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What Causes Stress? The Three Conditions That Cause Stress

EE Edit@rs · March 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment

In the book The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings, and the Biology of Boom and Bust, author John Coates talks quite a bit about the biological function of stress and what chronic stress does to the human body. In the 1950s, renowned psychologist Hans Selye … [Read more...] about What Causes Stress? The Three Conditions That Cause Stress

Filed Under: Emotion Management Tagged With: adrenaline, cortisol, john coates, stress, stress response

The Physiology and Biology of Mental Toughness

EE Edit@rs · March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

I just finished the book The Hour Between Dog And Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust by neuroscientist John Coates.  It is definitely a good book and I learned quite a bit from it.  If you ever get the chance, I urge you to read it.  Most of the book … [Read more...] about The Physiology and Biology of Mental Toughness

Filed Under: Emotion Management, Personal Development Tagged With: adrenaline, amines, anabolic hormones, catabolic hormones, cortisol, dopamine, mental toughness, stress, testosterone

Stress 101: Every Little Thing You Ever Wanted to Know about Stress

· December 16, 2013 ·

Stress is influenced by internal and external factors that affect the way you act and react to any stimuli in your environment. While its definition may seem simple, the physiological consequences of stress can give the word a negative and sometimes horrifying connotation. People … [Read more...] about Stress 101: Every Little Thing You Ever Wanted to Know about Stress

Filed Under: Emotion Management Tagged With: anxiety, cortisol, depression, ptsd, self-control, stress

How to Be Mentally Tough Like a Navy Seal

EE Edit@rs · October 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Navy SEALS are known to be the most well-trained special force in the United States military.  Some go as far as to say that SEALS are the most well-trained special force in the world.  In order to become a SEAL, a candidate has to pass several developmental courses as well as … [Read more...] about How to Be Mentally Tough Like a Navy Seal

Filed Under: Emotion Management, Personal Development Tagged With: cortisol, endorphin, mental resiliency, mental toughness, navy seals, resiliency, stress

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