The Trap of Chronic Stress
Hundreds of research studies have concluded the following:
* Adverse health conditions, bad relationships, toxic workplaces, and poor sleep cause chronic stress
* Chronic stress in turn causes (or worsens) most adverse health conditions. Stress also weakens attention, leads to memory loss, disrupts sleep, and hurts your relationships and work performance
The result is an entrapping feedback loop that can harm your health and wellbeing for a very long time.
The accompanying figure summarizes a large body of research that shows the proportion of people struggling with different life challenges. The conclusion: Almost every person today faces one or more challenges.
When a challenge (such as stress) affects almost everyone in the society, a logical conclusion is that it isn't an individual's fault.
Our research shows that the modern stress epidemic has two main causes that affect almost all of us:
* Excessive cognitive and emotional load
* Limited ability of our brain to lift the load
Our Solution
After completing over 30 research studies and working with hundreds of thousands of patients and students, we have developed the Resilient Living Program to help you better lift the life's load.
This program is customized for people with chronic health conditions, caregivers, and for those having high levels of stress.
While your stressors may not disappear tomorrow, the program skills will help you better handle the challenges - by increasing your resilience, wellbeing, mindfulness, and happiness, and decreasing stress and anxiety. The program also improves positive health behaviors - empowering you to better resist, recover, and rise despite ongoing challenges.
Program Highlights
* Based on two decades of development and research
* Anchored in cutting-edge neuroscience
* Highly effective for decreasing stress and anxiety, and increasing resilience, wellbeing, and mindfulness
* Proven to improve health behaviors
* Tailored to cultivate deeper presence, self-compassion, gratitude, pragmatic acceptance, purposeful living, and forgiveness
* Course Instructor - Dr. Amit Sood, MD MSc FACP
Executive Director, Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing
Professor of Medicine (Retd.), Mayo Clinic
* Companion Book: Resilient Living with Dr. Sood
* Suggested minimum duration: 12 weeks
* Core program attributes: Novel, engaging, and relevant; Neuroscience based; Actionable solutions; Relationship centric; Highly effective; Simple and intuitive
Novel, Engaging, and Relevant
The science, skills, and stories are to-the-point, fascinating, uplifting, and designed for people going through difficult times
Neuroscience Based
The concepts and skills you will learn are based on our understanding of cutting-edge neuroscience
Actionable Solutions
Each suggested skill is integrated in daily life, minimizing the time required for formal practice to as little as five minutes per day
Relationship Centric
The skills help improve your two most important relationships - with the others and the self
Highly Effective
Dozens of research studies show that the program skills are highly effective for improving stress, resilience, anxiety, and wellbeing among patients with chronic illness, caregivers, and for people going through stressful times (We have conducted over 30 clinical trials with Dr. Sood's programs)
Simple and Intuitive
The science and skills are easy to communicate and apply, are secular, and appeal to a large segment of the population
About Dr. Sood
Dr. Amit Sood is the Executive Director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing and The GRIT Institute.
He is a former Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, former director of the Mind-Body Medicine Initiative and chair for student life and wellness.
Dr. Sood has authored multiple books including The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living, The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness, Mindfulness Redesigned for the Twenty-First Century, SMART with Dr. Sood, and Resilient Living.
Dr. Sood received the 2010 Distinguished Service Award, the 2010 Innovator of the Year Award, the 2013 Outstanding Physician Scientist Award, and the 2016 Faculty of the Year Award from Mayo Clinic. He was honored as the Robert Wood Johnson Health Care Pioneer in 2015. The Intelligent Optimist (formerly Ode Magazine) selected Dr. Sood as one among top 20 intelligent optimists helping the world to be a better place.
Dr. Sood serves on the Wellbeing Advisory Board for Everyday Health.
