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– Angela Duckworth, author of Grit and Co-Founder of Character Lab
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Lisa's latest New York Times best seller is an urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers’ intense and often fraught emotional lives—and how to support them through this critical developmental stage.
Lisa’s second New York Times best seller is a celebrated, urgently needed guide to addressing the alarming increase in anxiety and stress in girls from elementary school through college.
Lisa’s award-winning New York Times best seller–now available in nineteen languages–is a sane, informed, and engaging guide for parents of teenage girls.
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Stress is a normal and healthy aspect of being human. It occurs any time we need to adapt to new demands and it almost always fosters growth.
Stress is only considered to be harmful under two conditions: when it is traumatic, meaning that it overwhelms a person’s coping resources, or when it is chronic, meaning that it becomes unrelenting.
Psychological and intellectual stress can be likened to physical strength training. Working at the edge of our capacity is stressful, but it’s also growth-giving when paired with time to recover.
Stress mindset matters. Viewing stress as inherently toxic makes stressful experiences worse. Viewing stress as growth-giving makes stress easier to bear.
In order to be growth-giving, stress must be accompanied by restorative intervals that involve healthy coping in the form of positive social connections, enjoyable distractions, and/or self-care.
My new book is now available!
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents