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Lesson 3: Reframing Your Experiences

Identify the two types of stress responses. View threats as challenges.

Baseball legend Wade Boggs is credited with saying, “Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us but the attitude we bring to life.”

Psychologist Ethan Kross agrees, explaining that when faced with difficult situations, people tend to either see stressors as threats or challenges. In thi…

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