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Is There An "Upside" To Stress?

Calm down, take a deep breath, try to relax. Your initial reaction to stress might be to try to make it go away, but health psychologist and author Kelly McGonigal’s advice is to harness stress and use it to your advantage. Embracing stress, she argues, can make you better able to achieve your goals. We’ll hear more about the science of stress in McGonigal’s new book, “The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It.”

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.