How Talking About Adversity Inspires Positive Change
According to psychologist and author, Kelly McGonigal, listening to someone else's story of resilience and overcoming adversity is contagious. Sharing your own "restorative narrative" can inspire strength and courage in others. In additi...
An episode of the Yogaland Podcast podcast, hosted by Andrea Ferretti, titled "How Talking About Adversity Inspires Positive Change" was published on October 24, 2017 and runs 37 minutes.
October 24, 2017 ·37m · Yogaland Podcast
Summary
According to psychologist and author, Kelly McGonigal, listening to someone else's story of resilience and overcoming adversity can have a positive effect. Listening to someone's "restorative narrative" can inspire strength and courage in you. In addition, if you're the person doing the storytelling about your own traumatic event, and you both acknowledge the difficulty as well as the how it transformed you in positive ways, you are more likely to have better health outcomes. In this light, Andrea tells her breast cancer story and shares the four profound ways it has changed her three years later. Shownotes: http://yogalandpodcast.com/episode73Shoutout to our sponsors: 1. To my women listeners out there – have you tried Lola yet? LOLA is a female-founded company offering organic cotton tampons, pads, and liners. For 60% off your first order, visit http://mylola.com and enter the code YOGALAND when you subscribe. 2. Burrow is a new online company that creates modern, CHEMICAL-FREE sofas that ship to you within a week! For $50 off your purchase, go to http://burrow.com and use the promo code YOGALAND. 3. We all go through busy times where it can feel like a challenge to eat well. One thing that's helped me is Sunbasket meal delivery service. Go to http://sunbasket.com/yogaland to get $35 off your first order.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
According to psychologist and author, Kelly McGonigal, listening to someone else's story of resilience and overcoming adversity can have a positive effect. Listening to someone's "restorative narrative" can inspire strength and courage in you. In addition, if you're the person doing the storytelling about your own traumatic event, and you both acknowledge the difficulty as well as the how it transformed you in positive ways, you are more likely to have better health outcomes. In this light, Andrea tells her breast cancer story and shares the four profound ways it has changed her three years later. Shownotes: http://yogalandpodcast.com/episode73
Shoutout to our sponsors: 1. To my women listeners out there – have you tried Lola yet? LOLA is a female-founded company offering organic cotton tampons, pads, and liners. For 60% off your first order, visit http://mylola.com and enter the code YOGALAND when you subscribe. 2. Burrow is a new online company that creates modern, CHEMICAL-FREE sofas that ship to you within a week! For $50 off your purchase, go to http://burrow.com and use the promo code YOGALAND. 3. We all go through busy times where it can feel like a challenge to eat well. One thing that's helped me is Sunbasket meal delivery service. Go to http://sunbasket.com/yogaland to get $35 off your first order.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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