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One of the most popular topics about health nowadays is about stress management. We've seen countless of articles on the web, numerous videos in Youtube as well as many discussions in media on how we are going to properly handle the daily stresses in our every day lives. I think this is normal considering the amount of stressors we are getting not just at our workplaces but also in our homes, in our daily commutes, and also when we are just looking at our handheld devices.
The growing awareness in stress management lead to different approaches such as proper diet, regular exercise, daily affirmation, etc. I would say that these things really help. However, Aimee Bernstein, the author of Stress Less Achieve More, proposes a newer approach. In this book she stated that the popular approaches in stress management do not always work. Either because we don't have time to do it or some of us are living in a place where we don't have access to good food, clean jogging area, or gyms. Instead, she offers that we embrace pressure itself instead of fighting it; to get ourselves in our ground and handle the stresses and pressure as if they are just part of nature.
I was thrilled by this idea and I started asking myself, "Why not embrace something that we know is part of our daily lives?" To understand what's the series of ideas behind this I continue reading the book.
Aimee Bernstein was able to sell her idea to me through a series of anecdotes,
