It’s where we establish the patterns and routines that determine our well-being. With small adjustments, you can make an enormous difference in how you experience your life. Approach this book, and each practice, with 100 percent self-kindness, flexibility, and forgiveness. If you don’t have the bandwidth to read this book in a week, then don’t. What we don’t want to do is create more stress. You can read a chapter a day or a chapter a week.”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“We need to shift our mindset to accept uncertainty as the defining condition of our lives, instead of fighting against it or feeling threatened by it.”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying.”
― Elissa Epel, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease