Optimizing Stress
We keep hearing that stress is bad for us, that it wrecks our health and our relationships and makes us miserable. Yes, too much stress can do that, but too often we forget that not enough stress is as bad as too much. We can think of stress as the spice of life:
- Not enough stress and your life is flavorless and dull. You feel depressed because your life is monotonous and meaningless. Studies show too little stress is as harmful to our health as too much stress.
- If there's too much stress it burns out your body. And in the process you can feel overwhelmed, helpless and hopeless.
- Just the right amount, the optimal amount for you, and you feel challenged and fully alive.
The following graph illustrates this relationship between stress and happiness/performance:
When we optimize our stress we reconnect with our sense of wonder, joy and power, have more fun, and become more effective and successful in life. That's what we're aiming for in this site.