The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.

The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.

The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.