Kelly McGonigal's book the Upside of your Stress challenges everything we believe to know about stress. We discuss how previous research has been misunderstood, some surprising truths about stress and how we can develop a healthy stress response.

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This ain't no typo. There are some violations that we tremendously enjoy. Don't worry it's not as dangerous as it sounds. Listen in to learn more about an integral part of happiness and well-being and how you can get more of it in your own life.

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Imagine yoga for a second: was it a white, slender and well-off hetero-sexual woman? Well what about tattooed, black, fat and queer folks? Is it not for them? Jessamyn Stanley is an inspiring yoga teacher who doesn't just not fit the mould but demonstrates that these moulds are unnecessary altogether. We discuss how yoga can be a vehicle for body positivity, mindfulness and a constructive kind of comfort during hard times. Also it's important that we don't mistake the postures for yoga. The practice is about so much more.

Watch Jessamyn doing some poses that I as an overweight woman thought would squash my brain.

Listen to my own yoga journey and check out Positive Psychology on the Go.

Jessamyn mentioned this online resource for classes: https://www.yogaglo.com/

Parents and non-parents want to know how to see and grow the best in the (young) people around them. Lea Waters is here to talk about how to turn on the Strengths Switch, how our own challenges shape how we see our children and what actually happens once we dedicate ourselves to strengths in daily life.

You can take a test to see how you score in strengths-based parenting on her website http://www.strengthswitch.com/ (scroll down past the videos to find the resources).

Emotion differentiation is a the closest thing to a psychological superpower. Having it gives you all kinds of benefits and protection while the absence of it has lots of drawbacks. The good news is that it is a very straight-forward skill to learn.

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Today Mary Shores, CEO and author, will join us to talk about

• Why even a debt collection agency can bring positive change to the world
• How one powerful rule changed her business for the better
• A simple question to help align your actions with your goals
• Getting out of a dark place in 5 Steps
• Affirmation Deep Dive

Business has been underrepresented in this podcast so it's good to have Mary with us.

Okay full disclosure words such as karma will be discussed (and I will put them in a psychology context so the skeptics can chill...).

Links:

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• Internalizations
• The Pressure of Balance
• Unlimited Good versus Winner-takes-it-All
• Why Self-Compassion is your Foundation

• Acceptance versus resignation
• Sailboat metaphor
• Is only the best good enough for you?
• The Full Monty or Nothing
• Corporate Disillusionment
• Gaming bestseller lists
• Fire under my rear-end
• You are the Ambassador Now
• The Value of Tension
• Missing the old days

Dani DiPirro is the creator of Positively Present . We talk self-love (it's not just self-care!), facing and working on our fears and when it's time to seek professional guidance. 

• Collateral Benefits
• A Co-Worker Chooses
• Looking Back at Anger
• Don't Pay it Back
• When it's out of your Hands
• Leave your Ego Alone
• Please forget the One
• Surprising Answer to Being more Kind