you can have also the attend friend response. a stress response that makes you want to connect with others, that makes you better able to connect with others. and that is wuchbt reasons why we know that stress can often strengthen relationships. because stress can drive us to connect. and to care, and when we do that that s also good for our health. are you all done with the peppers for the moment? yeah, can i move them? can i put them somewhere else? connecting with others is the idea behind an organization called the dinner party. that will pretty i promise. in washington, d.c., caldy treek are busy in the kitchen. the topic of conversation at these parties is typically taboo. but that s exactly the point. it s really nice to meet you. each of the guests are connected through a shared experience of loss. how was that? lennon is one of the co founders of the dinner party. she lost her mom to lung cancer
is that where stress became more common? how did we get to this place? i agree with you. we all grew up where my father worked 20 hours a day and we never could ask him questions or do anything, because i love what you just said, it was a badge of honor. the father of stress, of course, is hans saley, 1936, started studying it, definitions of stress, it is just our reaction to change basically. and it s a healthy, good thing for an example, if you and i didn t react to change, we wouldn t be alive right now. because that s the way our bodies are made. but we have made stress into this, a neutral word, a negative word. for john thurman, the stress and of the attack stayed with him long after the event. diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, ptsd. ptsd can occur when the brain s
where you are. find things that bring you home to yourself. for an example, this a picture of us, the four of us on a stairs. so the minute no matter what i m doing, if i m thinking about money or contract that didn t come in, i can go to that and smile and remember what s important. then a lot of people, whether you re working at home, working at work, this is an organic lavender, and a lot of my clients who are ceos and run compani companies, they ll close the door for five minutes, put this over their eyes, which keep it is dark for a moment. great studies that it lows your blood pressure, immediately the soul. start your family out with mindfulness and talking about stress. this says family, and you could put your family picture, have your children choose their favorite picture. not you. this is called a concern box. you keep this in your family room, and this has got paper in it right here, a pencil. so during the busy week, and
choose to acknowledge the reality of the stress and the suffering, and to harness our natural capacity to become a catalyst for social connection, to strengthen communities. okay, so eventually ties go back to. word of this table spread through friends and friends of frien friends. the group focuses on young a doults, 20s and 30s, when the topic of death comes in conversation. the reaction that i ve always found was the kind of in headlights. first dinner party since my mom died, i mean, all of that time, i had become really good at avoiding that topic, because i wanted to avoid making somebody else uncome for bait with my story. so there a menu, in case you didn t see it. they ve been meeting for a year and a half the connections here are obvious. cheers.
survivor. next, what john found to help him, and what we can all do to manage stress in our own lives. moderate to severe crohn s disease is tough, but i ve managed. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn s disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira